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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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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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Mod
It should've stayed in the realm of a love story and resisted temptation to merge into thriller territory. Ultimately the film suffers for it.
Oct 2011
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Chaurahen
Ojha squanders her chance to go the distance and be a true iconoclast in these times of masala over matter.
Mar 2012
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Dangerous Ishhq
...all you get is a new concept but the focus is solely on style. The film is bereft of substance...
May 2012
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Ghanchakkar
...is all very well as it flags off, but it's mostly downhill after it hits its high point in the first fifteen minutes.
Jun 2013
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
It's all about formula, really. And it's the same old beaten bull.
Sep 2011
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Jul 2013
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Ishkq In Paris
This film could've been so much more honest, real, gritty even. That would've been a worthy, valiant last stand.
May 2013
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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
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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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I Me Aur Main
The plot itself is non-existent, hinging on clichés and one wonders how the talent was convinced into doing this film given the lack of meat.
Mar 2013
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Bbuddah...Hoga Terra Baap
...is strictly for hardcore Amitabh Bachchan fans and not so much for fans of films.
Jul 2011
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1920 - Evil Returns
Songs are entirely unnecessary appendages, the camera is uninspired, and most disappointing of all: the horror elements don't work. If anything, they're unintentionally funny.
Nov 2012
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Ladies VS Ricky Bahl
Sharma's film mirrors the chemistry between Ranveer and Anushka: faux, unconvincing, slapdash and hurried.
Dec 2011
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AkaashVani
...where you’d expect writer and director Luv Ranjan to turn the genre on its head and push the envelope further, he lands an ordinary film that is perhaps a little too conventional.
Jan 2013
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Satya 2
RGV's hankering to stay distinctive remains. But the means have all but deserted him.
Nov 2013
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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.
Sep 2011
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Chor Chor Super Chor
The whole idea of the indie is to keep it pure and uncompromised, but when you're jostling with Bollywood for the limited number of theater screens and shows, concessions are a given.
Aug 2013
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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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Jan 2013
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Sixteen
...is let down by its execution with little attention to detail and drags in places.
Jul 2013
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Question Mark
...is nowhere near as good as either of its inspirations and is yet another amateur attempt in this heavily exploited genre.
Feb 2012
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Ra.One
It is a muesli-like muddle of every popular superhero movie you've seen. Contextualising (to Bollywood) rather than being original is what the makers are attempting here.
Oct 2011
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Bittoo Boss
...the filmmakers don't manage to deliver on the premise Bittoo Boss promises.
Apr 2012
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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.
Sep 2013
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Not A Love Story
It is half-experiment and half-RGV of old: misdirected and stultifying at its worst, it's highs marked with superb performances and a handful of riveting scenes.
Aug 2011
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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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Boss
I've had my fill with these South Indian action-comedy remakes and I suspect you have too.
Oct 2013
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Jodi Breakers
The result is a compromised film when in reality, with its concept, Jodi Breakers could've been significantly more compelling.
Feb 2012