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Issaq
...an unconvincing story of ill-fated love. It is not at all easy to sit through.
Jul 2013
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Ungli
...when a film is more interesting for what it isn't than for what it is, giving it a miss might be the most prudent option.
Nov 2014
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Babumoshai Bandookbaaz
...hurtles towards an insipid, unintelligible climax, which includes a bout of Russian roulette between two adversaries. It is, in the end, much ado about nothing because the outcome of the life-and-death contest is as predictable as everything else in the film.
Aug 2017
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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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Dharam Sankat Mein
The crisis at the heart of the plot of Dharam Sankat Mein extends well beyond the conflict that the protagonist confronts. It quickly engulfs the film as a whole as it beats about the bush and barely gets its act together.
Apr 2015
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Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
...is a massive, uncontrollable cinematic blob that runs its tiresome two-and-a-half-hour course without ever getting its perspectives in order.
Nov 2017
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Race 2
To be fair, some of the implausible action sequences are startlingly good. However, they do not add up to a convincing enough whole that can paper over the holes in the narrative.
Jan 2013
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Ghanchakkar
The fundamental concept of Ghanchakkar is intriguing all right, but it simply isn’t sturdy enough to bear the weight of an entire two hour-plus film.
Jun 2013
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Tamanchey
A stodgy and aimless noir drama, it is a rusty gun that fires noisy blanks without making any impact at all.
Oct 2014
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Munna Michael
...is only for fans of Tiger Shroff. All ye that haven't yet figured out what he is about, stay out of the way. You aren't likely to go home humming and dancing after watching this one.
Jul 2017
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Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se
Replete with silly adventures of this nature, Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se keeps returning to the realms of idiocy at the slightest provocation.
Aug 2018
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Junooniyat
It isn’t that the pursuit of cloying sentimentality does not sometimes yield pleasantly surprising results. But don’t expect any such miracle from Junooniyat.
Jun 2016
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Aiyaary
...wants to be a daring thriller that calls out smarmy politicians and arms dealers. But it only fires blanks.
Feb 2018
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A Flying Jatt
The lowbrow comic-strip spirit of A Flying Jatt extends to the film's rough-hewn production design. Nothing that appears on the screen, neither the houses nor the props, looks real.
Aug 2016
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Baadshaho
There is no dearth of surface gloss in Badshaho. A peep behind the glossy curtain reveals an overcooked but bland curry western that deserves instant banishment to the wilderness it has emerged from.
Sep 2017
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Son Of Sardaar
Poppycock in Phagwara: that is what the film should have been named. While the men on the screen defy gravity at will, the narrative defies logic without a care.
Nov 2012
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Bhoot – Part One
Only the very, very faint-hearted will find its jump scares worth the din that surrounds them. For the rest, Bhoot: Part One is akin to a ride on a stranded ship. You start at point A and end at point A and, what's worse, with a headache you could have done without.
Feb 2020
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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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Dabangg 3
...is an all too formulaic one-way street that holds no surprises at all. It goes nowhere we haven't been before.
Dec 2019
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Gabbar Is Back
Clearly, nobody put the makers of this film through the paces. They might have then known how to make the best of their limited cinematic resources and craft something less mucky.
May 2015
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Thackeray
...a cinematic lionising of a political career that thrived on exclusionary, majoritarian muscle-flexing. Not a great idea in these fractious times. As provocative as the politics it celebrates, Thackeray is a film that is best left alone.
Jan 2019
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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
...peddles old wine in what clearly looks like a bottle recycled without much imagination.
Feb 2015
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Parmanu
...is as a flat as a pancake, a hopelessly limp exercise with creaky nucleus that is buried under a mound of forced tropes before it can get going.
May 2018
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Student Of The Year 2
This is brainlessly breezy fare wrapped in gloss that wears off quickly. It is sad to see such silly stuff being palmed off as teen entertainment.
May 2019
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Super Nani
A preachy and mawkish drama about a woman neglected, scorned and tormented by her own oafish family, Super Nani makes its pro-women's empowerment statement with the finesse of a bulldozer run amok.
Oct 2014
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Crazy Cukkad Family
It does have its moments. But the laboured humour and the emotions that underline it get so corny at times that it comes pretty close to flying off the rails.
Jan 2015