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Padmaavat
You can easily delight in it while the going is good. But nearly three hours of it, and looping rhetoric around what constitutes Rajput valour can and does become tiresome.
Jan 2018
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Pad Man
...is as worthy, but it isn’t a particularly enjoyable film. It has tonal problems, because it is trying to appeal to many constituencies at the same time.
Feb 2018
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Apr 2010
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Paan Singh Tomar
...what makes this film unforgettable is Irrfan who is, in one word, magnificent.
Mar 2012
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Dec 2009
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One Night Stand
For a film which wants to strike a blow for feminism and sexual freedom, there are some troubling misogynistic touches about ‘hot’ secretaries, and ‘stay-at-home’ wives. Careful, your slip is showing.
May 2016
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One Day
This is not a bad premise for a spot-the-vigilante thriller, led by the trusty Anupam Kher. But the execution is so ham-fisted from opening to closing frame that you are left reeling.
Jul 2019
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One By Two
This is a case of missed opportunities. Trying for likeability is tough when the film is saddled with a listless plot and pace.
Jan 2014
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Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara
After all the shoot-outs and bang-bangs are over, you are left with a film which leaves you with so little new that you wonder if there's any juice left in this style of retro gangsta flick.
Aug 2013
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Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Milan Luthria...starts off well, and carries on as he means to, but then falls into the trap of the familiar.
Jul 2010
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OMG Oh My God!
The way the film pans out is mostly a lot of fun. And almost all the credit for that goes to the terrific Paresh Rawal who single-handedly makes us gloss over the weaker parts.
Sep 2012
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Jan 2014
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Ok Jaanu
Shaad Ali’s copy Ok Jaanu, with a screenplay by Ratnam, is faithful but pale and predictable.
Jan 2017
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O Teri
...nothing but a series of dismal, embarrassing scenes interspersed with songs that are even more so.
Mar 2014
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Notebook
Love as a buffer against militancy? What a good idea. But not in this airy-fairy, ineffective way that Notebook propounds: the performances by the newbies, with Iqbal faring just a trifle better than Bahl is as two dimensional as the plot.
Mar 2019
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Aug 2011
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Apr 2017
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No Problem
...an unending series of the most unfunny, disjointed scenes masquerading as a film.
Dec 2010
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No One Killed Jessica
Gupta manages to pull off a film about media activism, and the enormous power of the people, and how they can explosively combine if harnessed for the greater good.
Jan 2011
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No Fathers In Kashmir
The best thing about Kumar’s film is that the problems it outlines feel urgent, even if we’ve seen them before, especially and quite co-incidentally in the sudden spurt of films set in the valley which have released in the past few months.
Apr 2019
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NH10
It’s not that Anushka Sharma, who has also produced the film, is not trying hard. She is, and up to a point, she is in fine fettle. But at the point when she turns from flee to fight, I stopped believing.
Mar 2015
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Newton
Director Amit V Masurkar and co-scriptwriter Mayank Tewari have crafted a strong black comedy.
Sep 2017
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Neerja
The question was always going to be, can Sonam Kapoor, carry off that demanding role? Answer is yes.
Feb 2016
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Nanu Ki Jaanu
The film may have been a larky idea, but practically nothing rises above the execution.
Apr 2018
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Nakshatra
This type of film with unknown lead actors tries to lure you with its better known co-stars, but you quickly realize that those better known co-stars are equally clueless about the proceedings.
Oct 2010
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May 2019
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Nail Polish
...buoyed by a wonderful performance from Kaul, and ably supported by the rest, keep us engaged.
Jan 2021
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Naam Shabana
...leaves you with a niggling question: why create a heroine in the action hero mode, with both mind and heart, and then give her a big bro to ‘help’ her out? This results in second-guessing your biggest asset, wondering if she is a liability.
Mar 2017
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Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke
This was meant to be gentle satire on how people can be fish out of water when they are away from their natural habitat. But what it turns out to be is a loud, unfunny diatribe, where every single character acts away madly.
Mar 2010
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My Name is Khan
But the real bravery award should go to director-producer Karan Johar, who dispenses with the designer preciousness of his previous films to come as close as this to something real, something important.
Feb 2010