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Ek Paheli Leela
The painfully pointless Ek Paheli Leela is a full-blown cinematic conundrum whose depth is inversely proportional to the geneorus decolletage that is on show.
Apr 2015
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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
...goads the audience to think differently without trying to deviate from its primary purpose, which is to deliver entertainment. It does the latter well enough and yet does not overly dilute its off-kilter vision. No mean feat that.
Feb 2019
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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
It is crafted with a string of wonderfully well-written scenes that flow seamlessly into each other, eventually culminating in a heart-warming climax.
Feb 2015
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Jul 2015
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Dolly Ki Doli
There is much to like in Dolly Ki Doli. Or, let us put it this way: there isn't much to dislike in Dolly Ki Doli.
Jan 2015
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Dobaara
...the portentous game of shadows, silhouettes and sly suggestions, which alternates between the teasing and the terrifying, is too much superficial style for a film so slight.
Jun 2017
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Dishoom
The audience sits through the cacophony hoping for a genuine knockout blow to be delivered somewhere down the line. It never materialises. Dishoom doesn't land a single half-decent punch.
Jul 2016
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Dirty Politics
...a messy affair that reeks of all-round mediocrity despite the presence in the cast of actors of the calibre of Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah.
Mar 2015
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Dilwale
The lead pair is all heart. The film they are trapped in is, unfortunately, utterly soulless.
Dec 2015
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Dil Juunglee
Everything about Dil Juunglee is a bit on the wild side, completely arbitrary and illogical.
Mar 2018
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Dil Dhadakne Do
It is an overly caramelised and flaky dysfunctional family drama that strives - and fails - to strike a balance between the sly and the syrupy.
Jun 2015
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Dhoom 3
...is fun while it lasts, but it might not leave the viewer with the sense of having watched a film that is truly unique.
Dec 2013
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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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Dhanak
Kukunoor enhances the magic of the parable by throwing in delightfully quirky encounters that veer into the heart of fairy-tale terrain without ever losing a sense of reality.
Jun 2016
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Dhadak
The film saunters rather than sprints. In Sairat, that strategy clicked famously because that film had its heart in the right place. Dhadak doesn't. The result is a grind that pretty frames and fresh faces cannot mitigate.
Jul 2018
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Dedh Ishqiya
Dedh Ishqiya entertains, but does so in a manner that does not trifle with the intelligence of the audience.
Jan 2014
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Dear Zindagi
...pulls at the heartstrings. It is also loaded with genteel humour. But what works above all is that the pop philosophy/psychology that underlines the drama at the film's core isn't the least bit pulpy.
Nov 2016
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Dear Maya
...does not deliver conventional entertainment nor does it favour high drama. If anything, the film's even pitching proves that Sunaina Bhatnagar does not mind taking risks. And that is just the sort of filmmaker that Bollywood needs many more of.
Jun 2017
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Dangerous Ishhq
Karisma makes a fair fist of it. The plot is a problem. It is all over the place.
May 2012
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Dangal
...is the kind of sports film that usually eludes Bollywood. It knows the rules inside and out and meticulously plays by them without ever succumbing to dreary predictability.
Dec 2016
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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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Dabangg 2
There can be no denying that Salman Khan is perfectly cut out for the carefree Robin Hood act that he has made his own. Unfortunately, the Dabangg 2 screenplay is devoid of any fresh ideas.
Dec 2012
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Daawat-e-Ishq
...thanks to the likeable lead pair, the good-natured banter between them and the eventual intent of the film prevent Daawat-e-Ishq from slipping into total futility.
Sep 2014
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Daas Dev
...must rank among the better screen adaptations of Devdas, not the least because of its daring, free-wheeling departures from the norm laid down for cinema derived from literary sources.
Apr 2018