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Simran
What’s interesting is that her Praful is never built as a role model. The filmmaker remains non-judgmental about her; the audience doesn’t know what to make of her. I found that strangely liberating: an on-screen woman you can’t pin down or put in a straightjacket; for a change.
Sep 2017
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Uri
At times I found myself standing clear of my own political biases to acknowledge his engaging craft. At other moments, I broke away from the film’s emotional sway to question its politics.
Jan 2019
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The Zoya Factor
Despite the film being a rickety ride and Dulquer Salmaan not being utilised to his best potential, the Malayalam star still ends up playing the most rounded role of the lot.
Sep 2019
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Lootera
Has just the right construct of a classic but stops short of becoming one. And that's such a loss-there, yet not quite.
Jul 2013
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Finding Fanny
If the characters seem to come straight out of Mario Miranda cartoons, the telling seems to have taken a page out of Amelie...
Sep 2014
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Jun 2019
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Drishyam
It’s the cat ’n mouse games, twist in the tale and the final revelation that are the stuff of collective audience sighs. That too only if you are watching it for the first time.
Aug 2015
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The Dirty Picture
The film crumbles while negotiating the thin line between a woman's inherent power and her vulnerability.
Dec 2011
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Oct 2012
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Krrish 3
The film tries to raise the bar for Bollywood superhero films with its better-than-the-rest SFX and cinematography, but remains thoroughly clunky at heart. The content and characters, the story-telling and dialogue are tacky.
Nov 2013
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NH10
The film loses out on complexity by opting for a way too easy narrative: the rural brutes vs us, the city slickers.
Mar 2015
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Feb 2018
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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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Raavan
Fails to offer a persuasive portrayal of individuals and relationships, the largely ineffective acting making a further hash of an already tenuous narrative.
Jun 2010
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Fatso
Leaves you curiously unmoved and strangely untouched. It has the feel of a TV drama, not a big screen feature.
May 2012
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David
Bejoy Nambiar’s film could have been an intriguing exploration of the vagaries of fate and fortune. But, unfortunately, as with most films released this week, it falls short of its inherent possibilities.
Feb 2013
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Ki & Ka
A perennially righteous film that reinforces the very stereotypes it was promising to break.
Apr 2016
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Ek Tha Tiger
One confused film, but With Salman about, nothing seems to matter. So the Bhai tornado rolleth on.
Aug 2012
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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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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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Gold
...Akshay Kumar is insisting on being the Neo Mr Bharat, film after film, that is now beginning to bore and grate. Someone please rescue him from being the inspirational conscience keeper of contemporary shining India and take him back to entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.
Aug 2018
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Mardaani 2
The film engages with the gender issue in the all too familiar and stereotypical way, barely rising above being a cat-and-mouse thriller.
Dec 2019
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Chakravyuh
A bit like Deewar, a lot like Namak Haraam. With Jha one would have expected a lot more complexity than what’s delivered.
Nov 2012
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Ram-leela
A fervour and fanaticism so pounding that it utterly tires one down, rather than offering any highs.
Nov 2013
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Hunterrr
...the back and forth narrative confuses, slows down and stretches the film beyond the limits of boredom.
Mar 2015
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Kaabil
... in the second half, the film becomes a usual revenge saga, marginally more engaging than deathly dull, dreary and deadening first half.
Jan 2017
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404
The movie grips you but gets plodding in the middle with its convoluted yet simplistic discussions.
May 2011
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Ishaqzaade
Takes us back to what love used to be in Hindi cinema, especially in the '80s, until DDLJ initiated a change of rules.
May 2012
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Main Tera Hero
Gets way too random and hit and miss. Doesn’t feel fresh enough and lacks the vital spark.
Apr 2014