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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
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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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Dil Juunglee
Everything about Dil Juunglee is a bit on the wild side, completely arbitrary and illogical.
Mar 2018
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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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Housefull 3
...mindless tale, often hitting dead-ends from where there can be no return to sanity.
Jun 2016
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Saaho
...may, like so many other shrill, gory actioners of the recent past, end up make pots of money. But that will not take away from the fact that it is egregiously turgid.
Aug 2019
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Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
...is the kind of dim-witted comedy that might leave the hardiest of Bollywood junkies in tears.
Sep 2013
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Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
... is this a film? Not by a long shot. Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai is more an endurance test, a lumbering mess that wanders all over the place both literally and figuratively, hobbling along in no particular direction.
Mar 2017
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Marjaavaan
...which is anything but a film to die for, writer-director Milap Milan Zaveri whips up a stale masala concoction that transports the audience right back to a Bollywood era gone by.
Nov 2019
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Judwaa 2
...might work for those that don't mind being sold old trash in a new, garishly painted sack. For all others, it would be akin to being strapped to a seat in a torture chamber.
Sep 2017
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Welcome 2 Karachi
Indeed, not a shred of Welcome 2 Karachi, erstwhile Rohit Shetty assistant Ashish R Mohan's second film, is remotely welcoming.
May 2015
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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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Guest Iin London
It is an excruciatingly painful, abjectly misshapen creature that stomps about absolutely aimlessly.
Jul 2017
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Total Dhamaal
...is a great leveller - it reduces all of us, critics included, to dunces, some willing and some not-so-willing. But that would be only if you go anywhere near it. The choice is yours.
Feb 2019
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The Legend of Michael Mishra
This film is a shoddily packaged cock-and-bull yarn that makes as little sense as an alligator waltzing on an autobahn.
Aug 2016
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Motichoor Chaknachoor
Give Motichoor Chaknachoor a miss if you value your time - and sanity.
Nov 2019
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Kismet Love Paisa Dilli
The makers of KLPD might as well, as a statutory warning, have added another letter to the title to denote ASSAULT. Yes, this wannabe comic thriller is an all-out assault on the senses.
Oct 2012
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Yaariyan
...talks about a whole lot of other things – friendship, trust, patriotism, race attacks and tolerance – but makes no sense at all.
Jan 2014
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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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Pagalpanti
...does deliver something akin to the madhouse that it promises but its loony-bin approach to hilarity is too dated to be effective.
Nov 2019
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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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O Teri
The film, all 107 minutes of it, is a full frontal assault that gives the audience no options at all. The only emotion it arouses is disgust.
Mar 2014
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Genius
...no amount of flag-waving and chest-thumping can deflect from the fact that Genius is an unspeakably shoddy film.
Aug 2018
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Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas
...lacks the freshness that one would expect from a film with a new romantic pair. The reason is obvious: the plot is as old, but not as sturdy, as the hills.
Sep 2019
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Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
The film is ostensibly targeted at the teen segment and it might even find some takers there. But it barely passes muster as a sex comedy. It’s crude, crass and completely clueless.
Jul 2012
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Coolie No.1
...does not take into account that the world has changed since the David Dhawan-Govinda combo churned out hit after hit with their mad capers. The formula that yielded dividends all those years ago no longer does.
Dec 2020