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Raajneeti
Just to let you in on a mental note I made smilingly stepping out of this film’s interval: “You so know it when you’re watching one of the most powerful Bollywood dramas ever!” I wish I could say that for the rest of the movie. Well. Halfway there then, I guess.
Jun 2010
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Raag Desh
If this film feels slightly exhausting, even if exhilarating in parts, then that's because it is rather exhaustive in its exposition of facts. History fiends should jump at it right away.
Jul 2017
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Ra.One
A year of relentless hustling, hype and expectations inevitably numb achievements, whatever they are, into the obvious. You wish to figure if this was worth this much fuss. Look at the film. The fuss was necessary!
Oct 2011
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Qarib Qarib Singlle
This is the sort of script that world champions of the desi rom-com genre would've taken to an altogether level. To be fair, director Tanuja Chandra (in fine form) makes it more than a 'qarib qarib' lovely, and surely worth your while in the theatre.
Nov 2017
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama
The screenplay, an excellent effort at genuine Indian dick-lit writing, still rings true, in several parts. The solid material isn't however contained enough to make for a tight film.
May 2011
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Pyaar Impossible
...oscillating between dull conversations, and duller conflict around a stolen computer programme – hardly reaches beyond the premise of its promos.
Jan 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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Mar 2017
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Players
A few players intend to share the loot, given the plan or plot (borrowed from Hollywood) is already in place. That’s the story of this film. It could be the story of its making as well!
Jan 2012
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Piku
More than anything else this comedy got me slightly emotional thinking about how distracted we get by life in general that we often begin to take our old folks—parents, grand parents—for granted.
May 2015
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Aug 2010
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Patiala House
It's all good, this Patiala peg. Just chug de phatte! We're all about Bollywood and cricket 'n' all, innit?
Feb 2011
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
...a whole lot of random desi-lad humour, in what's essentially a naughty-uncle comedy about the wife, and woh (the other woman). Couldn't find anything funny here. Surely this sort of stuff has an audience. Hope the film finds it then.
Dec 2019
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Parched
A fine sign of our times, I'd say, and if the arrow also leads to theatres, yes, it's worth going, and supporting, for sure.
Sep 2016
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Pagglait
Where the film manages to stay afloat with much aplomb though is turning all of this into a coming-of-age story of the young widow, whose life changes within the span of the 13 days it takes for the soul to exit a home.
Mar 2021
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Pad Man
...you know where this film is coming from. I'm actually really glad to know where it's going. Period.
Feb 2018
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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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Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
The subject is immediately exhilarating still. As is this film.
Jul 2010
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Not A Love Story
We delve deeper into neither the young dream-chasers of a scary celeb industry nor chilling procedurals of an infamous police case, let alone the juicy tabloid drama that followed it. The narrative is predictably linear. Tsk. Waste.
Aug 2011
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Noor
...like journalism, this film should be seen for what it is. And hey it isn't bad at all.
Apr 2017
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No Problem
Actors alone suposedly carry audiences into theatres. A good number of them have been suitably recruited. The proposal is well drawn. Promise of crores have already been made. Why bother making a movie as well, telling a funny story? Anything will do.
Dec 2010
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No One Killed Jessica
The narrative is gripping, the music score (Amit Trivedi) uplifting, the screenplay tight enough to allow for very few slippages (only towards the end).
Jan 2011
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NH10
The number of coincidences in a plot is obviously inversely proportional to how credible the story seems. There are quite a few coincidences here, and an equal number of moments where some suspension of disbelief is a must.
Mar 2015
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Nanu Ki Jaanu
Sad. Very sad-chiefly for the super-fine, and now ironically an under-rated actor, at the centre of it all.
Apr 2018