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2 States
...the sincere performances and the freshness of the film makes these glitches seem too small.
Apr 2014
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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
If dance is all you want to see, then Bollywood has never seen anything better than this.
Jun 2015
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Action Jackson
This film makes you realise that Prabhudheva (perhaps that extra ‘h’ now stands for horror) entered into a bet (with himself?) to show the world there can be films worse than 'Humshakals'. So yes, sorry Sajid Khan, we stand corrected.
Dec 2014
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Amit Sahni Ki List
Director Ajay Bhuyan’s confidence oozes out of the film and it’s hard to believe he’s a first timer. He has a rock-solid control over his characters, the script and the screenplay.
Jul 2014
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Badlapur
Sriram Raghavan turns the genre of revenge on its head. It’s as thrilling as it is introspective. There’s no good, bad or ugly. You see how ugly good can get, how bad can have some good too.
Feb 2015
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Bajirao Mastani
A melodramatic climax aside, the film is undoubtedly a quality product, Bhansali always ensures that. But what makes it fall just short of excellence is the lack of the journey within. We never get inside the characters...
Dec 2015
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Bangistan
In T.S. Eliot's famous words, the film begins and ends 'not with a bang, but with a whimper'.
Aug 2015
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Bewakoofiyaan
Nupur’s direction is balanced but she lacks the support of a strong lead pair and razor sharp witty lines, which are rom-com staples.
Mar 2014
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Bobby Jasoos
After a promising start, the story unnecessarily meanders into a family drama towards the end and you are left wondering where is the detective. But she is busy wiping off her tears with her dupatta.
Jul 2014
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Bombay Velvet
Once you are done being dazzled by the beauty, you go looking for the soul only to encounter too many persistent question marks, which weigh down the second half. And when a story is rooted in well-documented history, one cannot afford to let the ellipses remain.
May 2015
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Chalk N Duster
A little more finesse could have helped Chalk n Duster emerge a topper in the genre. With a subject like this, telling the story well was as important as telling it at all.
Jan 2016
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Citylights
The film is as breathless as its protagonists, but there is a certain poetry in its treatment that leaves a mark.
May 2014
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Crazy Cukkad Family
Ritesh Menon’s direction is confident and his portrayal of characters, engaging.
Jan 2015
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
There are two kinds of audiences for this film --- those who know Byomkesh and those who don’t. Dibakar has a revelation for both. That’s one case neatly solved.
Apr 2015
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Jan 2015
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Ek Villain
Watch the film for Riteish and Riteish alone just to see how effortlessly he slips out of his farcical ‘Humshakals’ pinafore into the heinous hood of ‘Ek Villain’.
Jun 2014
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Entertainment
There’s no story, no script and the worst CG ever, but there may be a chuckle or two.
Aug 2014
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Fitoor
...doesn't lack pace, it lacks the finesse and the depth. And we are left with not much to do except marvel at the white beauty of Kashmir, while the real Pip, Estella and Miss Havisham remain buried under that thick blanket of snow, perhaps occasionally stirring in their graves.
Feb 2016
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Gone Kesh
...is an important story to tell in the hair-normative culture we live in, where hair is seen as representative of femininity.
Mar 2019
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Jul 2015
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Happy New Year
We don’t know how much this Diwali release will leave you smiling, but those dazzling lights and eye-popping colours will leave you blinking for sure.
Oct 2014
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Hawaa Hawaai
When the story is predictable, a tight script and screenplay needs to take charge. Sadly, it doesn’t. The film’s undoing is the expectations it rides on. This one fails to be an Amole Gupte film.
May 2014
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Hawaizaada
True or not, it was a good subject that the director had his hands on. But sadly, 'Hawaizaada' limps a bit too much to even come close to convincingly recreate the life of a man who dreamt to be the first one to fly.
Jan 2015
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May 2014
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
Peppered with real characters, everyday humour and a little drama, Humpty Sharma… manages to be a thoroughly enjoyable fare that leaves a sweet aftertaste.
Jul 2014
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Humshakals
...after 159 minutes of, let’s not get into what that was, it’s the behind-the-scenes shots that actually make you laugh, if at all.
Jun 2014
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Jazbaa
Director Sanjay Gupta seems too focused in coloring his frames green to work on the tonality of the story.
Oct 2015
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Khoobsurat
...manages to entertain, and that’s largely because the rest of the cast does a fine job.
Sep 2014
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Ki & Ka
All of Balki's good work in the first half comes to naught as the film nosedives into hurried happy ending.
Apr 2016