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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  • Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa

    Every character that you see in this film is a ridiculous homage to Manmohan Desai. The director Anwar Khan has allegedly worked with the maestro for 17 years. No one can stop you from copying tropes, but who can teach you aesthetics?

    19

    Sep 2016
  • Why Cheat India

    The film tackles the problem of rampant cheating in these exams but it gets so preachy about a failing system and talks so much, you cannot help but yawn...

    39

    Jan 2019
  • Welcome to New York

    When you watch award shows, you know the stars in the audience are cheering and clapping for something else. They use the footage from the IIFA show and include it on terrible green screens and edits to make a terrible copy of Mel Brooks hit film The Producers. This film fails to extract even half a guffaw, and proves that Karan Johar is better off behind the camera and not in the front of it.

    09

    Feb 2018
  • Wazir

    Vidhu Vinod Chopra who is happy to take credit for the original story, should have been merciless when writing the script which goes on and on in the second half explaining itself. Sometimes it is smarter to let the audience use its brains.

    39

    Jan 2016
  • Vodka Diaries

    The whole film revolves around him, and even though Shutter Island did the same, there can be no comparison of that prison of the mind story with this ghastly, cheap remake that ends up looking like an episode of a TV crime show.

    19

    Jan 2018
  • Vishwaroop II

    ...even though this is an action film, it takes effort to stay awake through totally implausible things happening on the screen. And for a Kamal Haasan fan, a huge disappointment to acknowledge that vanity overtook his talent.

    29

    Aug 2018
  • UnIndian

    You'll love this film if you have never heard NRI tales, never had relatives who live abroad complain about 'Indians', never visited a foreign country, stayed with relatives who behave at once Indian and at once 'foreign'.

    29

    Aug 2016
  • Tubelight

    The director is conspicuous with his absence. Because the movie gets more and more tedious. Not one character grows in any sort of arc. Bhai remains dumb, the little boy adorable...

    19

    Jun 2017
  • Tu Hai Mera Sunday

    There are some glitches, and the title of the film is weird, but you forgive them simply because you want this life with friends. All in all, this movie is a delightful watch.

    49

    Oct 2017
  • Trapped

    ...is a typical festival film, which has its moments but is tiresome to watch and makes you wonder if it would have been better as a short film.

    39

    Mar 2017
  • Traffic

    ...it becomes so tedious because it tries too hard to infuse the TV drama pace of Kiefer Sutherland's 24 and ends up being tedious.

    39

    May 2016
  • Total Dhamaal

    Each duo is worse than the other and the slapstick comedy does make you laugh in bits, but mostly you can see the joke coming at your from a mile away.

    39

    Feb 2019
  • Toilet

    ...is this film any more than the filmmakers genuflecting to the government? Paying deep obeisance to the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India campaign)? That sort of stinks, methinks.

    39

    Aug 2017
  • The Legend of Michael Mishra

    It's so badly written, there is one guffaw in the whole movie (unintentional), lazily acted, the regional accents are horrible (sometimes absent) and you have seen better choreography and lyrics at the neighborhood bollywood dances classes.

    19

    Aug 2016