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The Dirty Picture
...forsakes much potential nuance in its urge to please crowds but is still far more engaging than most Bollywood produce.
Dec 2011
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The Accidental Prime Minister
The one-sided intent of The Accidental Prime Minister may have appeared more insidious had it felt like an actual motion picture.
Jan 2019
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Thackeray
This is either an oblivious or blatantly self-aware film, a work not of propaganda as much as it is a work of pride, celebrating a legacy of violence.
Jan 2019
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Tevar
...a tiring slog, devoid of personality, riding unfairly on the shoulders of a young lad.
Jan 2015
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Teen Thay Bhai
Loud and inert at the same time, Teen Thay Bhai is a film to be shunned simply because of how cruelly it treats three actors we should treasure.
Apr 2011
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TE3N
...producer Sujoy Ghosh ensures that there is at least an aesthetic in place and the film is competently crafted even if it squanders its narrative potential.
Jun 2016
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Talaash
Someone asked me if Talaash was a watchable film, and indeed it is. It's better put together than a lot of the films we see here, and definitely strongly acted, but ends up so, so much less enjoyable than it deserved to be.
Nov 2012
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Super 30
Mathematics whiz and educator Anand Kumar has led a remarkable life, coaching hundreds of underprivileged children past the rigours of the Indian Institute of Technology entrance exams. His story deserves attention, but director Vikas Bahl confoundingly embellishes it into typical filmi fare in Super 30.
Jul 2019
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Sui Dhaaga
...is a feel-good film about dignity of labour, and the honest toil of a hard-working tailor. Too bad it feels machine-made.
Sep 2018
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Student Of The Year 2
The film lacks drama, conflict and narrative tension, with dialogues written for mannequins.
May 2019
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Stree
The laughs are inconsistent, and the plotting feels sloppy and rushed. The ideas are fine, but the writing needed work.
Sep 2018
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May 2011
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Sonchiriya
...this may be Chaubey’s best crafted film, but feels superficial, and is needlessly heavy-handed by way of metaphor.
Mar 2019
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Sonali Cable
...disconnects itself from the point of the film incredibly fast, littering itself with one-note characters stuck in cinematic cliches.
Oct 2014
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Aug 2017
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Singham
All I can personally say about this trend of remaking one-note Southern hits as a viewer is that it's an exhausting one.
Jul 2011
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Simran
Unfortunately the film, doubling up as a showreel for the actress, pretends also to be a drama, a thriller, even a sweet romance. None of these other gears work well enough, and the eventual result is tedious.
Sep 2017
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Shivaay
To evoke a truly superb avalanche-filled film, this one may as well have been called Force Manure.
Oct 2016
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Shanghai
Shanghai is all Dibakar, who we must lift on our shoulders with grateful pride.
Jun 2012
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Shamitabh
Bachchan is excellent, Dhanush does well, but both are straitjacketed by a flimsy, uneven story that is eventually just exhausting.
Feb 2015
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Shaitan
In the end, it's all flash. This Shaitan is more SprayTan than Satan, staring us down and daring us to look away. Who blinks first? We do. Several times over.
Jun 2011
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Shaandaar
It’s an old-school Disney-esque film but sadly without the wit and -- as is more critical when it comes to candy manufacture -- the consistency.
Oct 2015
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Sarbjit
...is an irresponsibly sloppy film, a film so focused on artless emotional manipulation and trying to make the audience weep, that it trivialises an important true-life story.
May 2016
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
...a theatrically indulgent entertainer, one that makes no bones about its pulpiness and stays well and truly juicy.
Mar 2013
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Rustom
...no possible fiction-based-on-fact disclaimer could have prepared me for the fact that Rustom is a parody. That, I believe, can be the only explanation for this daft film.
Aug 2016