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Ok Jaanu
...is an overly faithful, shot for shot remake of ‘O Kadhal Kanmani’ but misses out on the charisma of Dulquer and Nithya.
Jan 2017
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Not A Love Story
It does, seemingly, have a real story to tell and a pertinent point to make but in the end is an opportunity lost.
Aug 2011
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Noor
Patronising as it may sound the film should have remained about Noor and her relationships alone. It’s when Noor’s professional side comes to fore that things start to crumble.
Apr 2017
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No Problem
...the characters, plot, gags, jokes, dialogues, just about nothing makes you smile, leave alone laugh. Besides, some significant scenes get uncomfortably racist and downright sexist.
Dec 2010
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No One Killed Jessica
There are some fine, stand-out moments. What detracts are some obvious filmi touches.
Jan 2011
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No One Killed Jessica
Gupta has the onerous task of telling a story (Jessica Lall murder case) which most of his viewers would already know. Nonetheless, he manages to keep the familiar quite engaging.
Jan 2011
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No Fathers In Kashmir
Kumar comes with a solid background in documentary filmmaking and has sound grounding in the politics of the State (Inshallah, Football and Inshallah, Kashmir), the reason one would have expected a far more searing and incisive account in the film than what one eventually gets to watch.
Apr 2019
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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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Newton
It’s a short, straightforward and simple film but far from simplistic. Director Amit Masurkar uses humour to make his point than get all moralistic, being quietly effective rather than shrill.
Sep 2017
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Neerja
...the larger emotional swell and sentiment of the film makes one overlook things.
Feb 2016
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Nanu Ki Jaanu
To be fair, silliness, if done with aplomb, can be sublime fun at times. Nanu Ki Jaanu is none of it, only laughable.
Apr 2018
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Naam Shabana
The film might appear radical enough to show a woman fight her way past the men but at the heart of things rests a very male, big boy world-view.
Mar 2017
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My Birthday Song
Some spit and polish and this could have been a rare good Hindi thriller.
Jan 2018
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Murder 3
Every member of the cast hams much too much and tries hard at seeming mysterious.
Feb 2013
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Murder 2
Sex, skin and gore: unfortunately, all it eventually adds up to is quite a big bore.
Jul 2011
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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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Mukti Bhawan
It’s all about death yet a steady strain of humour makes the film whimsical than morbid. Like life there is no clear compartmentalisation between pleasure and pain, happiness and grief, celebration and mourning.
Apr 2017
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Mukkabaaz
A rare sports film which steps away from jingoistic chest thumping to stare hard at the casteist and corrupt face of sports management in the country.
Jan 2018
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Motichoor Chaknachoor
The rough humour, even the political incorrectness, of a few lines works given the context of the place and its denizens but the film doesn’t know when to stop and how to stay sharp and pointed.
Nov 2019
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Monsoon Shootout
It’s this Sliding Doors kind of broader structuring, the moody, monsoon-night noirish setting and the brooding air that make the film marginally engaging.
Dec 2017
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Mom
Three months ago, we saw Raveena Tandon trudge the same course in Maatr. The shadow of that film hangs too heavy on Mom. Not only are the titles similar, the films themselves seem like identical twins, with Mom turning out to be the relatively better made of the two. But, only slightly so.
Jul 2017
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Mohenjo Daro
Gowariker puts in all the hard work and sincerity in the canvas and the mounting, in the seals and the statues but refuses to take the necessary leap of imagination to give us something fresh, something worth taking note of.
Aug 2016
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Mohalla Assi
Despite being based on a strong piece of writing, it feels utterly weak and washed out.
Nov 2018
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Moh Maya Money
...starts off as unsteadily as it ends but comes with a lot in the middle to chew on.
Nov 2016
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Mission Mangal
With the nation’s conscience keeper Akshay Kumar at the helm and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech featured in a special appearance, the idea behind Mission Mangal quite clearly is to ignite our supposedly latent nationalism.
Aug 2019
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Missing On A Weekend
...is amateurishly staged and feels too long for its 113 odd minutes. A 30-minute long Crime Patrol episode on TV would have delivered something infinitely more watchable.
Aug 2016
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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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Mirzya
As in each of his films Mehra is not content with the usual, is highly ambitious with his craft but doesn’t quite hit the target here.
Oct 2016
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Meri Pyaari Bindu
A lot more charm was needed here but dullness, unfortunately, is all we get.
May 2017
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
The story is evident in the title, so you expect other elements in the film to keep the interest going. Sadly there's almost nothing of it.
Sep 2011