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Andhadhun
Missing the beginning, end and anything in the middle would then severely imperil what could be the most fun you’d have at the movies.
Oct 2018
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Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
There’s an innocence and transparency, a steadiness of tone and tenor, a perpetual energy and the delectable thread of whimsy that knits the film through and through.
Mar 2019
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Thappad
...writers Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul do well in turning a solitary slap into larger exploration of male entitlement. They weave a dexterous but concise and economical narrative that, even while focusing on one woman’s life, turns it into the story about every woman. And every man.
Feb 2020
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Pink
...it’s good to have a film stating categorically, even if a trifle simplistically, that a no is a no is a no.
Sep 2016
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Sonchiriya
It’s an intricately woven script which strings many threads and themes together—crisply, economically with hardly a note out of place. The sure-footedness, self-assurance all adding to a deadly impact.
Mar 2019
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Mulk
Instead of talking to the converted, director Anubhav Sinha manages to use the conventions and tools of mainstream cinema to go beyond the liberal echo chambers and try and reach out to the masses. That, in fact, could well prove to be Mulk’s biggest strength.
Aug 2018
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Kapoor & Sons
There is something very finely calibrated and nicely measured about the entire package that is Kapoor & Sons.
Mar 2016
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Ankhon Dekhi
...a film that moves, provokes, sets you thinking and questioning but doesn’t provide you any easy answers. But it does take you on an enriching journey within if you allow yourself to flow with its current.
Mar 2014
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Queen
...a squarely mainstream film. Simplistic? Undemanding? Perhaps. But ultimately it is immensely warm and winsome, pressing just the right emotional buttons.
Mar 2014
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Jun 2012
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Chauranga
...is a lot more muted and quiet in its rage. But the thread of protest runs through it nonetheless...
Jan 2016
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Love Sex Aur Dhokha
...is remarkable in the way it experiments with the digicam to create a novel, audacious narrative.
Mar 2010
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Udta Punjab
...ultimately for me Udta Punjab is not about the story, the four main characters, their acting or the music even. It’s about relentless exposure to a gut-wrenching reality for 148 minutes that I am still trying to process.
Jun 2016
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Gully Boy
...it’s a classic, empathetic underdog story with a crowd pleasing, feel good finale about turning your imperfect reality into a long-cherished and impossible fantasy.
Feb 2019
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Raman Raghav 2.0
...is a taut thriller, full of energy and brimming over with tension.
Jun 2016
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Dangal
Even as the film touches a chord, it makes one compare and contrast it with other Indian sports films, and not glowingly at that.
Dec 2016
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Lipstick Under My Burkha
Shrivastava’s women are identifiable, their predicaments and problems are easy to relate to. What adds more conviction to the portrayals are the persuasive performances by all the ladies at the helm.
Jul 2017
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Qarib Qarib Singlle
...is a happy confluence of many things besides an absolutely entrancing, candid and un-self-conscious Khan who makes acting seem utterly easy and effortless.
Nov 2017
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Qarib Qarib Singlle
Has something that most contemporary, uber-slick Bollywood flicks lack--quietude and calm. It's a world of thoughtful pauses than a furious pace.
Apr 2011
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Bittoo Boss
The movie tries to capture the promiscuity and amorality in our lives, especially in the small towns. However, interesting social observations don’t necessarily a good film make.
Apr 2012
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Dedh Ishqiya
Chaubey’s caper scores with its delectable atmosphere, seeped in culture and music. It’s a world of paan, poetry and protocol, of erudition and affectations. Rarely has crime been served so sodden in nostalgia.
Jan 2014
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Trapped
With him the film takes the audience to the edge of the seat and also makes it face its own weaknesses and resourcefulness in crises.
Mar 2017
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Hamid
..given the recent turn of events it’s the very simplicity, humaneness and a sense of poise that resonates, connects and is profoundly moving.
Mar 2019
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Makkhi
Take the age-old reincarnation theme, add a dash of fantasy and sci-fi, with an implicit moral and you get a winsome film.
Oct 2012
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Jawaani Jaaneman
...is fun but complaisant, reinforces the age old cliches associated with singledom.
Jan 2020
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Vicky Donor
It’s been so long since a movie elicited laughs without cringes. It is unapologetic, unadulterated fun.
Apr 2012
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Miss Lovely
It peels the makeup off the glamour world, shows the ugliness, dirt, slime and debauchery on the periphery, however offensive it may be. It doesn’t aim to please.
Jan 2014
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Anaarkali Of Aarah
A unique, well observed, raunchy musical that reiterates that no means no.
Mar 2017