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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
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Miss Lovely
The titillation sought to be vended in Ashim Aluhwalia’s 'Miss Lovely' is strictly of the smirk-smirk variety, suffused with abstractions, cynicism and distractions, great for the international film festival circuit but so off-the-mark and shallow for anyone who has had a smidgen of interest in the C-graders of yore...
Jan 2014
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Break Ke Baad
For a cushily-budgeted project, the narrative is toothpick thin. How you long for a twist or two in the plot pourri. Consequently, there is precious little by way of a conflict or substantial content.
Nov 2010
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Rocket Singh
...laboured, old-fashioned harangue about why honesty is the best policy...
Dec 2009
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Aug 2013
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Dum Maaro Dum
...artsy-tartsy in terms of its ferris-wheel cinematography and MTV-cutting but devoid of substantial or even credible content in its screamplay.
Apr 2011
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Phoonk 2
...doesn’t scare you out of your pantaloons. It merely employs some select words in the dialogue that could send you over the moon. Swoon.
Apr 2010
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Kurbaan
Clearly the motive for such movies is sheer profit. Who cares about responsible cinema? Certainly not Johar who plays with faith and terrorism as if they were toys, absolutely designer.
Nov 2009
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Khiladi 786
...is meant only for those viewers who can achieve the medically-physically-and-absolutely-unnecessary feat of leaving their brains at home.
Dec 2012
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Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal
Priyadarshan sir, whenever he takes off for village excursions, organises an ensemble troupe which, frankly, blow your brains to smithereens.
Sep 2012
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Race 2
Race 2, which is as rusty as a vehicle abandoned in their garage. The Baazigars of yore need to shop for new thinking caps, immediately, and renew their filmmaking licences.
Jan 2013
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Tees Maar Khan
How you miss Farah Khan's feather-light touch. Here every point and joke is bludgeoned into you as if you were too dimwitted to catch the PJs. For heaven's sake, please don't treat the audience as toddling ninnies.
Dec 2010
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Housefull
Sketchily written, awkwardly directed, and devoid of a catchy music score, this brainbasher leaves you exhausted and exasperated...
Apr 2010