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Fukrey
...is full-on entertainment although it stops shy of being an outstanding comedy.
Jun 2013
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Jawaani Jaaneman
Saif will draw you into Jawaani Jaaneman. Alaya will keep you glued even when the pace of the film seems to flag a bit.
Jan 2020
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Ishaqzaade
If only Arjun Kapoor's dialogue delivery had greater punch and Parineeti Chopra could pull off the emotional moments without going shrill, Ishaqzaade would have been a markedly better film.
May 2012
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Dilwale
The lead pair is all heart. The film they are trapped in is, unfortunately, utterly soulless.
Dec 2015
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Ok Jaanu
A breezy, feel-good romance with its share of highs, OK Jaanu floats along through some interesting thematic territory without managing to soar to the altitude one expects it to.
Jan 2017
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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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Beyond The Clouds
For all its evocative daubs and dashes, Beyond the Clouds falls short of Majid Majidi's own lofty benchmark. It is a not so great film from a great director.
Apr 2018
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Mary Kom
The obviously questionable casting of Priyanka Chopra as the lead actress and the choice of the principal shooting locations are the least of the numerous glaring problems that mar first-time director Omung Kumar’s well-intentioned but excessively effusive Mary Kom.
Sep 2014
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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
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Malaal
...would have left as with no regrets whatever if only it had the courage to go all out to stress upon the power of love to surmount divisive forces at play in Mumbai and elsewhere. It abandons that topical concern and settles for a construct that drifts towards a tame, sanitized finish.
Jul 2019
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Bollywood Diaries
If only the disparate elements were better dovetailed into the larger picture it seeks to paint, Bollywood Diaries might have had more to write home about.
Feb 2016
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
...isn't the kind of film that will have audiences rolling in the aisles. But it might occasionally induce faint smiles on some faces.
Aug 2016
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
This iteration of Pati Patni Aur Woh manages to convey two truths: one, Bollywood's fictional heroines have evolved much faster than their male counterparts and two, film comedies that Mumbai churns out these days are no patch on the ones that the industry produced in earlier decades.
Dec 2019
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Student Of The Year
...if you like your entertainment to be served up with glitzy but pulpy garnishing, pirouette your way to the nearest screen by all means.
Oct 2012
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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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Shikara
...is evasive on many crucial counts, but, judged on purely cinematic parameters, its strengths are noteworthy.
Feb 2020
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Main Tera Hero
...is a laugh riot, unapologetically mindless but infectiously boisterous and off-the-wall.
Apr 2014
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Wazir
The surface vim and vigour on show in Wazir is considerable, but Bollywood’s first big release of 2016 is disappointingly low on substance.
Jan 2016
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Kaabil
Hrithik Roshan delivers a convincing enough performance as a man who cannot see. Kaabil is paisa vasool fare, if not more.
Jan 2017
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Pad Man
...PadMan isn't because the story just had to be told. It's been done before - in last year's low-budget Phullu and the unreleased I-Pad. Here, it is the canvas and the presence of an A-list star that makes the difference.
Feb 2018
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Laal Kaptaan
...an overlong film that takes a circuitous route to its climax and spends an awfully long time to get there...
Oct 2019
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We Are Family
It has the essence of a fabulous weepie. What it delivers teeters on the edge of mediocrity, swinging wildly from the vacuous to the mawkish.
Sep 2010
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Bobby Jasoos
...may not be evenly engaging, but it stays uncompromisingly true to its essence.
Jul 2014
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Aug 2015
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Mantostaan
The effort of actor-writer-director Rahat Kazmi is, therefore, irrefutably pertinent and praiseworthy. The result, alas, is uneven. Mantostaan is devoid of the gut-wrenching punch that Manto's seething pen could deliver at will.
May 2017
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Why Cheat India
What it does, and does reasonably well, is address a subject that is real in a manner that, despite its adherence to many of the broad rules of popular Hindi cinema, does not stray too far from the tangible.
Jan 2019
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Bhoothnath Returns
The film’s good intentions and the generally competent and controlled execution are marred by a screenplay riddled with inconsistencies.
Apr 2014
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Shootout At Wadala
The film is generally entertaining without attaining the sort of innate quality that could attract favourable comparisons with Ram Gopal Varma’s Satya and Company or Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Parinda.
May 2013