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Housefull 3
...they only go on to prove that if laughter is the best medicine, this film will make you beg for euthanasia.
Jun 2016
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Hotel Milan
If Roy Kapur doesn’t get a kick out of self-harm, it’s difficult to imagine why he would agree to be a part of Hotel Milan. It’s the kind of project you’d not wish on your worst enemy.
Nov 2018
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Hope Aur Hum
There are films which alter one without hammering down the message they hope to convey. Then, there are those like Hope and Hum which aspire to take on too much and breeze through it all without managing to achieve anything at all.
May 2018
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Hindi Medium
Director Saket Chaudhary deserves credit for putting together this comedy without making light of the subject itself.
May 2017
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Hind Ka NaPak Ko Jawab – MSG The Lionheart 2
...ditch this one if you're possessive about your sanity.
Feb 2017
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High Jack
Comedies featuring potheads are either dope-fuelled adventures (Go Goa Gone) or supply chain masala khichdis (Dum Maaro Dum). This one is on the cusp of migraine and vertigo and promises to mass murder brain cells.
May 2018
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Hichki
Essaying a disability onscreen challenges an actor’s potential and process and Rani conveys her character’s condition sensitively without overdramatising it.
Mar 2018
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Sep 2015
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Helicopter Eela
Kajol may look like a million bucks but her version of a pushy mum who tries a bit too hard to fit in is little short of caricature. To her credit, it is the writing that often lets her down.
Oct 2018
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Hate Story IV
This one has it all—murders, conspiracy, deceit and enough lace and leather to keep front-benchers glued to their seats. But by the time we reach the climax and motives and plans are revealed, the only niggling issue is why go through such a winding scheme, when badla could be avenged through a couple of bullets?
Mar 2018
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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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Haseena Parkar
Why director Apoorva Lakhia found this subject or the material compelling is a mystery.
Sep 2017
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Haraamkhor
...may not be a film that sets a cinematic benchmark but it is an important one as it dares to explore a forbidden subject, without condemning or legitimising it.
Jan 2017
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
An issue with this one is that it sets up elaborate gags or even scenes which would be hilarious if fleshed out but then, there’s very little writing to fall back on.
Aug 2018
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Happy Hardy And Heer
...while this film’s largely-predictable story may not pierce through your better sense, it may not disappoint those with no expectations, looking for a mindless watch.
Feb 2020
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
...if you're in for a mild entertainer which won't make or ruin your mood, bhaag to a multiplex near you.
Aug 2016
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Hanuman Da Damdaar
An animated retelling of a mythological epic would seem an appropriate vehicle to apprise millennials of the significant yet lesser-known tale. But for Bajrangbali's sake, the visuals are so sketchy, it trivialises the tale of bravado.
Jun 2017
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Hamne Gandhi Ko Maar Diya
The approach is almost academic, but it’s a class for slow learners as every message is tossed about, repeated and hammered down.
Mar 2018
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Hamid
...details Kashmiri cultural ceremonies and presents the Valley through the eyes of a local — something only a few filmmakers who’ve shot in the region have managed. But it also successfully manages to subliminally highlight the local sentiment without turning into a political statement — which is its biggest victory.
Mar 2019
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Hamari Adhuri Kahani
If Balan and Hashmi weren't as committed to brave this adversity on paper (the script), this could've gone down much worse.
Jun 2015
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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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Half Girlfriend
When below average writing meets overenthusiastic hamming, it's like being simultaneously inflicted with a leg wound and a throbbing headache — you're reeling in pain from head to toe but can't tell which is more debilitating.
May 2017
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Feb 2020
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Gurgaon
Films have often typecast the original inhabitants of Gurugram like Hollywood films paint Texans: trigger-happy, bigoted millionaires who're as easily amused as they are irked. But this story takes the creative liberty to stretch this perception to amount to exaggeration.
Aug 2017
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Gully Boy
The biggest challenge for director Zoya Akhtar was to ensure her eponymous slum rapper’s journey doesn’t exaggerate his sufferings and stereotype his marginalised existence for impact. On that front, she scores and even nails the emotional peaks and crushing lows.
Feb 2019
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Jan 2020
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Guest Iin London
A comedy that rides on casual racism, indecorous political views and gaseous discharge, this one fails to amuse even a little.
Jul 2017
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Guddu Rangeela
Kapoor doesn't manage to establish the same mood he did in his previous directorial venture, Jolly LLB, but does enough to keep you hooked for almost 75 per cent of the film, before it begins to drag.
Jul 2015
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Great Grand Masti
Only one piece of advice for those rushing to catch this: carry along a chastity belt. It would be useful only if worn over the head, covering your eyes and ears.
Jul 2016
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Gour Hari Dastaan
It's like the perfect school play, everyone knows their lines, everyone falls in line and little is left to mind.
Aug 2015