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Tamasha
...could well be the next part in the Ranbir Kapoor-In-Evolution series of Hindi cinema that boasts of films like Wake Up Sid, Rockstar and Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani.
Nov 2015
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X: Past is Present
There is a big idea here, which gets communicated to the viewer at times and eludes at others.
Nov 2015
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Titli
Through the film you can feel the claustrophobia of the world that Titli is set in and it's a feeling that lingers on, long after you have left the theatre.
Oct 2015
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Oct 2015
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Jazbaa
Gupta has a stellar cast, but loses out on this advantage with his slipshod direction.
Oct 2015
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Talvar
It’s the solid writing, sharp dialogue and the spot-on performances which shine along.
Oct 2015
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Sep 2015
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Drishyam
The trademark, heavy-lidded intensity of Ajay’s Vijay is too casual and throwaway instead of powerful and impassioned.
Aug 2015
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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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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
A string of spectacular dance set-pieces linked together by random scenes.
Jun 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
Zoya makes it pretty clear that her heart beats for women and for overhauling gender roles and expectations.
Jun 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
The instant connect of a Honeymoon Travels Private Limited, however, goes amiss.
Jun 2015
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May 2015
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Dibakar tries to pack in too much even in terms of cinematic references—from classic Hollywood to noir, to Ritchie and Tarantino and Chinese action flicks. The constant shift in tonality jars, especially in the over-the-top melodrama of a climax.
Apr 2015
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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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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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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
...is a beautiful snapshot of this world, lost and yet not quite; it’s a piece of nostalgia wrapped up in the actual.
Mar 2015
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Shamitabh
It all ends at the hospital, as most of Balki’s films do. Coming out of the theatre, I couldn’t help but think of his morbid fascination with sickness, disabilities and abnormalities. Sadly, the film feels more manipulative than sensitive. And also extremely boring.
Feb 2015
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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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Tevar
Despite its occasional flourishes and a basic competence of craft, you end up taking very little back home.
Jan 2015
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Action Jackson
Cartoonish characters, mindless comedy...a blatantly chauvinistic wannabe blockbuster.
Dec 2014
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Sulemani Keeda
An in-group Versova film that needed more to say hello to the world? Yet another variation of Luck By Chance, albeit from the margins?
Dec 2014
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Zed Plus
Nice doses of black humour and sharp, witty lines. But not quite an Indian Yes Minister.
Dec 2014
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Super Nani
Every once a week comes a movie that makes all the bad ones of the rest of the week seem like Citizen Kane.
Nov 2014
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Happy New Year
It held the promise of making fine art out of stupidity, yet went back on it.
Nov 2014
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Tamanchey
Everything about it is lacklustre—right from the script, direction and acting.
Oct 2014