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Indoo Ki Jawani
...is steadfastly unamusing because the heroine's youthful exuberance is never allowed to rise above the juvenile.
Dec 2020
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I Me Aur Main
...a rather listless drama about grown-ups who still have much growing up to do. Eventually it amounts to much ado about nothing.
Mar 2013
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I Am Kalam
...shows how beautiful small can be, especially when the heart is in the right place and the mind is clued in.
Aug 2011
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Hunterrr
... is way off the mark. It isn't utterly pointless, but it is neither hugely engaging nor particularly insightful.
Mar 2015
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Humshakals
Even by the pitiable cinematic standards that the director has so defiantly set for himself, Humshakals is the very pits. It scrapes the bottom of a barrel that seems to have no bottom at all.
Jun 2014
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
To be fair, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania does have some warm passages. But the overall package that it adds up to is about as appetizing as a bottle of beer gone flat.
Jul 2014
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Housefull 4
Only the very-easy-to-amuse moviegoers will find it funny enough to engage with its crazy, crass convolutions.
Oct 2019
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Housefull 3
...mindless tale, often hitting dead-ends from where there can be no return to sanity.
Jun 2016
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Holiday
...lacks the sustained intensity and urgency of an edge-of-the-seat spy thriller.
Jun 2014
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Hindi Medium
It isn't possible to completely dislike Hindi Medium. So, ignore its hiccups and watch it for the relevance of the questions it poses and the remarkable quality of the acting.
May 2017
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Highway
Writer-director Imtiaz Ali has hit a road less taken. The result is a stylish two-hander that is defiantly unconventional, if not entirely satisfying.
Feb 2014
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Hichki
Rani Mukerji's energetic, engaging performance apart, Hichki is a huff-and-puff show marked by too much mush and fuss. But it has just enough to keep tearjerker junkies interested.
Mar 2018
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Sep 2012
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Helicopter Eela
The problem with Helicopter Eela is that it allows the drama to trump its comic potential. A little more wit and humour and a little less earnestness might have given the film the wings it wants.
Oct 2018
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Hawaizaada
The film alternates between the tedious and the excessively outlandish as it negotiates its way through a terrain that is riddled with psychological craters and historical inaccuracies.
Jan 2015
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Hawaa Hawaai
...if it is genuine entertainment that you are looking for, your search ends here.
May 2014
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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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Haseena Parkar
Nothing, therefore, can salvage this insipid biopic from the morass of mediocrity.
Sep 2017
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Haraamkhor
...isn't a ground-breaker, but it certainly is worthy of applause for its fearlessness and for the impressive quality of the acting.
Jan 2017
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
...the hilarity quotient is low. The precursor had delivered on at least a part of the promise inherent in the quirky premise. This one goes through the motions without ever coming close to finding a genuine rhythm.
Aug 2018
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Happy New Year
There is no dearth of gloss in Happy New Year, but everything else in the film, including the content and its treatment, are allowed to go for a toss.
Oct 2014
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Happy Ending
In the rather patchy but inoffensive Happy Ending, the narrative style is bright and breezy enough to help them paper over the flaws in the screenplay.
Nov 2014
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
...isn't the kind of film that will have audiences rolling in the aisles. But it might occasionally induce faint smiles on some faces.
Aug 2016
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Hamid
...both the film and the character, articulates that overarching hope with gentle yet precise, persuasive strokes.
Mar 2019
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Gurgaon
...is a felicitous first film that bears the stamp of cinematic craftsmen who know their art inside out.
Aug 2017
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Gunday
The eye candy on liberal display in Gunday isn’t buttressed with enough narrative energy. It really is difficult to keep a two-and-a-half-hour film from losing its wheels when its engine room is bereft of the propellant of genuine inspiration.
Feb 2014
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Gully Boy
In an era of which Bollywood is increasingly passing off pulpy apologies for demagoguery for cinema, Gully Boy could have been a fitting riposte. It just doesn't go far enough to pose discomfiting questions in keeping with the art of the street rapper. But all said and done, Gully Boy can be whole-heartedly commended for its craft, fascinating characters and Ranveer Singh.
Feb 2019
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Gulaab Gang
Women who weave their own pink saris and are determined to put all pigs in their place, even if they are in the make-believe world of Gulaab Gang, should be the last people to enforce a stereotype that Hindi films have perpetuated for decades.
Mar 2014