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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Inanity is a great tool for a certain kind of comedy, and Santoshi exploited it brilliantly it in ‘Andaz Apna Apna’. Here he lets inane pile up upon asinine, without getting anything out of it, and burying all his characters deep under.
Nov 2009
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Shaapit
Practically nothing about 'Shaapit’, which has the youngest looking debutant hero after Shahid Kapoor, is scary...
Mar 2010
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Jan 2011
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Rajjo
...the film piles up every single tiresome cliché from all similar films in the past, while telling us nothing we want to know. Or see.
Nov 2013
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Oct 2015
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Feb 2018
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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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Ranchi Diaries
...this comes off as a random assemblage of scenes– in forests (that’s where the ‘Naxals’ live), a large mansion (that’s where the bad guy stays), police chowkis, and a crumbling building which is meant to house a bank—trying to pass off as a film.
Oct 2017
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Nov 2018
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Toh Baat Pakki
But the biggest shocker here is Tabu. Why she, said to be extremely picky about her roles, said yes to this one will remain an enduring mystery.
Feb 2010
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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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Calendar Girls
A hurried after-thought, which talks of how these girls are really, truly ‘proud achievers’, comes right in the end. And it’s just that, an after-thought. The rest of it exploits—smugly, tackily, uncomfortably explicitly—young women being exploited.
Sep 2015
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Fanney Khan
...none of these crucial issues are explored; after a cursory mention, the film gets lost in tired clichés.
Aug 2018
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Family Of Thakurganj
...feels like a tired retread on all counts. How you can pull of such a feat with so many good actors is an achievement in itself.
Jul 2019
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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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Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein
a confused mish-mash of scenes, with characters doing lines, snorting, shooting up, shooting at and so on. And on.
Nov 2015
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Pari
...the film is so poorly-written, and so scatter-brained that nothing can rescue it, not even a leading lady who is determined to do something different with her producing heft.
Mar 2018
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Pyaar Impossible
How do you watch a film you know will pan out exactly as you think it will from its first frame?
Jan 2010
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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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Bewakoofiyaan
...spends most of its time trying to showcase a slew of brands, get us to smile at the antics of the father of the bride which are singularly unfunny, and to convince us that its leading lady can helm an entire film.
Mar 2014
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Apr 2015
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Aao Wish Karein
Good proposition for kids, and adults, to buy in. But `Aao Wish Karein’ falls in between two stools, and becomes a film which appeals strongly to neither.
Nov 2009
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Mumbai Mirror
I’ve just finished watching ‘Mumbai Mirror’ and can’t make up my mind : was it so bad that it was plain vanilla bad, or was it head-clutchingly awful?
Jan 2013
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Yaara Silly Silly
A foul-mouthed whore and a gentle-voiced young fellow are thrown together for a night, and the time they spend together impacts both strongly: the premise has promise, but nothing in the film delivers on it.
Nov 2015
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Gour Hari Dastaan
...it has all the elements that could have made it all this and more, but it comes off flat and dull.
Aug 2015