An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

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Manisha Lakhe

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Number of reviews
270
Average rating
37

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Rating

  • 102 Not Out

    ...if you step away from the casting coup, the loud violins that accompany the moralising and the mawkish sentimentality could put you off. Should have been a Sunday afternoon theatrical production, with a family hug afterwards...

    49

    May 2018
  • 2.0

    Hokey science, meet Rajinikanth. This odd film ODs on special effects but is neither an Akshay Kumar film, nor is it a Rajini film.

    39

    Nov 2018
  • 3 Storeys

    It's almost good, and then it isn't because you've read the story somewhere. It's an idea that's not new and yet, a decent effort. Would have been smarter move to put it straight to Netflix or Amazon.

    39

    Mar 2018
  • 31st October

    ...when a film attempts to dramatise the events in an amateurish way, the heart-wrenching awfulness of those events is lost. The audience feels no empathy in the fake emotions and the graphic blood and gore fails too.

    19

    Oct 2016
  • A Flying Jatt

    ...so needlessly Bollywoodised with a song and dance and everything seems to be happening so slowly you lose patience with it, despite some genuinely funny moments.

    29

    Aug 2016
  • Airlift

    Watch this movie, because a story of a rescue of this scale needs to be told. Watch this movie because we need more everyday hero tales...

    49

    Jan 2016
  • Aiyaary

    You wish someone would teach Indian directors to tell their stories simply and quickly. They'd be so much more thrilling.

    39

    Feb 2018
  • Aladin

    The special effects are good but you’ve seen better. If anything, Aladin makes a case for better scripts in our movies.

    59

    Nov 2009
  • Andhadhun

    It's fun. It's different. It's dark as dark can get. And the performances are all ace. But you begin to say, 'Oh no, not another twist!' in the meandering second half. The end? Worth waiting for.

    59

    Oct 2018
  • Article 15

    The film tackles the tensions well, has shades of 'Mulk' (made by the same filmmaker) but the predictability of a cop's dilemma - to go by the rule book or instinct - remains the same.

    64

    Jun 2019
  • Baaghi 2

    It's full of corny manufactured situations and characters, and dialog that make you choke on the cheese nachos. So bad, it's good.

    39

    Mar 2018