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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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Udta Punjab
...follows films like Shanghai, where a top-notch cast and crew cannot disguise the truth that the underlying material, all these revelations, are so banal...
Jun 2016
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TE3N
I kept wondering why none of this was working, and I think at least part of it is because we aren’t invested in anyone’s plight.
Jun 2016
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May 2016
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Sarbjit
How can all this result in such a dull movie, which is neither a gripping familial drama nor a tense legal thriller?
May 2016
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Dear Dad
The film is anchored by Arvind Swamy’s performance – though it’s really his presence, that quiet way he weathers the worst of storms.
May 2016
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May 2016
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One Night Stand
How much better One Night Stand would have been with better actors, a more committed filmmaker than Jasmine Moses D’souza!
May 2016
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Apr 2016
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Apr 2016
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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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Mar 2016
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Fitoor
After a point, I didn’t want a movie about Kashmir, I didn’t want a movie about Noor and Firdaus, I just wanted to see Hazrat grow old and batty.
Mar 2016
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Neerja
...is a fine tribute to a woman whose wings were clipped just as she was beginning to fly.
Mar 2016
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Zubaan
...it’s a problem when what’s meant to be an edgy coming-of-age story is hijacked by a campy, entertainingly nutty family soap.
Mar 2016
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Bollywood Diaries
...is a splash of ice-cold water on everyone who stands in front of a mirror and says: Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon.
Mar 2016
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Jai Gangaajal
...under the usual Jha trappings, we’re looking at a good, old-fashioned masala movie.
Mar 2016
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Feb 2016
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Ghayal Once Again
After a while, it’s not the action – it’s the acting. Deol just cannot play emotional scenes convincingly. But at least he looks as if he can move mountains with a single hand, and that’s really what this film needs.
Feb 2016
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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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Jan 2016
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Airlift
...a fine example of how it’s possible to incorporate Western understatement into a very Indian movie, and, more importantly, a fine model for how our aging heroes can continue playing the action hero.
Jan 2016
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Chalk N Duster
Aren’t we all guilty of having moved on, with very little time to remember our teachers? But they deserve more than this shrill drama...
Jan 2016
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Bajirao Mastani
...the performance is still an exhilarating mix of fireworks and thunder and lightning, if only because Ranveer Singh is the first leading man in a Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie who knows what it means to play a Sanjay Leela Bhansali leading man.
Jan 2016
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Dilwale
Every decision in Dilwale screams: I have Shah Rukh and Kajol in my film, so why bother?
Jan 2016