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I M 24
There are some good, sincere moments in the film. But I expected something fresher from Saurabh Shukla, who is also the writer. And overall, more edge.
Aug 2012
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Feb 2013
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Mardaani
The resolution, showcasing bloody vigilante-ism, is problematic. Is that the only definition of ‘mardaani’, and is that something to be celebrated? Something more pragmatic, and yes, more real, would have served its consistently watchable leading lady, better.
Aug 2014
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Mantostaan
...the film fails in translation: it is a forced construct, and comes off flat and stagey, both in treatment and performance.
May 2017
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Junglee
There’s not one ounce of complexity in the movie, unspooling in such a linear fashion that even two-year-olds would have no difficulty in understanding it. Maybe that’s the demographic the film will appeal to, with its bright colours and straight-forward story-line, and a smiling hero who can take on an army of scowling bad guys single-handedly.
Mar 2019
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Veer
Salman is the last Khan standing. It makes not a whit of difference to him and his directors that the space for retrofitted 70s packages has shrunk to nothing...
Jan 2010
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Apr 2010
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Bhoot Returns
...the occasional scary moments are offset by predictable writing and pedestrian acting...
Oct 2012
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The Xpose
The murder mystery set in the backdrop of big bad tinseltown should have been pacy and cheesy and racy, but ends up being a bit of a drag. Despite all the fun and games.
May 2014
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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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Mom
Sridevi has to do the heavy-lifting of the film, as actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Akshaye Khanna, Sajal Ali and Adnan Siddiqui are not left with enough in hand. It gets so busy keeping Sridevi at the centre-stage that this rape-and-revenge drama turns less impactful.
Jul 2017
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Kedarnath
In trying to please everyone, the film loses edge, and leads to a tepid cop-out. It’s a weepie minus the tears.
Dec 2018
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India‘s Most Wanted
...the overall result is more a placid seen-it-before run-around than the edge-of-the-seat nail biter that it promises to be.
May 2019
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Mar 2010
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Jul 2010
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That Girl in Yellow Boots
Anurag Kashyap's ability to create this kind of grunge, and characters who live on the margins, is matchless. But by now we've got used to it, as well as his skill in laying it out for our delectation. By now we want the next level.
Sep 2011
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Maximum
Turns out to be a dampener. Not because it doesn’t have interesting actors. Nor because it doesn’t have interesting situations. But because it comes off merely as 'Seher' redux, minus its power.
Jun 2012
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
...a been-here, seen-this, much-too-long glossy creature, and not much else.
May 2013
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Sniff
What an absolutely lovely premise for a film crafted for children, which adults can potentially also enjoy. But Amol Gupte, who gave us the delightful Stanley Ka Dabba, falters with this one, because of a slack plot and treatment.
Aug 2017
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Aug 2019
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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
The trouble with ‘Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji’ is that the slim material gets stretched over two-and-a-half hours. Too much running time, and too little nuance flatten this enterprise.
Jan 2011
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Always Kabhi Kabhi
...always looking as if it's trying too hard, only very kabhi kabhi finding its voice.
Jun 2011
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Tamasha
Despite its flaws, this is Ali’s most complex story, teeming with ideas, and gives us Ranbir back again, along with the lovely Deepika...
Nov 2015
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Romeo Akbar Walter
The film suffers from its length, and the pall of dullness that hangs over the proceedings.
Apr 2019
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Made In China
What does Made In China want to be ? A double-meaning-dialogue-laden romp-in-the-sheets, or a go-to sex manual for repressed Indians? It veers, alas, towards the pulpit.
Oct 2019
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Fatso
...despite a standout turn from Ranvir Shorey as the eponymous lead, and some nicely realized segments, 'Fatso' comes off flat and tonally confused.
May 2012
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Hunterrr
...could have been a genuinely ‘adult’ comedy of manners, but it stays right where it begins, the phrase ‘coming-of-age’ functioning more as eliciting an embarrassed titter than reaching the goal-post.
Mar 2015
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May 2019
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Mar 2010
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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