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Halkaa
Director Nila Madhab Panda has made a career of drafting films (I am Kalam, Kadvi Hawa) which pack in a social message or three. If only these mass vehicles of public betterment could’ve been peppered with some cinematic flourish, they would’ve been a bit more bearable.
Sep 2018
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X: Past is Present
The film may be called X: Past is Present, but it surely promises a headache in the immediate future.
Nov 2015
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Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3
...a series of juvenile jokes, mostly dated, fried in fresh batter, with the better ones given away in the trailer.
Jan 2016
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Mastizaade
...this material is credited to Mushtaq Sheikh and Milap Zaveri — two people who should be fined for owning a pen.
Jan 2016
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Veerey Ki Wedding
...there are B-grade films that have more plot and purpose than Veerey Ki Wedding.
Mar 2018
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Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
Even if you have an appetite for saas bahu sagas, the grade of chest beating this one endorses would be inappropriate if not fatal for your brain cells.
Mar 2017
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Second Hand Husband
The film's story and the lead cast live up to the first two words in the title...
Jul 2015
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Hate Story 3
There are films you love and those you hate. This one falls in the third, the ones you'd love to hate.
Dec 2015
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Sanam Teri Kasam
For the leads, Mawra Hocane and Harshvardhan Rane, this inglorious B'wood debut will be an impossible blot to erase.
Feb 2016
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Jai Mummy Di
In recent years, there’s been an acute shortage of sharply-written and conceived comedies. But this one literally tests the audience’s ability to lap up just about anything that hopes to pass for one.
Jan 2020
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Amavas
...each and every scene — from approaching a door with dread to bending over to reveal a dark apparition standing right behind, has been borrowed from some film or the other. That the makeup and prosthetics here seem dated and sourced from a Halloween party store also dilutes the overall effect.
Feb 2019
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Ekkees Tareekh Shubh Muhurat
...Hindi films have become obsessed with weaving stories that convey the life, labour and laughs of small-town India. While some closely-depicted accounts that lend themselves to situational hilarity have been remarkable successes, others feel that merely furnishing a socially-awkward premise is enough. This one, unsurprisingly, falls in the latter.
Nov 2018
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Machine
With a filmography jam-packed with adaptations, why director duo Abbas-Mustan lose the plot here, is perhaps because there was no source material to go back to. If there was, it was surely not worthy of a remake.
Mar 2017
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Main Zaroor Aaunga
Thrillers with tacky twists and chalk-faced spirits barely make the cut today. But this one seems to be put together possibly to corroborate a devious tax fraud-of-sorts.
Sep 2019
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Uvaa
...it takes a little more than getting five shirtless boys to nose dive from a 15-feet cliff into water to make a Rang De Basanti.
Jun 2015
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I Love NY
Staring into the popcorn machine during the interval is surely more entertaining than what's on the screen.
Jul 2015
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2 Chehare
Shot years ago, most of the cast probably signed up for it early in their careers. This will be an uncomfortable watch, even for them.
Jul 2015
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Traffic
Organ donation is a noble cause that this film picks up to endorse. But the superficial focus on the humanitarian act only draws attention away from it.
May 2016