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Delhi Safari
Even though the target audience is kids, Advani doesn't talk down to them. This is one of those rare instances of a children's film - animated or not - that respects its audience.
Oct 2012
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Student Of The Year
I don't suppose Student of the Year will end up as film of the year, but Karan Johar is definitely in the running for a permanent Mr Bollywood title.
Oct 2012
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Joker
That it has not been promoted as a children's movie is confounding because surely the producers did not mean for it to be seen and enjoyed by thinking adults.
Sep 2012
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I M 24
...needs a suspension of belief that simply does not hold, especially given the semi-realistic setting.
Sep 2012
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From Sydney With Love
Nobody wants to see cliches with newcomer actors with their set of stock expressions.
Sep 2012
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Delhi In A Day
...would've been a more relevant a decade ago when the idea of a 'crossover' prevailed on the indie film scene.
Aug 2012
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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
...is far from the tight, flawless film it could've been.
Aug 2012
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Ek Tha Tiger
Khan on the other hand holds back too much. Is he underplaying? Is he not acting at all? Hard to tell. If you're expecting an amusing, captivating, cool Chulbul Pandey-like performance, forget it.
Aug 2012
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Shuttlecock Boys
A film that seems essentially a filmmaking exercise manages a bonus release. You can salute the spirit and wish them the best for the future, but you can't help but come away from the film a little disappointed.
Aug 2012
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Jism - 2
...a slow, oversimplified and boring film with minimal action (of either kind).
Aug 2012
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Aalaap
For a film that claims to "explore the different sides of Naxalism", Aalaap's politics are muddled, its objective naïve, and method laughable.
Jul 2012
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Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
There are sex comedies. Then there are bad sex comedies. Then there is just bad. And then finally - right at the bottom of this pile - there is KSKHH.
Jul 2012
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Jul 2012
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Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai
The plot had tremendous potential, had it been backed by intelligent writing.
Jul 2012
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Cocktail
...writer Imtiaz Ali dilutes this vision and goes on to self-censor, Indianise, romanticise, emotionalise, ergo commercialise the experience and give us a 1 part alcohol and 10 part water cocktail, an exercise in pointlessness.
Jul 2012
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Bol Bachchan
Even the genuinely funny bits are lost in a deluge of recycled jokes, preposterous situations, over the top 'drama' ...
Jul 2012
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Maximum
Maximum's problems start right up front. You have no idea where the story is heading because there is no crisis created, no path or goal imagined.
Jul 2012
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Gangs Of Wasseypur
Kashyap strives to surprise and while every film requires an unconditional commitment of labor and love from its participant makers, the effort behind the making of a Gangs of Wasseypur is special.
Jun 2012
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Teri Meri Kahaani
The song situations are absurd, the writing is mediocre and funny when it's not supposed to be, there's hardly an original idea, and the performances are on auto-pilot...
Jun 2012
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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
...tries too hard. With it's manipulative music, serendipity-dependent writing, over the top characters and it's length, it does get a little tedious.
Jun 2012
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Kshay
...a no-budget indie production that delves deep into the abstraction of obsession. Inaccessible to many, if you truly want to see cinema free of box- office constraints, cinema as pure art, cinema that doesn't play by the rules, then treat yourself to the exceptional instance that is Kshay.
Jun 2012
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Shanghai
...Dibakar Banerjee has crafted this film with the kind of precision and invention that - should Shanghai be a commercial success - can change the course of cinema in India.
Jun 2012
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Yeh Khula Aasmaan
...nosedives into preachy territory that borders on boring and never quite recovers.
May 2012
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Love Wrinkle-free
Be prepared though, for a cop out climax that makes a potentially good film, average.
May 2012
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Arjun
Just don’t go expecting Pixar levels of razzmatazz; and you’ll come away appreciative.
May 2012
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Department
Because RGV is only interested in "pushing boundaries" with technique, there is reasonable expectation that he has no interest in the story, er, department, one that hinges on every character being a deliberate shade of grey.
May 2012
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The Forest
...has a complex thought, an extraordinary setting, and a noble intent but it ultimately fails to fulfill any of this tremendous potential.
May 2012