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Timeout
...raises a subject that is usually not tackled with any seriousness in our movies, places it at the heart of the story. For that alone it deserves props.
Sep 2015
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Tiger Zinda Hai
I’d enjoyed the first one while it lasted. I had fun in this one too, once I got past the whole ‘Come Children, Let’s Make A Spy Story For You’ explanatory mode of the flick, directed this time by Ali Abbas Zafar.
Dec 2017
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Nov 2018
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The Zoya Factor
For a rom-com which needs to be light on its feet, hitting fours and sixes as it goes along, the writing is not as supple as it should have been. Too many slog overs here.
Sep 2019
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The Xpose
The murder mystery set in the backdrop of big bad tinseltown should have been pacy and cheesy and racy, but ends up being a bit of a drag. Despite all the fun and games.
May 2014
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Apr 2019
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The Sky Is Pink
...barring some passages, it feels both constructed and sentimental. With the material at hand, you expect a legitimate heart-breaker ( how else can you look at a young life threatening to be cut short?) but this one left me mostly unmoved.
Oct 2019
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Nov 2014
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Sep 2013
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The Legend of Michael Mishra
Some films are so painfully awful that they can safely be categorised under: what were they thinking?
Aug 2016
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The Last Act
...more consistency in quality would have made ‘The Final Act’ a more solid, better -realised act.
Dec 2012
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The Japanese Wife
In it’s most effective parts, the beautifully-lensed `The Japanese Wife’ is like a haiku, saying a lot without underlining too much, a rare thing in our movies.
Apr 2010
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The Forest
A curious mix of fact and fiction, Ashvin Kumar’s 'The Forest' takes us into the heart of a dense jungle and confronts us with our worst fears.
May 2012
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The Forest
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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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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The Attacks Of 26/11
It had the potential to be both smart procedural, and spiffy action, but '26/11' sinks somewhere in the middle.
Mar 2013
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The Accidental Prime Minister
What comes as a surprise is just how shockingly bad and shoddy the film is. There is a complete absence of any art or craft in its making.
Jan 2019
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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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Thappad
...there is not a shred of doubt that Sinha has made an important, crucial film, which shows up centuries of male entitlement for what it is. And how all it takes, from a woman who just wants self-respect, is a decision to say no, Not Even One Slap.
Feb 2020
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Mar 2010
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Thank You
...promises you a huge passel of nothing: no story, no sense. On all those scores, it doesn't disappoint.
Apr 2011
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Jan 2019
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Jan 2015
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Teri Meri Kahaani
...there is not one jot of freshness in either the idea or the execution. So it makes no difference if it is kal aur aaj because the lead pair can conjure up nothing new...
Jun 2012
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Tere Bin Laden Dead Or Alive
...generates start-up potential, some smiles, some laugh-out-loud lines, but it keeps petering out.
Feb 2016
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Tere Bin Laden Dead Or Alive
...the film isn’t entirely the laugh riot that it sets out to be : the first half is slow and slack.
Jul 2010
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Mar 2016
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Tera Intezaar
...excruciating collection of random scenes and dialogue, with the least semblance of sense, or whisper of plot.
Dec 2017