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Jawaani Jaaneman
It is funny, but not enough. It is a good one-line plot but stays just about that. It tries very hard to tug at your heart but eventually is a collection of carefully laid out tropes.
Jan 2020
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Monica
You can see the sincere effort in trying to keep us interested in the events. Unfortunately, the effort is not successful because of this irrepressible urge to be stylish and muck around with the timeline in the narrative.
Mar 2011
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Not A Love Story
Superlative performances hook you into a disgusting story that comes from newspapers despite RGV going even crazier with his camera and sound departments.
Aug 2011
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Happy New Year
...is a little more than what you'd expect. A tiny surprise that gives you more of the same, but with some structure - even if it tries do a lot in one go and all of it is predictable.
Oct 2014
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Shamitabh
A tribute to a baritone, Shamitabh serves well for the voice's fans. Unfortunately, stretches imagination and its length a tad much making it repetitive and tiring.
Feb 2015
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Chhichhore
The makers choose a slice of their hostel lives as a thread to ~~sermonise~~ tell the kids who take failure too hard to take it easy. The nostalgic tone works, but the build-up to the “lesson” part is overdone.
Sep 2019
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Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
Very Loud. Yet if you are in that giggly/exuberant mood can be an enjoyable 'nothing better to do' watch.
Feb 2012
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Loot
Loot is confused between being a regular, loud slapstick and being one of those several threads converge to make a "cool" pulp kind-of a film.
Nov 2011
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Student Of The Year
...picks of several themes of love, friendship, parenting, unhealthy competition in society. But it does no justice to even one of them.
Oct 2012
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Zid
A whodunnit that goes about in so many circles that you stop wondering about who did it.
Nov 2014
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Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
To begin with the premise of characters manipulating their friends and significant others is not very engaging.
Feb 2018
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Khichdi
...is so silly you HAVE to laugh. But that is only if you HAVE to watch it in the first place. And I don't see why anyone would want to do that.
Oct 2010
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Roy
A romantic rumination trying to be sold as a thriller it is not. Interesting but not enough. Lots of philosophy but towards no tangible direction.
Feb 2015
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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
A good set-up – is all you get. After the first hour it goes from mediocre to worse.
Jun 2018
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Break Ke Baad
When a film chooses to mimic life and its relationships, you expect a certain warmth, which is completely missing.
Nov 2010
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Chalk N Duster
...gets predictably preachy. No surprises there. It fails to teach in an interesting way despite being in the capable hands of Shabana Azmi, Juhi Chawla and Divya Dutta.
Jan 2016
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Veer
I don't know about bravery and courage, but I recognize the attempt in making an epic entertainer and I see partial success. Unfortunately, only partial. And yet, Salmaniacs can rejoice!
Jan 2010
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Miley Naa Miley Hum
Miley Naa Miley Hum ends up being a bland family drama about parents burdening their children with aspirations they have for themselves. It could have been so much better. Oh well...
Nov 2011
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Jannat 2
...feels like a film that could've been a film worth watching once if it had a little better of everything, especially better actors to play the side characters and the villain.
May 2012
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Youngistaan
I hope young India's vision is not as shallow, superficial or short-sighted.
Mar 2014
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Ek Villain
A revenge saga that works so hard in trying to make you feel for the characters that it fails and you are left gaping at the screen in bewilderment for over two hours.
Jun 2014
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City Of Gold
Sure, the concept is nice. But, the nice stuff stops there. It's just the loud and annoying way in which things play out that gets on your nerves after about an hour. And there is another 1.5 hours to go.
Apr 2010
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Sep 2012
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Jul 2013
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A Flying Jatt
A preachy school play that could have meant more. A film that will get “well-intended, heart in the right place” nominations.
Aug 2016
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May 2017
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Satyameva Jayate
Heavy dialogue-heavy film. But you knew that from the trailer. Ordinary fight sequences make the film quite the regular action fare. The story isn’t as engaging as the premise might seem.
Aug 2018
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Yamla Pagla Deewana
Over-the-top, no-head-nor-tail, senselessness served in the name of unpretentious cinema.
Jan 2011
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Shivaay
Action for the sake of action. Story that wavers in its focus. And long, way too long.
Oct 2016