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May 2019
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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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Bhoothnath Returns
The film’s structure gets lopsided, the second half is uneven and overstretched, and often the director ends up overstating his good intentions.
Apr 2014
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Bhoot – Part One
Vicky Kaushal and jump scares manage to hold things together well till the Dharma vessel derails in the second half.
Feb 2020
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Bhoomi
Sanjay Dutt hasn’t lost his acting chops yet, rather seems to be maturing well. But why did he have to pick up a film this regressive for a return?
Sep 2017
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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
Somewhere Motwane gets too self-aware and conscious—be it the genre of superhero cinema he is playing with or the issue of corruption itself. The point gets belaboured and the film too protracted.
Jun 2018
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Jun 2019
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Bhaiaji Superhittt
Bhaiaji Superhit also tells the audience to be wary of incorrectly spelt titles that are a camouflage for utterly exasperating, excruciatingly boring films.
Nov 2018
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
There is a compelling biopic hidden somewhere in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, about an athlete with a traumatic childhood facing up to and conquering the ghosts of his past. But the overwritten film meanders aimlessly.
Jul 2013
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Beyond The Clouds
Majid Majidi tries to combine his minimalistic approach with Bollywoodian melodrama with disappointing results.
Apr 2018
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Besharam
Remains unbearably unfunny from the first shot to the last—irritates and exasperates rather than bring out a chuckle.
Oct 2013
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Behen Hogi Teri
The possibility of an interesting film gets lost in an overcooked script shorn of any remarkable situations and humour.
Jun 2017
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Begum Jaan
...is shrill, shouts at the viewer in every frame. No wonder even perfectly fine actors end up overdoing things.
Apr 2017
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Befikre
What the film does try is to remain unpredictable and breezy in its expression of it. It tries to hold back from wallowing in the traditional, even as it posits the time-honoured and conventional as a solution.
Dec 2016
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Batti Gul Meter Chalu
The well-intentioned, cause-driven ‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’ is more boring than engaging.
Sep 2018
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Batla House
A needlessly convoluted and garbled interpretation of the Batla House encounter case which sides with the cops.
Aug 2019
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Barfi!
Much too crafted and self-consciously gorgeous; feels eminently facile and plastic—tries way too hard to please.
Sep 2012
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Bareilly Ki Barfi
The mediocre music and song-n-dance routines bring in the typical filmi touch to the film trying hard to fight it but still wanting to remain within it. Although a likeable film, BKB is one that could have but doesn’t quite fly.
Aug 2017
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Bang Bang!
Obviously strange to buy the remake rights of a mediocre Hollywood film. More bizarre to fashion an even worse Hindi film out of it.
Oct 2014
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Band Baaja Baaraat
...what makes it special is that it feels delightfully real, is strongly rooted in contemporary Delhi middle class.
Dec 2010
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Bajirao Mastani
Sanjay Leela Bhansali returns with another visual spectacle that wilfully takes liberties with the past that it depicts. But it does manage to engage even as it exhausts.
Dec 2015
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
...Khaitan, is careful in gently nudging the societal system than daring to go radically against it – in short he doesn’t believe in upsetting the applecart.
Mar 2017
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Badmaash Company
Begins well, there are some nice moments, but the second half gets way too moralistic.
May 2010
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Baby
In the name of supposed 'realism', the film plays on and magnifies the popular perceptions about 'Islamic terror'.
Jan 2015
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Babumoshai Bandookbaaz
...it all eventually boils down to yet another bloody revenge drama, in perpetuity at that. In the midst of several characters and strands the film loses an essential sense of cohesion.
Aug 2017
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Baar Baar Dekho
There are no standout performances, no scenes that can pack in an emotional wallop and the conversational dialogue turns banal beyond a point.
Sep 2016
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Baaghi 3
There is a phrase in Hindi: dimaag ka dahi, the curdling of brain. That’s what the film does to your mind, leaves you all woolly-headed.
Mar 2020
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Baaghi 2
Nothing matters other than Tiger Shroff in a film that bores as well as amuses with its inanity.
Mar 2018
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Sep 2017