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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Love comes in all shapes and sizes — sometimes it comes with violins, sometimes it shows you the middle finger. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is the latter, maybe that is why it feels so real.
Oct 2016
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Gold
...is a well plotted drama that sometimes devolves into schmaltz and melodrama. However, it gives us solid two-and-half hours of tricolour hued entertainment.
Aug 2018
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Love Sonia
...is well-meaning enough to impress that point on you, only if it had the pause and depth that made you take the thought home.
Sep 2018
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Jun 2014
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Bharat
Despite knowing what the film is trying to do, in some cases easily guessing plot turns in advance, you cannot help but enjoy it. This one is an Eid winner. Bhai just got his mojo back.
Jun 2019
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Fanney Khan
What begins as a slice-of-life film about following your dreams ends as a fairytale. It is charming but not rooted in reality. Only if life was so forgiving.
Aug 2018
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Laal Kaptaan
The film, having established its time and mood, meanders. The punch to the gut you expected in the second half never comes and the thrill of the chase fades.
Oct 2019
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Batti Gul Meter Chalu
...had a lot of promise, but just like the government it targets, it fails to deliver.
Sep 2018
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Motichoor Chaknachoor
...breaks no moulds – preferring to revel in them instead. And perhaps therein lies its weakness.
Nov 2019
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Luka Chuppi
...it takes good material and excellent performers and turns them into caricatures. Sure, it has its moments and the second half is largely enjoyable, but you have to wait for the fun.
Mar 2019
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Malaal
While offering little that is new, it sure is a change from the cynicism that we see from romances today.
Jul 2019
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Baaghi 3
There are a mind-numbing 140 minutes of this; thankfully Tiger is kicking and punching during most of it.
Mar 2020
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Coolie No.1
With the sharp writing and editing missing, Coolie No 1 is but a poor facsimile of the original. As the jokes land with a thud, we are left just with the songs and even there, the OGs clearly win.
Dec 2020
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Arjun Patiala
Spoof as a genre has rarely been tried in Hindi cinema and someone needs to crack that egg – heaven knows there is a lot waiting to be explored; Arjun Patiala, alas, isn’t that film.
Jul 2019
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Jabariya Jodi
Director Prashant Singh’s treatment of an important subject that is begging to be turned into a social satire bursting with local flavour, leaves the film stranded with an identity crisis.
Aug 2019
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Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi
Each and every cliché that Bollywood associates with Delhi is there too - a shot of Metro, an all-night jagran with (lol) bhajans, the city's lingo and funny Punjabi names.
May 2014
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Marjaavaan
...sucks the joy out of schlock. Stuck in the 80s, it is the throwback you don’t need.
Nov 2019
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Pagalpanti
...appears to be a collection of improvised scenes rather than a film made from a real script. The performances are wooden, dialogues stilted and regressive, and the story – well, there isn’t one. This one is best avoided.
Nov 2019
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Samrat & Co.
...I ended up wasting up two hours of my life which I will never get back.
Apr 2014
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The Tashkent Files
“Maine itni zyaada gandgi ek saath isse pehle kabhi nahi dekhi,”... If this film ever needs an epitaph, this is it.
Apr 2019
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LoveYatri
At the end of Loveyatri, you hate nepotism as much as Kangana Ranaut. Loveyatri is a 140-minute long reason why it needs to be rooted out from the film industry.
Oct 2018