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De De Pyaar De
There is genuine fodder for situational comedy, but debutant director Akiv Ali can’t strike the balance between clever humour and broad farce, making something that wants to be intelligent but looks (and sounds) like a Priyadarshan slapstick climax.
May 2019
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Dec 2016
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Dabangg 2
For a fan of the star in question, all that matters is whether the star seems to be having fun. In which case Dabanng 2 is just the ticket, since Salman looks to be having the time of his life. The film itself is better than the original -- or, to word it differently, is less unwatchable.
Dec 2012
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Court
...a singularly strong directorial debut -- gives us stunning snapshots which should work sensationally well for a festival audience, but, to the Indian viewer, are not truly new or holding any strikingly original thought.
Apr 2015
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Cocktail
...has a handful of moments and a few genuine sparks, but finally crashes and burns so spectacularly that it's hard to focus on the positives.
Jul 2012
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Chor Chor Super Chor
...while not living up to the potential of its quirky idea, does offer laughs -- either because of actor, line or the stray scene.
Aug 2013
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Chittagong
And while Chittagong falls well short of being a great film, it can't help but be an important one. And Pain keeps it honest.
Oct 2012
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Chhota Bheem: Kung Fu Dhamaka
Animated films work because of how good the lines are, and Chhota Bheem appears content to settle for a few fat jokes. It’s a pity, because kids watching deserve a film as bright and spunky as the animation looks.
May 2019
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Chef
...holds no secret sauce of its own, but perhaps we shouldn't be that surprised. There is only that much you can do with a reheated film.
Oct 2017
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Chance Pe Dance
It's mostly harmless, and certainly harebrained. Leave it to the Shahid-obsessed.
Jan 2010
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Calendar Girls
Take the name off the poster and it's hard to believe this film has been made by someone who makes films.
Sep 2015
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Buddha In A Traffic Jam
Is this a real movie? Did someone fund this? Is this actually releasing in theatres? In the name of Comrade Jesus, how about a solitary drop of sanity?
May 2016
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Bombay Velvet
...runs out of breath less than halfway through, and huffs and puffs as it tries to breast the finish line.
May 2015
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Blank
...this could have been pulpy fun and there is some promise. The hand-to-hand combat sequences are shot grungily, with extreme close-ups, but while Blank wants to be a heavy metal movie, it is basically a kid with a noisy amp.
May 2019
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Bittoo Boss
A sweet but slapdash effort, this is, all in all, quite like watching a wedding video.
Apr 2012
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Sep 2017
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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
Motwane has made a minimal and bare-knuckled vigilante film that means well, but is built out of obvious influences. We know exactly where it's heading, but it still leaves us waiting at the signal too long.
Jun 2018
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Bhaiaji Superhittt
...there’s constantly something worth enjoying in this film that refuses to moralise at the very end, and it is often the leading man — hapless, hilarious and never trying too hard. They could have called this movie Philadelphia, because it really is always Sunny.
Nov 2018
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Begum Jaan
...could well have been a film about a fantastic bunch of feisty, disparate women taking on all odds, but alas. We're left only with memories of some melancholy bores.
Apr 2017
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Dec 2016
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Bbuddah...Hoga Terra Baap
...not a particularly well-crafted film but none of that matters as Amitabh Bachchan makes it work.
Jul 2011
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Batla House
There’s promise here in a film about a specific police encounter being scrutinised with extreme cynicism by the rest of the nation, and it builds towards an engaging finale, but Advani takes too long to get there, meandering through wooden actors and limber item-dancers in subplots that really aren’t the point of the story.
Aug 2019
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Barfi!
And yet so impressive and earnest are most parts of Barfi! that one is inclined even to forgive its flawed centre; we want badly to overlook the film's peach-seed heart, and concentrate on the rest of its juicy joys.
Sep 2012
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Bank Chor
Even a substandard or cliched basic plotline could have been sidestepped were only the gags smart enough, or, at least, that there were enough of them. This one spends too much time not going for the laughs. It starts off being about blank chors, and ends up a bank bore.
Jun 2017
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Bang Bang!
This is a stupid, stupid film trying to be slick, a B-grade film made on an A-list budget.
Oct 2014
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
...an overearnest, oversimplified, preposterously sweet and frequently schlocky film, which shouldn’t work because of how predictable and soppy it is. Yet, because of a finely picked supporting cast, some sharp lines of dialogue and, most crucially, because of its overall heart, it works, and works well.
Jul 2015
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
What makes it work, really, is the intent and the two principal actors.
Mar 2017
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Badmaash Company
It's hard to take this sort of film seriously, a film that lathers on the same lackluster ideas over and over again, expecting us to lap it up but actually beating us into stupor.
May 2010