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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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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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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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Bobby Jasoos
...may not be evenly engaging, but it stays uncompromisingly true to its essence.
Jul 2014
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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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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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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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Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara
...falls well short of being quite as engaging as the film that it is a sequel to.
Aug 2013
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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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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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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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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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2 States
The unabashed shallowness of a Chetan Bhagat book meets the inane glitter of a Karan Johar-Sajid Nadiadwala production in 2 States.The result is the creation of a third state – the state of overpowering indolence.
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
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
To be fair, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania does have some warm passages. But the overall package that it adds up to is about as appetizing as a bottle of beer gone flat.
Jul 2014
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Thugs Of Hindostan
...it is ultimately too tacky and unconvincing to lay legitimate claims to being India's answer to Pirates of the Caribbean. It isn't even a poor copy.
Nov 2018
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
It is a pity that Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, despite being about the life and career of one of India’s greatest sporting achievers, never makes for the kind of compelling viewing that it would have been had it relied solely on the drama inherent in the hero’s singular struggle against all odds instead of overlaying it with extraneous narrative trappings.
Jul 2013
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Rock On 2
It rocks only sporadically, and it almost never sways the audience enough for the latter to crave for another helping.
Nov 2016
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Hindi Medium
It isn't possible to completely dislike Hindi Medium. So, ignore its hiccups and watch it for the relevance of the questions it poses and the remarkable quality of the acting.
May 2017
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Karwaan
...had the potential to be a fun ride. Unfortunately, much of it remains unrealized.
Aug 2018
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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
The film may be erratic in parts, but its entertainment quotient is delightfully high for a film tackling a clash between conservatism and freedom, between tradition and modernity.
Feb 2020
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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
This competently crafted and well-intentioned cricket-themed film steers clear of many of commercial Hindi cinema’s narrative conventions - it sure gets full marks on that count - but succumbs to some of its most retreaded cliches.
Jun 2012