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Ship Of Theseus
...is so universal in scope and appeal that the human, artistic and ethical issues it raises would be valid anywhere in the world.
Jul 2013
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Shikara
...is evasive on many crucial counts, but, judged on purely cinematic parameters, its strengths are noteworthy.
Feb 2020
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Shanghai
...a no-frills but searing political thriller that is under-wired with intelligence and nerve, both cinematic and ideological.
Jun 2012
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Shamitabh
Dollops of stylistic flourishes and narrative sleights are added to the mix and stirred with utmost vigour. The result of the exercise is too uneven to be consistently enjoyable.
Feb 2015
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Shakeela
...it ties itself up in knots in trying to get the point across. Neither Richa Chadha nor Pankaj Tripathi can clean up the dreary mess.
Dec 2020
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Shahid
...deserves more than just a standing ovation. It deserves accolades for standing up to be counted and narrating the kind of story that is usually buried under mainstream media cacophony.
Oct 2013
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Shab
...is a courageous film and not only on account of its theme. It dares to go against the grain of what is passes for 'well-made' cinema in the Bollywood playbook. It is stylish, layered, evocative and not averse to embracing subtle obliqueness.
Jul 2017
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Shaandaar
...a fun film that is infused with great charm, which in turn is enhanced by director Bahl’s panache for a light touch, an attribute that was on full show in Queen.
Oct 2015
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Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
...is a massive, uncontrollable cinematic blob that runs its tiresome two-and-a-half-hour course without ever getting its perspectives in order.
Nov 2017
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Shaadi Ke Side Effects
...is recommended because, despite its flaws, it is passable fun while it lasts.
Feb 2014
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Satyagraha
...for all its well-meaning bluster, neither stings nor scalds. It fails to hit the core of the truth that it seeks.
Aug 2013
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Sarbjit
...is a film trapped in no man's land. Based on a newsy real-life story, it takes cavalier liberties with reality. The result is a disappointment of monumental proportions.
May 2016
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Sanju
...is the film that it is because of the infectious energy Ranbir Kapoor injects into the film. An absolute must-watch.
Jun 2018
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Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
...isn't a fast-paced drama designed for easy comprehension and cheap thrills. It demands that you abandon the lexicon you usually employ to decipher a genre film and embrace the joy of responding to unusual, often cryptic modes.
Mar 2021
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Sanam Teri Kasam
...is neither a believable romantic yarn nor are its stabs of stupidity within the realms of the passable.
Feb 2016
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Sanam Re
The befuddling, undercooked storyline is sure to leave most viewers wondering where it actually begins and where it ends. Sanam Re is a juvenile jumble that is undecipherable.
Feb 2016
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Saina
Parineeti Chopra gives it her best shot, Manav Kaul lifts provides the film a fillip when he is on the screen and the badminton action is staged with aplomb. But, despite the pluses, Amole Gupte's Saina is a mishit.
Mar 2021
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3
Pretty much like the political prowess that the film's fading, flailing feudal figures and their cohorts exercise, the potential of the premise to deliver surprises has, on the evidence of this outing, waned significantly.
Jul 2018
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
...an intense, effervescent and eventually melancholic film.
Mar 2013
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Saat Uchhakkey
...is far too undercooked a broth to pass for what it wants to be - a zany, off-the-beaten-track entertainer.
Oct 2016
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Saand Ki Aankh
...is never less than credible while being true to the impulse to craft an entertaining real-life chronicle. More than your money's worth, it is a film that delivers food for thought and emotional stimulation in one go.
Oct 2019
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Saala Khadoos
...despite the many promising situations that it rustles up along the way, there is little room in the well-intentioned yet rough-hewn drama for genuine surprises.
Jan 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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Rustom
...is largely inoffensive, even passable in the main, but could have been infinitely better had the screenplay not been so utterly conventional and unimaginative.
Aug 2016
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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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Roy
A film lavished with dollops of visual style and aural sophistication, Roy would have been a runaway cinematic delight if only its makers had coupled its impressive surface gloss with a modicum of substance.
Feb 2015
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Rowdy Rathore
Riddled with an array of loud, lame and specious contrivances, Rowdy Rathore plays out pretty much like a comic-book fantasy rendered in the form of a live-action film.
Jun 2012