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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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Jolly L.L.B.
...has its heart in the right place. And it’s a heart that is backed by a ticking mind and a responsive conscience.
Mar 2013
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Raanjhanaa
The vibrant, recognizable human tableau that unfolds in the background gives Raanjhanaa a distinctive feel.
Jun 2013
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Lipstick Under My Burkha
...busts many a myth and serves the purpose of lifting the haze of prudery that generally surrounds the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema. It throws the whole shebang into the pot – the result is a big, big bang that is bound to ring in our ears for a long, long time.
Jul 2017
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Stree
...plays an unwavering hand in demonstrating that dread can be unbridled fun when it serves a larger thematic purpose. Go watch this spine-tingling film. It is completely madcap but there is method in its manic madness.
Aug 2018
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The Sky Is Pink
...is of a hue that sets it apart from Bose's earlier films, but the director is acutely conscious of the colours she is working with here and uses the shades to deliver a pathos-filled but warm-hearted picture that does not lose sight of its primary purpose. Unmissable.
Oct 2019
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CRD
...is a classy, satisfying, magnificently inventive package. It heralds the birth of a filmmaker who clearly has the makings of a path-breaker, if he already isn't one.
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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Raman Raghav 2.0
Anurag Kashyap is back where he belongs and there is nothing remotely velvety in the director's felicitous return to his creative comfort zone.
Jun 2016
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Main Aur Charles
Bollywood biopics usually tend to be horrendously bloated and overwrought. Main Aur Charles is anything but.
Oct 2015
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Tumhari Sulu
...isn't a perfect film, but it is definitely well worth a viewing as much for the quality of the acting and for its technical finesse. In any case, a film is easy to fall in love with when Vidya Balan is this stupendous.
Nov 2017
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Judgemental Hai Kya
What is commendable is that Judgementall Hai Kya delivers the message without turning preachy or self-conscious. The breezy flow of the narrative, which isn't broken until parts of the second half begin to seem a tad indulgent, ensures that we are invested in the plight of the characters all the way through.
Jul 2019
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Love Aaj Kal
...is an audacious, if flawed, ode to love as a quest for happiness and self-realization that often triggers conflicting emotions and unsettling impulses but never fails to enrich the soul.
Feb 2020
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Chennai Express
...a full-on masala film that is completely unapologetic about its intentions. And that is its USP.
Aug 2013
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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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Jolly LLB 2
...does well not to take itself too seriously. It has the feel of a good-natured banter between friends rather than that of an inflated inquest conducted from a pedestal. Scintillating? No. Enjoyable? Absolutely.
Feb 2017
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Chillar Party
It squeezes in a quiet message even as it portrays the world purely from the gawky-eyed point of view of children. The film strikes a perfect balance between the two poles of the script. Well, almost.
Jul 2011
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Badlapur
...might not be in the Ek Hasina Thi and Johnny Gaddar league, but it is a happy sign that Sriram Raghavan has left Agent Vinod behind.
Feb 2015
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Phillauri
...is an unconventional Bollywood entertainer that is watchable all the way. It does not rely on star power. It draws its strength instead from an off-kilter screenplay
Mar 2017
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Mardaani 2
...thanks to the solidity that the lead actress lends the film and the support she receives from the antagonist, Mardaani 2 is never less than riveting.
Dec 2019
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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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Ugly
This may not be Anurag Kashyap’s best film, but it is infinitely and indescribably better than all the muck that mainstream Bollywood passed off for entertainment this year.
Dec 2014
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Jugni
What the beautifully nuanced Jugni film has is a meaningful, if somewhat thin, plot peopled with eminently relatable characters.
Jan 2016
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Manmarziyaan
...laced with humour and warmth, is a love story with flashes - only flashes, not a sustained flow - of inspiration.
Sep 2018
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Milan Talkies
...manages to skirt around major bumps on the way. There are some no doubt, but the film never veers off its chosen course. If you let it grow on you, you will end up liking it.
Mar 2019
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Go Goa Gone
...it’s crazy but cool. It gives you what you least expect and in ways that you least anticipate.
May 2013
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Highway
Writer-director Imtiaz Ali has hit a road less taken. The result is a stylish two-hander that is defiantly unconventional, if not entirely satisfying.
Feb 2014
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X: Past is Present
...for a cinematic pastiche that represents as audacious a leap into the unknown as this, a few quibbles here and there are no big deal.
Nov 2015
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Sultan
...is a case of a superstar vehicle latching on to the current trend of sports films but failing to achieve the requisite grounding in the rough and tumble of the wrestling pits to evolve into a convincing drama.
Jul 2016