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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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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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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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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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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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Rajjo
The old-fashioned plot is completely at variance with the present-day realities of the Mumbai underbelly that the film seeks to project.
Nov 2013
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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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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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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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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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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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Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
The obvious mismatch between aspiration and result is too glaring to be missed.
Sep 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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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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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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Ujda Chaman
If the boorish behaviour of the young and restless is for the purpose of dramatization, it does not work one bit. It robs Ujda Chaman of any possibility of being realistic and relatable - and, of course, of every driblet of decency.
Nov 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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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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Vishwaroop II
It repeatedly fires blanks - noisy but of no use. Has a movie sequel ever been so pointless?
Aug 2018
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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
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Running Shaadi
...a film that never finds its feet. So let alone break into a steady trot, it can barely get out of its cramped crouch.
Feb 2017
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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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Teraa Surroor
...is pretty much like Himesh’s singing: it’s a drone that gets grating after a point.
Mar 2016
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Banjo
...is a stodgy, sluggish film that makes a great deal of noise about giving true performers their due. It barely gets its noble point across.
Sep 2016
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Khiladi 786
...has nothing new to offer. It is cut from the same cloth that has yielded many of Akshay Kumar's recent vehicles. These films have sought to cash in on his rough and rowdy screen persona.
Dec 2012
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The Shaukeens
This film is a disaster all right, but it is mitigated somewhat by a quirky if uneven subplot that has Akshay playing himself and poking constant fun at the work that he has done thus far as a Bollywood actor.
Nov 2014
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Veerappan
...does not shy away from making a great deal of noise, but the film is more akin to soggy gelatin sticks delivering a damp squib than a big explosive device triggering an earth-shattering bang.
May 2016