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Bullett Raja
It is a wishy-washy mix of two brazen hinterland heroes’ misadventures, a revenge drama, and a soap-opera style, hackneyed depiction of Uttar Pradesh politics.
Nov 2013
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Nov 2013
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Satya 2
...does have academic value, as a study of a director’s systematic attempts to demolish his legacy and bury one of his most enduring creations...
Nov 2013
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Krrish 3
...is neither Amar Chitra Katha nor Marvel. The Indian superhero stays in an artless, old-fashioned limbo.
Nov 2013
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Mickey Virus
Without any authentic ring to it, and with artless performances and a predictable story, the last thing I could do, while sitting through its more than two hours of running time, was suspend disbelief.
Oct 2013
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Oct 2013
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The Lunchbox
While being an immensely enjoyable and competent film, the universality of The Lunchbox tends to exclude its setting’s all-important provinciality.
Sep 2013
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Shuddh Desi Romance
The big disappointment of Shuddh Desi Romance is writer Jaideep Sahni. Known for scripts and screenplays that retain efficacy of storytelling with commercially viable Bollywood elements, here is non-committal to making his characters fleshy or believable. The director and actors don’t rescue the fragile boat.
Sep 2013
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Satyagraha
...a missed opportunity. By translating a phenomenon that captured the national imagination even fleetingly, it could have humanized the Anna brigade. Jha dumbs down, and does it artlessly.
Aug 2013
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Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara
...is the worst I have seen of Luthria. All his previous films are a celebration and relish of stylish pulp. This is a misfire in style as well as story.
Aug 2013
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Chor Chor Super Chor
...a mild-mannered 99-minute affair, with committed performances...
Aug 2013
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Ship Of Theseus
...a passionate and clever film, brimming with sharp and original interpretations of age-old philosophy.
Jul 2013
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Lootera
It may be a couple of notches short of a masterpiece, but Lootera is the kind of film you will remember long after watching it.
Jul 2013
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Raanjhanaa
...the lead performance shines, the writing complementing it. Rahman’s music set to the tragicomic beats of this man’s life makes Raanjhanaa a film to watch.
Jun 2013
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Jun 2013
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
The farcical humour has a few stray sparks, but this film, at 150 minutes, is a bellicose assault on the senses.
Jun 2013
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Runs on an unmistakable, foolproof formula: story is secondary; song, dance, costumes, and stars are supreme.
May 2013
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Gippi
The film has the universally acceptable message that most self-help books will give you: love your flaws, love yourself. A film needs some more meat; it can’t thrive on a message. When storytelling, characterization and performance are lost, all is lost.
May 2013
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Shootout At Wadala
A loose, directionless script and insipid dialogues take their toll half an hour into the film.
May 2013
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Bombay Talkies
...while they unfold, the stories hold up in their half-hour individual length. But after you have left the theatre, it is not gratification you feel, but the short-lived aftertaste of a music video or a good commercial.
May 2013
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I Me Aur Main
There is no genuinely entertaining light-heartedness about I, Me Aur Main, as good romcoms have.
Mar 2013
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The Attacks Of 26/11
The way the story is told restricts what the film can say about the larger tragedy of human loss.
Mar 2013
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Kai Po Che!
A well-crafted mass entertainer about sweeping emotions rarely comes along. Kai Po Che is one of them.
Feb 2013
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Special 26
An insipid lead character and unnecessary digressions derail a good heist story.
Feb 2013
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AkaashVani
Except for a few moments, and some competent, if synthetic, cinematography by Sudhir K. Chaudhary, a story with immediacy is lost in flinching execution.
Jan 2013