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Good Newwz
It’s a clever premise for a comedy of errors, and it also helps that Good Newwz is grown-up and matter-of-fact about adult bodily functions and needs.
Dec 2019
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Malang
...benefits vastly from clever casting, Vikas Sivaraman’s slick and attractive cinematography, and a distanced approach to wrenching matters of the heart.
Feb 2020
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Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
...bustling with colourful characters, acerbic humour and rancour.
Jan 2021
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Anaarkali Of Aarah
Avinash Das’s debut feature overcomes its indulgences and flaws by focusing on the big picture on sexual assault and consent.
Mar 2017
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Super 30
...suggests that with talent and commitment, it is possible to cross over from the other side of the tracks. Leap high towards your goals, Anand tells his students. The formula is as pat as the solution, but many parts of the journey makes this classroom victory worth the while.
Jul 2019
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Chef
Raja Menon’s overstuffed but enjoyable remake of the Hollywood movie has likeable characters and warm performances.
Oct 2017
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Pataakha
A crisper running length would have ensured a more explosive impact for Bhardwaj’s latest, and welcome, foray into black humour with a political subtext.
Sep 2018
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Ankhon Dekhi
Still, as city films and portraits of ordinary people taking a step towards an extraordinary light go, Aankhon Dekhi is an enjoyable confection...
Mar 2014
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Mohenjo Daro
...is far from perfect, but it’s also far more than the sum of its memes.
Aug 2016
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Monsoon Shootout
...the movie works perfectly as a neo-noir thriller set in a city where nothing goes according to plan. One moment has several scenarios in Monsoon Shootout, but the outcome – smart writing and direction – remains the same throughout.
Dec 2017
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Nail Polish
The biggest twist in Nail Polish actually emanates from the restrained storytelling and overall lack of hysteria. Bhargava Krishna lulls us into thinking that we are watching one kind of movie while actually delivering something else – a switcheroo that goes beyond anything seen in the movie.
Jan 2021
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Rahasya
...it's a taut and stylish affair, which gives no quarter to extraneous elements such as songs and sub-plots over its 125 minutes. Most of the elements click into place like they would in a near-perfect crime...
Jan 2015
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Sui Dhaaga
What eventually endures isn’t the inevitable heart-warming finale but the honesty of the writing and the performances and the subversions, minor and major.
Sep 2018
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Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
...there is nothing unfeeling about Vasan Bala’s retro tribute to the small, silly and lasting ways in which the movies leave an imprint on the soul.
Mar 2019
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
The movie is as much heartless fun as the first, but it will also hopefully be the last word in the romanticisation of mofussil chic that has come to characterise a section of Hindi cinema.
Aug 2012
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Kapoor & Sons
Shakun Batra’s beautifully performed drama, about a family lurching from one crisis to the next, is part of a recent development towards ‘Happy endings with reservations’ in popular Hindi cinema.
Mar 2016
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Phobia
The set-up is convincing, and Radhika Apta’s central performance as Mahek makes it doubly so.
May 2016
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Mar 2017
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Qaidi Band
...is a very earnest and occasionally preachy heart-in-the-right place movie.
Aug 2017
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Aug 2018
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Drishyam
...works just fine so long as it reproduces its original twisty quality, but it nevertheless suffers from miscasting and unnecessary scripting tweaks.
Jul 2015
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Dear Zindagi
Since Dear Zindagi doesn’t tinker with this basic quality of the Bollywood romance, it’s all good.
Nov 2016
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Ribbon
The movie falls short as a study of modern marriage because of Karan’s absence, but it is far more effective as an examination of contemporary parenting.
Nov 2017
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Singh Is Bliing
...is as overstretched as most Bollywood extravaganzas, but it coasts along on its often wacky humour, its minor characters (Lara Dutta is a hoot) and the chemistry between Jackon and Kumar.
Oct 2015
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Irada
...advocates solutions that ordinary viewers will be hard-pressed to replicate, but its concerns are timely, its character sketches memorable, and its empathy unmistakable.
Feb 2017
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
The story needed to have been far more farcical – and an hour shorter – for the premise to have worked. The story drags despite frenetic editing that seems to be aimed squarely at gamers.
Sep 2011
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Mukti Bhawan
The astute casting and spare writing give the actors enough space to disappear into their roles.
Apr 2017
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Chhapaak
...is needlessly uneven and sluggish at times, but it’s most powerful when it keeps things simple and stays on course.
Jan 2020