An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

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Karan Anshuman

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Number of reviews
225
Average rating
44

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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.

    39

    Jul 2012
  • Mausam

    While there is little doubt that Mausam is an honest effort to make a beautiful, even epic film, it is way off the mark, missing layers, and struggles to stay afloat.

    39

    Sep 2011
  • Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola

    Fun for cineastes, lost on the public. However, the intersection of Bhardwaj’s extravagance, a business end catering to a perceived public palate, and the ineffective delivery of a social message is off centre and misses the bulls eye.

    59

    Jan 2013
  • Mahabharat

    ...it's not easy to make animated films and - unlike live-action movies where magic maybe created in a moment on set - it requires toil and an imaginative force that must sustain for months and years. And in Mahabharat this endeavour shows, earning it an extra half star. But where are the new ideas?

    49

    Dec 2013
  • Love U...Mr. Kalakaar!

    Like so many recent Rajshri films, any conflict or provocation mildly difficult to solve is scrubbed away, resulting in a sanitized script. It's all just so easy, makes you wonder what sort of cocoon the Barjatyas lead their charmed lives in.

    39

    May 2011
  • Lootera

    As much as I'd like to reward Lootera for it's craft I firmly believe that films can only win you over with the ability to tell a story. And this is where Lootera falters.

    49

    Jul 2013
  • Loot

    ...corrupted beyond recognition by some pedestrian writing entirely dependent on puns, the absolute absence of logic, and some lethargic acting.

    19

    Nov 2011
  • Lanka

    ...attempts a stand on domestic violence. Unfortunately, it can barely sit up as a film. And as for the audience, they'll be flat on their backs by the end of it.

    29

    Dec 2011
  • 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.

    69

    Jun 2012
  • Krrish 3

    Despite the relentless violence and a clobbering of the senses, there's nothing here for anyone older than age 9. Once you accept this, it's a film easier to digest.

    49

    Nov 2013
  • Khiladi 786

    I felt it is the least cheesy movie in the cheesy category this year because it had moments of self-deprecating humour, and the women here are treated nicely. Let’s hope it doesn’t cost them.

    39

    Dec 2012
  • Khap

    ...a film that looks like the mangled matrimony of Moulin Rouge and Peepli Live. Both dreadful versions of. To think that this is what was intended from the very start: mass entertainer meets issue-based film is ludicrous.

    29

    Jul 2011
  • 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.

    49

    Sep 2012
  • John Day

    ...claims to be an "edge of the seat thriller" on its poster. Considering the makers didn't set out to make one in the first place, one wonders how convinced they were about their own effort.

    39

    Sep 2013