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Apr 2010
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Jan 2012
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Sab Kushal Mangal
Honestly, as an audience, when the premise, let alone the story, doesn't work for you, it's best to be distracted by things that do.
Jan 2020
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Saand Ki Aankh
There's something so desperately missing in the general rhythm and tone of this film that beyond a point, not just the audience, even the filmmakers seem unable to decide on whether this is a high-octane melodrama, set to appease junta-class.
Oct 2019
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Saaho
They let loose on an eager audience merely set-pieces in quick succession, and so much random anth-shanth, akar-bakar, that it becomes impossible to saho (bear) Saaho, once you get closer to three hours.
Aug 2019
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Rockstar
Director Imitiaz Ali manages to retain a personal, auteur's touch in a genre vastly commercial, mainstream. This is a rare feat.
Nov 2011
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Dec 2009
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Rock On 2
The soundtrack hardly lives up to the standards set by the first part. The script seems improvised.
Nov 2016
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Robot
This film, just a few feet too long, is fine entertainment by itself. I'm evidently an atheist to this religion, so I guess, you can trust this note.
Oct 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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Road to Sangam
The questions are still important. They shouldn’t be ignored. Neither should this film.
Jan 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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Red Alert
The movie, dull on drama, doesn’t take a stand. The backdrop is its only purpose, and doubles up for its skeletal plot.
Jul 2010
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Jun 2011
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Rascals
This one defies a film. You just lose interest after a while. As do the filmmakers. At some point, out of the blue, they just abandon the whole project...
Oct 2011
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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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Rangoon
...too many things have been mixed into one film. But attempted with eye-popping chutzpah. Over years, it's another matter if you've liked all his movies or not, what you have to credit Bhardwaj for is sheer audacity, and flight of imagination. He takes a chance.
Feb 2017
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Rakht Charitra 2
Regional cinema has its own poetic grammar. It's just distressing to sense, that’s where Varma belongs now.
Dec 2010
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Rakht Charitra – I
Doesn't hurt, if you can take this much of it in one go. There's another installment on its way, if you’re bloodthirsty still. Huh!
Oct 2010
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Mar 2018
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Rahasya
As for whether I can watch a film for a lead actor when everything else is rather second-rate? Maybe I can.
Jan 2015
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May 2011
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Raees
Sure, we'd love to see SRK attempt his own version of a Pablo Escobar. For now, Raees will certainly do.
Jan 2017
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Radhe
...at the end of a couple of hours (in this case, mercifully, only an hour and 40 minutes), these films are really like political elections. The quality of parties and candidates doesn’t matter. What does is, who won. Or, if it was a box-office success. Which, for the first time, we will never know.
May 2021
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Raazi
This is a meditative version of a war film, subtly weighing in on human loss and ruthlessness, even as it seldom wavers from checking off all the crackling elements of an espionage thriller.
May 2018
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Raaz Reboot
Sure, it’s predictable stuff. But that’s to do with the genre, which like mindless comedy, is fairly easy to judge or appreciate.
Sep 2016
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Raavan
This is that severely unexpected self-indulgence in a career of close to three decades, which digs out nothing but his own cinematic cliches.
Jun 2010