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Force 2
The way it plays out, ‘Force 2’ forces us to stay far too much in the been here-seen that territory.
Nov 2016
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Double Dhamaal
You have to admire the film for one thing though : it sticks unswervingly to its promise of delivering loudness and crassness.
Jun 2011
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Mod
Takia is her familiar wholesome-girl-next-door but has to shoulder too much of the film, and Rannvijay is one-tone.
Oct 2011
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Sonali Cable
There are some vivid patches in this David-Goliath war, but overall consistency and credibility is a problem.
Oct 2014
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Dhadak
Khatter has a mobile, expressive face. He is a natural. Kapoor, though, has a hard time emoting. On their own, they each have a couple of scenes which they work: together, there is no zing, no `zingaaat’.
Jul 2018
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Kabir Singh
To watch a character like Kabir Singh do this thing for nearly three hours places the viewer squarely into a place of conflict. Here’s a fellow who thinks going through life yelling, shouting, snorting-and-drinking on the job, assuaging his raging libido with crass directness, basically being a sexist we-will-not-use-the-word-that-follows-naturally-here, is an acceptable thing.
Jun 2019
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Phhir
...a 'punarjanam' film, featuring a disappearing wife, a distraught husband, and a smashing medium, and how everything falls into place right towards the end.
Aug 2011
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Dec 2011
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Babloo Happy Hai
The director has made strong message films before ( ‘I Am Kalam’) with much more clarity and success. This one tries to do the same but fails : the plot is weak and the acting amateurish.
Feb 2014
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Saaho
Everything a thriller needs is in here, and you settle down, fully prepared for a non-stop, breathless, firing-from-all-cylinders ride. But Saaho turns out to be a damp squib.
Aug 2019
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Tees Maar Khan
...is hobbled by poor, tasteless writing, and a leading man who seems to have lost his sense of comic timing.
Dec 2010
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Table No. 21
No suspense, no menace, no nothing, just a stretched out costume party in sunny Fiji.
Jan 2013
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Jun 2016
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Tum Bin 2
Two guys, one girl, and the mess they can create amongst themselves may be the oldest story in the book, but it can quite easily be refreshed given the right story and treatment. Unlike the first one which brought these elements together nicely, it doesn’t happen here, despite some well executed moments.
Nov 2016
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Helicopter Eela
...is so saddled with banal story-telling, stretched sub-plots and exaggerated performances, including and especially from the lead actress, that it never really takes off.
Oct 2018
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Kalank
The whole feels like a giant set, stately and ponderous and minus impact; the characters all costumed and perfumed and largely life-less, sparking only in bits and pieces. As a character says, two-thirds into the film, ‘yeh kissa yahin nipat jaata’.
Apr 2019
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Satellite Shankar
This very Forrest Gump-ish intent could have been better realized if the plot had been less simplistic, and the lead actor a little more versatile.
Nov 2019
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Feb 2013
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Happy Ending
...piles up many more as it goes along, making the film a series of been-here, seen-this moments, and a wasted opportunity.
Nov 2014
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Rustom
How could the filmmakers have turned a crime of such high passion into such a dreary piece of work?
Aug 2016
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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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Gunday
In the name of plot, we get a mash-up of many popular blockbusters, several of them belonging to Yashraj, the producers of this one. In the name of acting, we get pumped up beefcake and one number plumped-lip eye candy.
Feb 2014
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Take It Easy
With some easy moments, this film could have been easier to watch, but not when there is no break from loud background music, loud melodrama, and loud dialogues.
Jan 2015
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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