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Apartment
Accept soft-core pornography in Indian films, and you’ll get rid of poor apologies such as these that have to force in plots, since they can’t just make a semi-porn pic instead.
Apr 2010
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Paathshaala
Television can't look beyond a few devises to pass of as entertainment, or sometimes news. I suspect filmmakers can't look beyond the addictive television they watch all day to think up a plot either.
Apr 2010
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Prince
Quite obviously, moneybag-bizman Mr Taurani knows something about his audiences that we don’t!
Apr 2010
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Apr 2010
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The Japanese Wife
...is wonderfully shot, reasonably well enacted, and is sure enough, long (or slow) as hell. Such elements individually draw attention toward themselves because, quite frankly, the script sucks.
Apr 2010
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Apr 2010
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Tum Milo Toh Sahi
There’re so many characters, with their own lengthy back-stories; your head spins.
Apr 2010
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Mittal v/s Mittal
I know the makers of this film. I know legalising genuine pornography in this country will find them a more legit job in the business. About time we did.
Mar 2010
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Hum Tum Aur Ghost
Playing a girl-magnet, designer-wear, slick hair NRI hero in an artificial, romantic setup, just pales his coolness no end.
Mar 2010
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Well Done Abba
This is Boman’s finest work yet. Truly, well done, both Benegal, and Boman then!
Mar 2010
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Love Sex Aur Dhokha
It’s a sort of flick you ideally discover without burdens of expectation: a caveat you must bear in mind, in case you were planning on rushing off to cinemas right away. Where any Bollywood movie without a gyrating, lip-synching hero perceives itself as ‘different’, this one, from an audience’s point of view, is truly an experiment.
Mar 2010
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Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke
Neither a probing satire nor a roaring laugh, neither fish nor fowl...
Mar 2010
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Hide & Seek
You couldn’t care less for these characters to bother with their bumbling back-story; never mind that the nuggets in the film itself don’t eventually add up.
Mar 2010
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Right Yaaa Wrong
We already know who did what, and why. We just twiddle our thumbs through what’s Right Ya Wrong. It’s just trite and long.
Mar 2010
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
If the belaboured and sporadic humour thereafter isn’t dull enough, they stuff in so many third-rate songs, you feel a bit of a troubled host yourself.
Mar 2010
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Road, Movie
The point of this road-less journey remains mysteriously unknown though, given it’s the premise.
Mar 2010
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Hello Zindagi
But the picture’s perspective is truly a pedestrian outsider’s. It offers no insight into what kids are really up to.
Mar 2010
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Mar 2010
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Karthik Calling Karthik
As an audience, you’re not always two steps behind the script either. But that doesn’t take away from how the film holds you, almost all the way. This isn't easy. I suspect you’re not going to love the sound of a ringing landline for a while. I hope you don’t question the workings of your brain as much.
Feb 2010
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Teen Patti
...there is no math in the pedestrian ‘teen patti’ either. They’re merely Diwali card-games played on Dutch bravado and pointed bluff.
Feb 2010
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Feb 2010
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Feb 2010
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My Name is Khan
A commercially successful, massively scaled mainstream film that doesn’t just make a song and dance of it all could certainly change Bollywood forever. Of all, I’m glad Johar also made that move.
Feb 2010
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Striker
Sure this film is different then. Shouldn’t each be anyway? Worth it, all the way.
Feb 2010
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Rann
This is neither an expose nor an explanation. It’s just an exercise in corniness, not very different from the subject of its scrutiny.
Jan 2010
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Ishqiya
This road film is in parts, an Yi Tu Mama Tambien sort of bizarre romance, an El Mariachi type curry-western, and a City Of God kind of grimy thriller. Yet, the pungent odour is entirely original. Oh smell it - for sure.
Jan 2010
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Road to Sangam
The questions are still important. They shouldn’t be ignored. Neither should this film.
Jan 2010
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Veer
...this apparent period film owes its origins less to the genre Hollywood movies. It belongs more to Bollywood of back in the day: a song designated for smokers every few minutes; crispness, hardly a narrative virtue; three hours, the accepted clock-time.
Jan 2010
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Chance Pe Dance
Seeking 'nautanki' fame is anyway turning into a bit of a national disease.
Jan 2010