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Toonpur Ka Superrhero
Even if it might be the best animation film to come out of Mumbai, it is not good enough. There's an attempt to cram everything seen in films from Hollywood in one film, whether or not there's room for the concept. Yet, it might not be a bad entertainer for kids with some caramel popcorn handy.
Dec 2010
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Mere Dad Ki Maruti
It is laced with some hilarious one-liners and tries to be hep with youngistan lingo, but is ultimately predictable and generally silly.
Mar 2013
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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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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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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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B.A. Pass
Not too often is women's sexuality or rather her openness about her sexuality explored in Hindi films. For that, BA Pass can be appreciated. But other than that, it is a pretty hollow affair.
Aug 2013
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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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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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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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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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Bullett Raja
Lots of "dialogue", earthy style and of course bullets. Unfortunately, it also means repetitive, predictable, and tiring.
Nov 2013
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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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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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Chennai Express
...or what it's wroth watch Chennai Express if and only if you have conceded that you have nothing better to do.
Aug 2013
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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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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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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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Shaadi Ke Side Effects
A shallow, even if truthful for some couples, take on marriage. Past the one-liners in the trailer, Shaadi Ke Side Effects is more-or-less stuck in a rut.
Feb 2014
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Shivaay
Action for the sake of action. Story that wavers in its focus. And long, way too long.
Oct 2016
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Dil Juunglee
A sincerely superficial film. Makes no attempt at making character motivations believable. A case of “believe it or leave it”. “Leave it”, it is then.
Mar 2018