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Super 30
Were it not based on real-life, Super 30’s story would have been scoffed upon and the movie soon forgotten. Even with the “based on a true story” stamp and despite some decent insights, performances, and dialogue, it borderlines on simplistic and forgettable.
Jul 2019
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Do Dooni Chaar
It's mostly fun and emotional but falls into the pits of boredom every once in a while.
Oct 2010
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Bol
The heart doesn't reach out to any of Bol's characters. It is slow and gets repetitive and preachy about serious topics like mistreatment of the girl-child and sexual orientation. The treatment doesn't let you get too involved.
Aug 2011
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Inkaar
...has great, rusty-yet-chic atmosphere and good performances. But, the story cheats on itself in the last half hour.
Jan 2013
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Thackeray
Is like a well-made horror film. It is well-made that is why it scares you. And of course, that it is all real-life doesn’t help.
Jan 2019
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Housefull
Yeah-yeah-yeah the comedy is not bad, or let's just say it's better than what one would expect from this team.
Apr 2010
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Rakht Charitra 2
Episode 2 is all that the first one wasn’t. It has a coherent story, it makes an attempt at character development. Actors rise above the stylization and actually put up a good performance
Dec 2010
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Feb 2010
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May 2013
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May 2014
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Hichki
...questions traditional methods of teaching while using traditional film-writing, sort-of missing its own point. Thankfully, it is engaging while it lasts.
Mar 2018
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Kshay
Yes, it gets abstract, yet it stays very well within grasp as it points at and makes us think about our own obsessions.
Jul 2012
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Titli
Noir taken to such a grim level that you disconnect after a bit and begin to look at it as someone narrating a gruesome story.
Oct 2015
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Rangoon
The tiny step Bharadwaj takes towards Shakespeare is worth an applause, and a second-viewing too. Even so, the writing though has miles to go.
Feb 2017
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Manikarnika
The makers take the strength of the original, real-life story and character for granted and entirely focus on form, rather than content. Good thing then that the brave warrior woman needs no man or depth in writing to shine.
Jan 2019
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War
Slick action, chiselled heroes, stunning locations make up for the uneven writing. Yep, the story is part-clever and part-amusing, making it a guilty-pleasure kind-of-a-watch.
Oct 2019
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OMG Oh My God!
A logical yet over-simplified take on the arguments against blind faith. The attempt is to keep the arguments balanced yet the film's events are way too convenient.
Sep 2012
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Azhar
A collection of newspaper articles presented in the form of moving images. Yet, it brings some form of closure to not-so-happy trip down nostalgia, even if it is fictional.
May 2016
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Well Done Abba
We live in corrupt times and how?! Well done Abba reminds us of that and more. It reminds us of the gravity, the irony and our own submissiveness to the whole do. Would have worked much better if it were about an hour shorter.
Mar 2010
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The Sky Is Pink
Great performances and a touching story bring in a lot of tears despite knowing how it all ends. Might have worked even better, were it shorter.
Oct 2019
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Band Baaja Baaraat
The super-basic plot looks naive but has nice facets of a man-woman relationship built into it.
Dec 2010
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Blood Money
A strong middle hour sandwiched between twenty minutes of silliness at the beginning and an absurd last half hour, make Blood Money hanging between engaging and ridiculous.
Mar 2012
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Kaalakaandi
If you can watch a film just for performances, this one is it. Otherwise, it is two ordinary stories that go well enough with a madcap one. The quirky situations and lines bring a few smiles.
Jan 2018
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Kalank
A reasonably complex plot for a love triangle spoiled by shifting focus from the details in the story to reasonably well-done grandeur and opulence. Results in a play-like set-up without due regard for nuance.
Apr 2019
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My Name is Khan
The constraint is really appreciated both in terms of Karan Johar's direction and Shah Rukh Khan's performance. But unfortunately, in the last hour the movie leaves the US and enters K-Jo-land. And in both worlds Kajol intolerably shrieks her way through.
Feb 2010
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Buddha In A Traffic Jam
Ends up being what it wants us to wake up from – a drawing room conversation about the nation's problems.
May 2016
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Qaidi Band
Gets marks just for picking up a different issue and retains them by not falling prey to all possible clichés.
Aug 2017
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Beyond The Clouds
...is as harsh as it is kind and in that sense it follows life. If only the Iranian director had avoided drama especially through some of the performances and the background score. These took a toll on the subtlety that could have been.
Apr 2018
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Pihu
While you are in awe with how they managed to make a 2-year old single-handedly hold our interest through the film, Pihu is still a 90-minute long Public Service Announcement for making houses child proof.
Nov 2018