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Hunterrr
The script on the other hand tries far too hard to be sensitive and serious at the same time. It begins to simultaneously disappoint at all levels.
Mar 2015
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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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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
This picture is still in the ‘90s. I’m pretty sure the audience has moved on.
Mar 2015
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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Together the characters in the film bring to life, almost to delightful perfection, the beats and rhythms of genuine small town Indian middle class...
Mar 2015
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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Together the characters in the film bring to life, almost to delightful perfection, the beats and rhythms of genuine small town Indian middle class that isn’t poor enough to be on the street or rich enough to afford some very basic luxuries.
Feb 2015
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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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Jan 2015
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Jodi Breakers
A movie can either make sense or money. So some filmmakers strongly suspect. Why did we expect anything better here? We always do.
Feb 2012
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Ekk Deewana Tha
This oddly picturised, amateurishly edited, mediocre Mani Ratnam stuff probably won’t cut it for anyone.
Feb 2012
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Agneepath
Would this movie have the same impact on the young as did Anand's incredible Hum (1991) for the generation before? No. Would this Agneepath suffice still? Yes.
Jan 2012
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Jan 2012
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Chaalis Chauraasi
A sense of fun is never lost. It’s the actors, no doubt, who make the ridiculous believable. Hence, you truly enjoy this ride for most of the part.
Jan 2012
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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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Kya Yahi Sach Hai
Assemblage of some of the world’s worst over-actors will worry you, editing’s patchy, sound’s screwed up, art-work's third rate, cinematography’s amateurish. Some of the most crucial scenes are shot before a chroma screen. The research and script are solid still. This is sad.
Jan 2012
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Lanka
Picture looks real. Posturing is correct. Accents may be inconsistent, dramebaazi's full-on.
Dec 2011
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Ladies VS Ricky Bahl
At worst, the film remains then a yawn inducing, half explained romance; at best, it's an effortless watch all the way.
Dec 2011
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I Am Singh
The film's audience, apparently Americans, as you know, think Osama bin Laden was Sikh. They need serious education. The characters knock some sense into their heads, read out page after page from Wikipedia, in Hindi and English, on philosophy, history, teachings and scriptures of Sikhism.
Dec 2011
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The Dirty Picture
Silk (or Balan) concludes – There are three things you need for a successful film: entertainment, entertainment, entertainment. Over here, "I am the entertainment." She is absolutely right, beyond first-rate.
Dec 2011
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Desi Boyz
You figure this formula for the moolah could be a post-2000 film by David Dhawan. It turns out his son's the director. Generations change. So do audiences. Same garbage gets recycled still.
Nov 2011
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Dam 999
The visuals, hardly scary, or real, appear for a minute or two max. We continue to be treated to some third-rate plot around an unrequited, horoscope unfriendly romance: "River of love flowing into the sea of separation..." Right.
Nov 2011
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Shakal Pe Mat Ja
I peer at the faces around me at the theatre. Of course, you shouldn't go by their looks. Or reviews for that matter. Watch it yourself. Come on, you can do it.
Nov 2011
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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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Miley Naa Miley Hum
“Chirag baba” is the oddly uncomfortable, untrained performer, casually low on body movements, high on screen time; he plays a quiet young heir, given to monosyllables and mono-expressions.
Nov 2011
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Loot
Clearly, someone's let open a flick that must have been rightly, safely lying in the cans for years.
Nov 2011