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Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
All said and endured, it isn’t a shudderfiesta. If you have some goodwill for the Deshmukhs, it’ll help considerably.
Feb 2012
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Shanghai
Why Dibakar Bannerjee went derivative is a conundrum, especially when he has a 1,001 real-life stories to tell around him.
Jun 2012
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Jul 2013
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
...you desperately want to like 'Saheb...' and You-Know-Who-All-Returns, because you admire Dhulia’s craftsmanship and social concerns. In vain, this time.
Mar 2013
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Jun 2012
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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Without Ranbir Kapoor, of course, this one would have been a mere ajab movie. He brings the much-needed underlining of ghazab to it.
Nov 2009
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Tum Milo Toh Sahi
You’re glad you saw it for Dimple Kapadia and Nana Patekar. As it happens, the rest of the film doesn’t live up to their participation in the project.
Apr 2010
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Gangs Of Wasseypur
...despite an outstanding ensemble cast and quite a few other merits, why does Gangs of Wasseypur leave you dissatisfied? Three main reasons: it’s too lengthy, too distracted and much too full of violence and fury signifying nothing.
Jun 2012
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Heroine
Truly Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine is stale, a late delivery already pipped to the post by the far more incisive The Dirty Picture.
Sep 2012
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Lahore
...this Indo-Pak treatise may have been wah-wahed at film festivals, but all said and seen just about makes it to a notch above the average.
Mar 2010
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London Dreams
...is a head-clangier, lengthier than your lengthiest yawn, and totally destroyed by a story-script which is about as convincing as a technicolour zebra.
Nov 2009
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Nasha
...with a far more sensitive and cliché-free screenplay, this 'Nasha' could have been a superior product.
Jul 2013
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Karthik Calling Karthik
Farhan Akhtar, almost in every frame, has a likeable screen presence and acts competently. Still KCK adds up to little more than a wrong number.
Feb 2010
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Bullett Raja
Tigmanshu Dhulia is best when he opts for content drawn for reality instead of flying off into an absurd land where everyone detests one another with a vengeance.
Nov 2013
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Ladies VS Ricky Bahl
...strives to pack in so much lime, chutney and what-spice-you into its paper thin storyline that it could well have been titled Ricky Bhel Puri.
Dec 2011
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Ishkq In Paris
Preity Zinta, high on energy but low on subtlety, could have surely looked for a script that does her (and her loyalists) a shred of justice.
May 2013
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Dabangg
...even in the name of a mindless, 'paisa vasool' entertainer (!?), first-time director Abhinav Singh Kashyap's Dabangg just doesn't give you sufficient bang for your bucks.
Sep 2010
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Don 2
Shah Rukh Khan handles all the acting pyrotechnics. He's bankable in a film that isn't.
Dec 2011
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Jun 2010
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Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
To a large extent, Luv Shuv… doesn’t work because of Kunal Kapoor’s weak, uninspired performance.
Nov 2012
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Kites
Save yourself your multiplex money, fly a kite instead. Much more entertaining that.
May 2010
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Veer
The director does have a signature of sorts (hyper-commercial with a penchant for kitschy sets and sweeping outdoor locales). Here that is wasted on a period piece that has little else to hold it together but Salman Khan’s physique and hair extensions.
Jan 2010
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Fukrey
Lucklessly, none of the four overgrown boys of 'Fukrey' out here arouse your empathy or curiosity. In fact, they’re as irritating as monsoon mosquitoes.
Jun 2013
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Son Of Sardaar
...this purported entertainer may be a notch above Rowdy Rathore and Ready, but that’s it.
Nov 2012
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Singh Saab The Great
Snag is that both in the writing and the direction, the topic doesn’t move beyond mouthing the age-old cliches.
Nov 2013
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May 2010
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Murder 3
The camera placements and tempo may be cool, but the storyline is as incredible as vibgyor-striped zebras.
Feb 2013