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Pappu Can't Dance Saala
I had trouble keeping myself interested because of the flatness which the film suffers from, despite some nice touches.
Dec 2011
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Dec 2011
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Dec 2011
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I Am Singh
This could have been a perfectly acceptable film, presumably meant to release around the tenth anniversary of 9/11. In Puneet Issar's hands, it becomes a series of unintentionally hilarious scenes.
Dec 2011
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The Dirty Picture
The writing is confused as to point of view and weightage, and post-interval, like most Bollywood films, 'The Dirty Picture', dives.What makes us watch, despite everything-the overheating, the overwriting-- is Vidya Balan...
Dec 2011
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Miley Naa Miley Hum
The kindest thing I can say about 'Miley Naa Miley Tum' is that it is not a disaster.
Nov 2011
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Tell Me O Kkhuda
Duniya banane waale, yeh kaisi movie banaayi? Also, kyon banayi? Tell me.
Oct 2011
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Damadamm
...the only thing that I can safely recommend are two full-blown unapologetically cheesy ditties, both of which feature Himesh Bhai himself, and some hilarious lines.
Oct 2011
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Ra.One
It is a superstarry slurry sludge, with just the occasional consolatory sparkle.
Oct 2011
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Jo Dooba So Paar
The plot is organically grown, the director knows his ground, but the sure-footedness slips when it comes to that crucial thing : story-telling.
Oct 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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My Friend Pinto
...the end is energetic, making up, somewhat, for the random, chaotic air the film has worn till it gets there. But the rest is strictly amateursville.
Oct 2011
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Rascals
When it came to full on idiocy, or fun-on-the-run, Dhawan was the one.I use the past tense. The director seems to have gone into some sort of comic stasis...
Oct 2011
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Love Breakups Zindagi
...presents characters that are flat, in situations which are flatter.
Oct 2011
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Soundtrack
...gives us a story which feels like it is about something : such a relief from the spate of nothing movies that have been infesting our theatres for a while now, even if the result is mixed.
Oct 2011
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Force
But 'Force' is not a tour de force it could have been because Abraham doesn't cut it all the way.
Sep 2011
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
...is one of those films which occasionally slides smoothly into top gear, but the ride overall bumps over traversed terrain.
Sep 2011
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Hum Tum Shabana
What do you do with a film which is purportedly a comedy and delivers not one single laugh?
Sep 2011
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Mausam
...starts like a dewy-fresh spring morning, where everything is familiar yet new. It then wilts, autumnal overtones taking over. And then never quite recovers, falling into a dreary never-ending winter.
Sep 2011
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Speedy Singhs
When films are this predictable, the only way you’re going to get people watching is to keep everything jumping. On that score, Speedy Singhs falls woefully short.
Sep 2011
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
...a strictly-by-the-template rom com. Not any old rom com, but a Yashraj one.
Sep 2011
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Bol
Even when it turns out to be too wordy, and much too long-winded, there's no denying that 'Bol' is important. Because it has the courage to say, via its spunky heroine : utaar ke phenk do in burquon ko, apni zindagi khud banao.
Sep 2011
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Bodyguard
...can also safely be called In which Salman Continues to Give Us Those Ones. Let me count the ways.
Sep 2011
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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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Yeh Dooriyan
This 80s theme, of how a woman with an ex husband and two children, can never be accepted by a younger man's family, belonged to a certain kind of film in the 80s. What is it doing out there, swanning around on the screen in this day and age?
Aug 2011