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1920 - Evil Returns
One expects to see lavish war scenes with a scintillating fight to the finish. The screenplay builds up to it but fails to deliver the coup de grace.
Jan 2010
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1920 - Evil Returns
All those boys and girls who have seen Mississippi Burning raise their hands. Because Aakrosh's best scenes are copied from the Gene Hackman, William Dafoe thriller.
Oct 2010
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Yeh Khula Aasmaan
The issue isn’t given the due gravitas. The film lacks pace, the dialogue is stilted and the cinematography is erratic.
May 2012
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Bol Bachchan
The silly gags and jokes do make you laugh. Don’t expect a masterpiece like the original Gol Maal and you would be happy.
Jul 2012
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Cocktail
A well-crafted, well-acted three-way urban romance that makes you long for more.
Jul 2012
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Jism - 2
Going by the promos, we were hoping for India’s answer to Basic Instinct. What we got is something that provides lots of unintentional laughter and nothing more -- not even cheap thrills...
Aug 2012
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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
All-in-all, it’s a good first film which succeeds in putting a smile on your face for two hours.
Aug 2012
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1920 - Evil Returns
We would have forgotten and forgiven the lax pace, the hotchpotch screenplay and shoddy editing if Tia Bajpai was scary and/or sexy. That she is neither is the main flaw of the film.
Nov 2012
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Talaash
It’s rare to see a layered film. It’s rare to see a film where everything falls into place. It’s rarer still where actors leave their stardom behind and behave like normal people, have normal conversations, have normal reactions, normal emotions.
Nov 2012
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Dabangg 2
All said and done, the cliches work because of the phenomenon called Salman Khan. Take him away and the film will look as flat as a bottle of soda left too long in the sun.
Dec 2012
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Kai Po Che!
...heart-warming tale about passion, friendship and forgiveness. It not only will entertain you, it might also strengthen your faith that good Hindi cinema isn’t dead yet.
Feb 2013
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Shootout At Wadala
Watch SAW if you have a fetish for ’80s pulp films, where voluptuous babes, larger-than-life goons and dishum dishum galore were the order of the day.
May 2013
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Jun 2013
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Ghanchakkar
...all this would have made for a memorable comedy of misadventure but Rajkumar Gupta chooses the tread the thriller road. Sadly, he chooses to do so at a lethargic pace and hence, the punch when it does come loses impact because by then you’ve given up on the film.
Jun 2013
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Jul 2013
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D-Day
...is one of the best hard-hitting action films to have come out of the Indian film industry.
Jul 2013
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Jul 2013
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Mickey Virus
The film dawdles between being a comedy and a heist film and could have done with a tauter screenplay and tighter editing.
Oct 2013
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Bullett Raja
Tigmanshu shouldn’t try to copy Prabhudeva but make straight-from-the-heart films that he’s famous for. We missed the comic punches and the black humour of his earlier efforts. He doesn’t deserve this and neither do we.
Nov 2013
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Queen
...is definitely a step in right direction for Indian cinema. Let’s hope it paves the way for more story-centric films in future.
Mar 2014
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Gulaab Gang
What could have been a deeply sensitive film about the fight of rural women for a better life is reduced to a superficial product.
Mar 2014
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Bewakoofiyaan
The film doesn’t offer us an escape from reality nor does it warn us against the evils of consumerism. It isn’t even an out-and-out comedy.
Mar 2014
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Mastram
...might not be a perfect film but can be termed as a bold attempt nevertheless.
May 2014