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
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37

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  • Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota

    A homage to everything we grew up with: kung fu flicks, Bollywood revenge dramas, love stories, reality shows and yes, superhero movies. You will have a smile pasted on your face to watch this very different offering...

    59

    Mar 2019
  • Mantra

    You can see a mile away how things are going to end, and even though you wish the story had given you more, you are forced to shrug and accept the story as it is.

    39

    Mar 2017
  • Mantostaan

    The bizarre splicing together of four stories makes no sense whatsoever. Just because the filmmakers chose to ride on the shoulder of a literary giant does not make the film worthy.

    19

    May 2017
  • Manto

    This film neatly weaves the stories he wrote into the life he lived and leave us wondering: is he the better storyteller or is God? Not commercial at all, but what a brilliant cinematic experience.

    69

    Sep 2018
  • Manikarnika

    The trouble is, they try to Bollywoodise it. There's so much glamour and chest thumping patriotism that unwittingly the audience begins to discover flaws.

    39

    Jan 2019
  • Malaal

    Meezaan and Sharmin Segal offer the same ole love story, a mish mash of every love story since Bollywood began making romances. The film is executed so poorly, you wonder why it is under the Bhansali banner.

    49

    Jul 2019
  • Madaari

    The movie is average because there is nothing subtle and instead of coming away with any hope for change, you come away as if you have been attacked by a sledgehammer for almost three hours.

    49

    Jul 2016
  • Machine

    The director duo Abbas-Mustan launch Mustafa (son of Abbas) with this romance cum murder thriller cum demented psychological drama. They try so hard to offer as many hairpin bends as they possibly can add, but the young actors in this race are so callow, their romance is unintentionally hilarious.

    19

    Mar 2017
  • Maatr

    ...is a predictable revenge story that completely ignores the trauma and social stigma that is usually attached to rape victims regardless of their social class.

    19

    Apr 2017
  • M.S. Dhoni

    ...we want to know about his growth from getting selected in the team to becoming a captain. We get Bollywood style romance instead and then we begin to look at the time: 190 minutes. Cricket wins, but...

    49

    Sep 2016
  • M Cream

    A pretentious little film that's so cliche ridden, you wish the four friends who have set out for the hills in search of a 'legendary' drug to smoke up, fall off some cliff.

    19

    Jul 2016
  • LoveYatri

    The film is a mashup of Namaste London and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam but has none of the chemistry, the joy or the spontaneity. It is a manufactured paint by numbers, charmless love story.

    19

    Oct 2018
  • Love Sonia

    Perhaps the foreign audience is gullible and offered funding to what was supposed to be 'realistic depiction of the horrors of human trafficking' and they should be disappointed with this skin flick.

    29

    Sep 2018
  • Love Ke Funday

    If you had no hope for this generation of high-heel wearing clone women (not unlike stepford wives) and muscle-bound brainless young sex-starved men, then you would be right. If this is where the movies are taking us, then it might be like... Er... Like to Nowhere, ya!

    19

    Jul 2016
  • Laila Majnu

    The gal is meh, so the magic of instant love seems to be missing. But the writing is brilliant and the lad is too. Looks like Imtiaz Ali has got his mojo back.

    59

    Sep 2018
  • Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz

    The film is about connecting with a wrong number, whatsapp forwards, and really bad life advice. In other words, 'Hashtag One Tight Slap' for wasting the audience's time.

    29

    Feb 2018
  • Ki & Ka

    It's interesting for the first twenty minutes, but then the film dives face first into problems that are so made up, so fake you wonder if they thought the film through beyond the 'concept'.

    29

    Apr 2016
  • Khajoor Pe Atke

    There's nothing subtle about this film. There's no dark comedy here. There's only loud acting, ghastly music and comic sounds that deafen you and blind you to the really, really funny bits in the film.

    19

    May 2018
  • Kesari

    The final battle to the death is worth the watch, but when you see religion, patriotism, propaganda and soldiering mix in a movie timed for release during elections in India, you want to cringe but that would be politically incorrect.

    39

    Mar 2019
  • Kerry on Kutton

    The dialog and situations are very funny in parts, the characters are beautifully cast, but a better director would not allowed the film to meander all over the village.

    39

    Jul 2016
  • Kedarnath

    Credit goes to the young girl who shows flashes of her beautiful mum's talent (Amrita Singh) and brings a little something of her own on screen. There's talent here, and it is enough to take your mind away from the horrendous cliches that make the movie.

    39

    Dec 2018