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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
...Rajamouli is an exceptional storyteller and craftsman. He packs just enough into this magnum opus for it not be dismissed merely as a hollow extravaganza. It is in excess that the strength of Baahubali 2 lies and it makes no bones about it, take it or lump it.
Apr 2017
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Bahubali
Scale of ambition: gargantuan. Quality of VFX: out of the ordinary. Content: only occasionally gripping. Final impact: pretty strong.
Jul 2015
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Baaghi 2
It is, in the end, a bloody mess. Tiger roars vigorously, but he can only add to the wild cacophony.
Mar 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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B.A. Pass
...combines the bone-dry quality of a chiselled short story and the stark directness of a minimalist tragedy to deliver a taut, gripping film about the hell that a big city can be behind the bright neon lights and the living room glass cabinets stacked with flashy dolls.
Aug 2013
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Article 15
...is an important addition to a very small number of Hindi films that have successfully tackled weighty social issues through the means of a more popular idiom.
Jun 2019
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Ankur Arora Murder Case
It is a well-meaning, proficiently crafted and competently acted drama about the wages of medical skullduggery. But Ankur Arora Murder Case fails to make a strong enough case for itself.
Jun 2013
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Angry Indian Goddesses
...a must-see and not only because it is unlike anything Hindi cinema has produced before. It strikes a fine and rare balance between thematic gravitas and breezy entertainment.
Dec 2015
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Angrezi Medium
...the screenplay, credited to four writers (too many cooks...?), muddles things up, which is more frequently than is good for the film, it definitely isn't good news, no matter what medium one chooses to deliver it in.
Mar 2020
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Andhadhun
Watch Andhadhun with your ears, eyes and minds open. You will come away with your senses heightened.
Oct 2018
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Anaarkali Of Aarah
..is the kind of film that you want to applaud, especially on account of the concerns that it articulates. But it leaves you deeply dissatisfied. It could have done with much more passion and flair. It is worse than a misfire. It doesn't fire at all despite the magnificently full-blooded pivotal performance from Swara Bhaskar.
Mar 2017
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Alone
...delivers enough surface-level chills and thrills to please diehard fans of this form of entertainment. But those that expect paranormal thrillers to open the doors to deeper layers of experience will find in this film nothing that could capture their imagination.
Jan 2015
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Aligarh
...a human drama with universal resonance. It encapsulates the plight of all dissenters.
Feb 2016
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Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aaata Hai?
This film may not be on par with the work that inspired it, but it does have enough to say to justify its existence.
Apr 2019
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Akira
The film as a whole is, however, patchy. Its facile genre sleights - rogue cops, wronged innocents and bloody confrontations - hit home only sporadically.
Sep 2016
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AK vs AK
...is a wild, wacky shot in the dark. It could have been a disaster had the brains behind it did not know what they were up against. That certainly isn't the case. The film's self-awareness borders on the staggering.
Dec 2020
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Aiyyaa
It careens from the dreamy to the delirious, the realistic to the raucous, and the perfectly logical to the utterly nonsensical as it turns many a time-honoured convention of Hindi commercial cinema on its head.
Oct 2012
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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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Airlift
Menon steers clear of the traps in his way while delivering a sharply written, gripping thriller that rarely, if ever, flags.
Jan 2016
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
It is an infectiously buoyant, emotionally engaging and superbly acted drama that could disarm even the most inveterate of cynics.
Oct 2016
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Action Jackson
The film proffers the worst of everything – obnoxious characters, mindless situations, juvenile action sequences, raucous music, bizarre dance routines and pathetically cheap gags – with nary a sign of any redeeming feature that could lessen the blow.
Dec 2014
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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
For dance freaks, there is much on offer. For lovers of cinema, ABCD 2 is a hazy blur of a movie.
Jun 2015
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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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Aashayein
...the film does not ever jump out at you in a desperate attempt to tug at your heartstrings. It flows along in a nice easy arc – only, at times, too languidly for its own good.
Aug 2010
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Aarakshan
...a rather safe, superficial and simplistic take on an extremely complex theme. The film lets off steam, and generates some smoke, but the fire is missing.
Aug 2011
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A Gentleman
...is a pileup of little ideas gone haywire. They could have done with more breathing room.
Aug 2017
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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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31st October
...has its heart in the right place. What it lacks is genuine firepower. Despite the anger and anguish that drives it, it is unable to whip up urgency and force.
Oct 2016