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Jab Harry Met Sejal
A few lovely, honest moments; good performances but zero story doesn't work for this “boy meet girl” film.
Aug 2017
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Chaalis Chauraasi
...starts out with witty one-liners and some awesome comic timing by the finest of performers fizzles out after the first half hour. A decent basic plot riddled by need for item numbers and long-drawn scenes that make the writers look clueless.
Jan 2012
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Maximum
The business and underworld of the Indian police department is showcased with style and great performances. But it still feels same-ol' same-ol', just the jobs of the people doing it is the same.
Jun 2012
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Shortcut Romeo
It doesn't feel like they take the audience for granted. Its just that the ability of the writer/director to engage us is limited.
Jun 2013
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Irada
The details though aren't entertained. Many plot points seem like convenient ways to push the drama to the two-hour mark of run-time.
Feb 2017
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Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas
The first half, when nothing happens is engaging because of the arresting Himalayas+cinematography. The second half, when the story moves at breakneck speed, is boring.
Sep 2019
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Love Breakups Zindagi
It is a casual and everyday-like take on the subject but it also turns out to be long-drawn and boring.
Oct 2011
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Feb 2013
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Dil Dhadakne Do
A few laugh out loud moments, a smile through and through. A few real problems looked at superficially. Some #FirstWorldProblem you smile a cynical smile at. Unfortunately, a little shallow, a little too flaky and preachy too.
Jun 2015
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Saala Khadoos
Been there, seen that. As predictable as the next underdog film. Good performances though.
Jan 2016
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Aug 2018
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Kesari
So much action that it makes you go numb, even though it is slick, choreographed and shot very well. Anyway, a story of great bravery in times of war, glamourising killing by taking lives in style, seems overdone.
Mar 2019
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Ishqiya
Once you believe in the story, its well told. But even after the plot has unfolded there's a huge gap in understanding the characters.
Jan 2010
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Aisha
Director, Rajeshree Ojha has decent intentions but Aisha fumbles and stumbles downhill.
Aug 2010
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Turning 30
What could have been a celebration of all things woman might just make all women turning 30 into a laughing stock.
Jan 2011
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Ishaqzaade
A love story we've gotten too used to over the decades to be interesting despite fresh performances and a slick, rustic treatment.
May 2012
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Toilet
Brings up many important issues related not just to religion, culture or even sanitation. It points a huge finger at sexism and the politics of both home and nation. But, is extremely preachy through most of it.
Aug 2017
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Ghanchakkar
...gets you interested and leaves you there. It doesn't move forward and soon enough, gets repetitive and thus predictable.
Jun 2013
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Hunterrr
Trailer covers all the novelty of the plot. The rest is a regular coming-of-age cum love story masked under the garb of a sex comedy. Neither very funny, nor insightful.
Mar 2015
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The Ghazi Attack
A war thriller that has potential to tingle your patriotism and even bring you to your seat's edge. But for the melodrama and the technical stuff that seems just too implausible.
Feb 2017
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The Zoya Factor
Attempts to keep things light, which work at times and don’t at others. A film that wouldn’t kill you if you watched it, but one you wouldn’t miss if you didn’t.
Sep 2019
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Ready
...actually has a sort-a, kind-a coherent story. Well of course, I'm using the word coherent loosely. And story. And what-the-hell, "sort-a, kind-a" too. What I'm trying to get at is, Ready has focus.
Jun 2011
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Heroine
Except for a difficult performance by Kareena Kapoor and the lost character she plays, Heroine is one dramatic scene after another without anything substantial.
Sep 2012
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Daawat-e-Ishq
A complicated way to send across a simple social message. Engages, though only in pieces.
Sep 2014
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Ghayal Once Again
A racy first half gives way to mundane not-so common man vs. system.
Feb 2016
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Singham
Comical action, filmy dialogue, awful flow make Singham's decent concept look laughable. It tries to make a couple of points but they are lost in the "coolness" that the film wants to be.
Jul 2011
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Bareilly Ki Barfi
Neither does it have the sparks of a romance, nor the laughs of a comedy. What it does have is some fine performances, lovely details and nuances that are not usually found in Hindi films.
Aug 2017
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Helicopter Eela
A different but thin story-line that stretches too long, most of which you know from the trailer, including the 2-3 funny lines. ‘Different’ gets some points though.
Oct 2018
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Judgemental Hai Kya
The quirks are well placed and done well too. The basic plot though tries to make us believe it is complex and its characters have complexities, but that’s only skin deep. Ultimately then, the film feels like an experiment that doesn’t land too well.
Jul 2019