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Hate Story 3
Hate would be a completely wasted emotion here. Do yourself a favour and just ignore Hate Story 3.
Dec 2015
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Kajarya
...a powerful and important film that finds vestiges of genuine humanity in an area of impenetrable darkness. But it offers no false hopes.
Dec 2015
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Angry Indian Goddesses
...a must-see and not only because it is unlike anything Hindi cinema has produced before. It strikes a fine and rare balance between thematic gravitas and breezy entertainment.
Dec 2015
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Tamasha
An off-the beaten track love story that does not go far enough with its surprises, Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha is a film that flatters to deceive.
Nov 2015
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X: Past is Present
...for a cinematic pastiche that represents as audacious a leap into the unknown as this, a few quibbles here and there are no big deal.
Nov 2015
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
The overwrought PRDP might not be that bad, but it is syrupy to the point of being unendurable. Only for Salman Khan fans.
Nov 2015
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Main Aur Charles
Bollywood biopics usually tend to be horrendously bloated and overwrought. Main Aur Charles is anything but.
Oct 2015
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Titli
A slow-burning, searing crime drama that shuns the conventional trappings of the genre, first-time director Kanu Behl’s Titli is a remarkably sure-footed film.
Oct 2015
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Shaandaar
...a fun film that is infused with great charm, which in turn is enhanced by director Bahl’s panache for a light touch, an attribute that was on full show in Queen.
Oct 2015
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Wedding Pullav
Bland and unenticing, Wedding Pullav is a concoction that is too stale and sloppy to tingle even the least evolved of cinematic taste buds.
Oct 2015
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
...does pretty much the same, but the novelty has worn off and it is saddled with an insufferably inept screenplay.
Oct 2015
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Oct 2015
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Singh Is Bliing
What is irretrievably amiss with the film is that nothing it says manages to drift anywhere near some degree of coherence.
Oct 2015
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Talvar
Mining riveting yet balanced drama from a real-life murder case lost in a tangled web of fact, fiction, hearsay and insinuations could not have been easy. But not a wee bit of the effort shows.
Oct 2015
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Calendar Girls
Slapdash and sanctimonious, Calendar Girls is a stunner, but for all the wrong reasons. It is stunning in its sheer stupidity.
Sep 2015
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Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
The obvious mismatch between aspiration and result is too glaring to be missed.
Sep 2015
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Aug 2015
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Kaun Kitney Paani Mein
...there is much to admire in some of the reflections of reality that Kaun Kitney Paani Mein captures.
Aug 2015
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Manjhi
A lighter touch might have made Manjhi - The Mountain Man a markedly more convincing biopic.
Aug 2015
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Gour Hari Dastaan
One, lead actor Vinay Pathak is clearly miscast. And two, the pace of the narrative is painfully ponderous.
Aug 2015
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Brothers
It makes so much noise that any sensible point about brotherly bonding and filial fidelity that it might be trying to make is completely drowned out by the decibels.
Aug 2015
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Bangistan
True to its title, Bangistan makes more than its share of noise. But this mildly wacky satire on the futility of religious bigotry does not make too much sense.
Aug 2015
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Jul 2015
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
...runs with this wafer-thin premise with such unbridled enthusiasm and vigour that you might be forgiven for wondering if the future of the universe hinged on it.
Jul 2015
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Bahubali
Scale of ambition: gargantuan. Quality of VFX: out of the ordinary. Content: only occasionally gripping. Final impact: pretty strong.
Jul 2015
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Guddu Rangeela
A lighthearted film about a deadly serious subject could have easily gone horribly wrong. Guddu Rangeela doesn't. It is lively, droll and occasionally thought-provoking.
Jul 2015
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Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho
For those looking for a break from the Bollywood staple of star-studded, buffed up, feel-good entertainers, this film might be two hours and a bit well spent.
Jun 2015