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Ujda Chaman
If the point of the film is to tell us that external appearances have nothing to do with our inner selves, it needed to have done it better. Much, much better.
Nov 2019
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Coolie No.1
We can do with laughter in these dark times, but not like this, with zero wit, no flair.
Dec 2020
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Nakshatra
This type of film with unknown lead actors tries to lure you with its better known co-stars, but you quickly realize that those better known co-stars are equally clueless about the proceedings.
Oct 2010
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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
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Chaalis Chauraasi
...is like an empty vessel, which rattles round noisily to no effect.
Jan 2012
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John Day
The trouble is that there is no coherent plot to hang all of this on, it's just a series of jumbled scenes with too many characters walking in and out, or limping in and out, or being shot at and huddling about in bloody heaps.
Sep 2013
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Hum Tum Aur Ghost
The thing with films where leading men can see ghosts is that they need to be completely original. 'Hum Tum Aur Ghost' smacks a little of 'Ghost' , a little of 'The Sixth Sense' : the rest of it feels cobbled-together...
Mar 2010
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X: Past is Present
...plays out as a disjointed stutter, rather than a seamless progression, its backing-and-forthing more choppy and confusing than anything else.
Nov 2015
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No Problem
...an unending series of the most unfunny, disjointed scenes masquerading as a film.
Dec 2010
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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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Radio
Ishaan Trivedi’s new film is about young love and confusion and confirmation, flitting in and out of studios, and TV screens, and Facebook status updates.
Dec 2009
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Pankh
The execution lets down the film, peppered by gratuitously grungy dialogue ( a liberal use of the `f’ word is just the start of it; all kinds of invective jostle for attention, especially because they are blipped out), and a series of unlovely people.
Apr 2010
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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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Aug 2012
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Shivaay
The only thing your eye can rest on is the spectacular scenery. The rest is a bloated star vehicle.
Oct 2016
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Chase
Last week, Jag Mundhra unleashed 'The Apartment' upon us. Barely had we recovered, he's back with 'Chase’.
Apr 2010
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Zero
How many times do we see A-list Bollywood superstars go out of their comfort zone? SRK could have taken a deep dive into Bauua and emerged on another level. But he gets busy trying to do another Swades, and fly the flag, and be a patriot. When you try to do everything, very little is achieved.
Dec 2018
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The Body
There’s enough meat in the story for it to have been an engaging thriller. But it’s been a while since I watched such an inept film. Everything in it is flat: the plot, the performers, the alleged twists.
Dec 2019
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Khiladi 786
In the end, I was left looking at a straw to clutch. Any little thing. I found, dear viewer, none. Not. A. One.
Dec 2012
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Badlapur Boys
You are engaged only when the game is on, and it appears to have been executed with some authenticity : that should have been the sole focus of the film.
Dec 2014
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Mar 2016
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Jabariya Jodi
As the film goes along, confusion gets confounded. Is this a well-meaning social drama, a rom-com, or an actioner?
Aug 2019
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Sadiyaan
...could have been a nice old-fashioned three-hour long weepathon. But the director, veteran of launching several careers has become outdated...
Apr 2010