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Stand By
Despite its good intentions, and some nice on-field sequences where winning and losing is on display, 'Stand By' is marred by its clichés and long-windedness.
Aug 2011
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Chatur Singh Two Star
There is no story in 'Chatur Singh, Two Star’. And the only story to 'Chatur Singh, Two Star’ seems to one of delusion : that the people involved in it, were making a film.
Aug 2011
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Aug 2011
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Aarakshan
...could have been a well-marshalled case of caste-and-conscience, but it turns out to be more light-weight cash-and-carry.
Aug 2011
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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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Chala Mussaddi - Office Office
Satire needs sharpness, or it can just end up as a stretched out sit-com : Mussaddi Lal is saying things we all need to hear, but the film manages to make the cut only some of the time.
Aug 2011
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Aug 2011
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Khap
That a burning social issue has been sought to be addressed is a good thing, but not this way.
Jul 2011
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Bubble Gum
...suffers from some amount of narrative drabness, and some strange too-quick transitions. But it is a film that needs to be noted for its appealing cast and being true to itself.
Jul 2011
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Singham
...works in bits and pieces, only when Devgn gets fully into his stride, squaring up to Raj as he hits the high notes. The rest is just stitched-up scenery.
Jul 2011
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
This could have been a 'DCH' with a bite; it ends up being a good-looking but bland touristy delight.
Jul 2011
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Chillar Party
...proves that it is entirely possible to make a smart children's film, with good production values, with kids seen to be having a blast.
Jul 2011
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Murder 2
What makes the flick a tad less standard procedure is the taut first half, which doesn't let you move from the seat, followed by a muddled, too-long second.
Jul 2011
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Bbuddah...Hoga Terra Baap
What Bachchan needs is a real, grown-up film, not a stand-up, send-up act.
Jul 2011
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Jul 2011
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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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Bhindi Baazaar Inc.
This film is a case of an interesting cast made to do familiar things in hoodlum flicks...
Jun 2011
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Jun 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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Love Express
...a simple, occasionally charming, and highly improbable romantic movie.
Jun 2011
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Jun 2011
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Shaitan
...is a mixed bag of a movie, starting off with a bang, and then petering out, not getting where it sets out to go.
Jun 2011
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Ready
...not that it doesn't have any plot or any sense. We do not expect those to be the prime movers in a Bazmee line-up. But what really kills this film is that its nonsense is neither inventive nor high energy.
Jun 2011
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Jun 2011
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Kucch Luv Jaisaa
Middle-class mummy meets low class hood : the central idea of 'Kuchh Luv Jaisa' is not such a bad thing, but plays itself out clunkily.
May 2011
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama
...while it lasts, you can laugh your head off most of the time. Not a bad reason to see a film.
May 2011
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404
...could have been a nicely understated, seriously scary chiller. But it gets too wordy and too deliberate for its own good.
May 2011
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Shagird
...despite its sharp, often funny exchanges, and a few spanking scenes, is that it is not new enough.
May 2011