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Dec 2009
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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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Robot
To fully enjoy this nearly three-hour extravaganza, you have to be willing and able to buy into the Rajini myth.
Oct 2010
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Sep 2012
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Tribhanga
What I really like about Tribhanga is the clear-eyed, unsentimental treatment of relationships, which can often be so cloyingly exaggerated in mainstream cinema.
Jan 2021
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Good Newwz
...so refreshing to have something so out-of-the-box (another word for ‘risky’) come out of an industry whose default option is to play safe by churning out tired, jaded sequels of tired, jaded super-starry vehicles.
Dec 2019
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CRD
The attempt is admirable even if a trifle uneven. Content is something that is easy to jigger with, even within mainstream constraints; experimenting with form is much harder, both for the creator and the viewer.
Sep 2017
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Striker
...a striking example of just how good a film can be when the setting and the people are real. And it is an equally striking example of how a terrific effort can lose steam when it moves away from its central focus.
Feb 2010
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Citylights
...a grim yarn which moves you intermittently, but whose patchiness is papered over by a fine performance from Rao.
May 2014
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Neerja
The question was always going to be, can Sonam Kapoor, carry off that demanding role? Answer is yes.
Feb 2016
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Budhia Singh
... there’s enough zest in the warp and weft of the film, to keep us engaged.
Aug 2016
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Raat Gayi Baat Gayi
...the film plays footsie, without really going all the way. How about something braver and quirkier the next time around?
Jan 2010
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7 Khoon Maaf
...lives up to its premise for most of the film, before it pulls up short, well ahead of a satisfactory conclusion.
Feb 2011
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Jul 2011
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Delhi Belly
...is bubblegum-y and air-headed and good-natured, and its biggest strength is that it keeps it consistent, becoming one of those films that over-delivers precisely because it under-promises.
Sep 2014
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Shor In The City
What makes 'Shor In The City' an instant clutter-breaker is its darkly comic treatment. It makes you smile because its humour comes from within.
Apr 2011
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Margarita With A Straw
...nothing takes away from the beating heart of the film, which gives us a true heroine to root for, and a subject that needs to be out there, in the public domain, making itself heard.
Apr 2015
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Nov 2009
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OMG Oh My God!
The way the film pans out is mostly a lot of fun. And almost all the credit for that goes to the terrific Paresh Rawal who single-handedly makes us gloss over the weaker parts.
Sep 2012
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Purani Jeans
I enjoyed ‘Purani Jeans’ for its freshness in the face of familiarity, and a story that holds all the way to the end.
May 2014
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Udta Punjab
It has flaws. But this is the kind of film which has something to say, and it says it with both flair and conviction.
Jun 2016
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Aug 2013
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
...is a follow-through that is shot through with flashes of brilliance, and some wonderful comic verve, but that doesn’t have the enthralling power and spread of the first film.
Aug 2012
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Jul 2013
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Alia Bhatt is pitch-perfect as dulhania with a mind of her own. Varun Dhawan impresses as a boy-struggling-to-be-a-man. Together, they offer us a flavourful romance which takes down patriarchy.
Mar 2017
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No One Killed Jessica
Gupta manages to pull off a film about media activism, and the enormous power of the people, and how they can explosively combine if harnessed for the greater good.
Jan 2011