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Satyagraha
...wonder why Jha insists on following the commercial Hindi-film model when his heart is so clearly not in it.
Sep 2013
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All Is Well
Oh My God! isn’t just the name of Shukla’s last film. It’s what you keep exclaiming during these couple of hours.
Aug 2015
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Krrish 3
...shows no signs of heightened or indeed, any brain activity. This is a big dumb movie without the trashy thrills that we sometimes get from big dumb movies.
Nov 2013
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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
...the decision to add another chapter to Shimit Amin’s 2004 film (this one is directed by Aejaz Gulab) is a curious one. It was neither a blockbuster, not a cult film – so why bother?
Feb 2015
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Badly plotted, badly staged and badly performed, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan is almost worth watching for the smouldering train-wreck that is Kaif's performance.
Sep 2011
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Rocky Handsome
...if Sanjay Gupta and Sanjay Leela Bhansali had a baby, it’d look like this movie.
Mar 2016
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Dulha Mil Gaya
The only thing sadder is that these dubious “Indian values” are still being peddled under the guise of wholesome entertainment.
Jan 2010
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Ram-leela
...is so generic, it could have been made by anyone with the sense to hire a good cinematographer and art director.
Nov 2013
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Jism - 2
Pooja Bhatt has actually managed something remarkable. She has taken a subject with a love triangle, the threat of terrorism, guns, bloodshed, double crosses, spy operations and an adult-film star and rendered it utterly boring.
Aug 2012
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Shortcut Romeo
A remake is usually a way to take care of the things that did not work earlier, but Ganesh is too busy having his African extras shake their buttocks...
Jun 2013
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Zanjeer
The most frustrating aspect of this Zanjeer is the cynicism on display, as if the audience would show up just because lines like “Yeh police station hai, tere baap ka ghar nahin” are reproduced.
Sep 2013
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Bhoomi
The problem with Bhoomi isn’t the loud, old-fashioned storytelling. It’s that it finds nothing interesting to tell.
Sep 2017
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Jun 2015
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Dream Girl
These are one-joke characters, and this is a one-joke movie. Very quickly, a sense of staleness sets in.
Sep 2019
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Junooniyat
An old-fashioned story is one thing, but why not update some of this old-fashioned worldview?
Jul 2016
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Sep 2015
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Apr 2015
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Commando 2
The problem with Commando 2 isn’t that it’s a B-movie. The problem is that it isn’t B-movie enough.
Mar 2017
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Mastizaade
What is more depressing? The fact that the first Kya Kool Hain Hum was made? Or that it has spawned a franchise?
Feb 2016
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Jun 2018