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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
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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
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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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Tees Maar Khan
...is hobbled by poor, tasteless writing, and a leading man who seems to have lost his sense of comic timing.
Dec 2010
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Teen Thay Bhai
What this film needed was a lightness of touch. What it has is heavy-handedness, most of the time. And fart jokes enough to keep juveniles in splits.
Apr 2011
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Teen Patti
The trouble with `Teen Patti’ is not that we’re all too familiar with its central idea. It lies in the patchy way the plot is laid out, and in the characters who do not, at any point, feel completely filled out.
Feb 2010
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Jun 2016
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
...we are too busy watching an actress stride through its ups and downs, earning each scene, and the film. I would buy a ticket for Kangana Ranaut.
May 2015
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Feb 2011
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Tanhaji
...we are so steeped in Bollywood’s patriots re-creating paeans to our glorious past, that to even bring up the fact that the bad guys are your Muslim ‘outsiders’, seems to belabour the point. For this film, it’s simple; either you are on our side, or theirs.
Jan 2020
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Tamasha
Despite its flaws, this is Ali’s most complex story, teeming with ideas, and gives us Ranbir back again, along with the lovely Deepika...
Nov 2015
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Tamanchey
...is Richa Chaddha, the girl who gave off such promise in ‘Oye Lucky’, and was so striking in ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ well and truly buried, only able to show us weak glimpses of what she can do?
Oct 2014
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Talvar
Despite its flaws, ‘Talvar’, which rhymes so closely with ‘Talwar’, is a brave film that devastates.
Oct 2015
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Talaash
...starts out as a smart, well-written noir-ish thriller, and then slips between the tracks. Pity about the second half.
Nov 2012
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Take It Easy
With some easy moments, this film could have been easier to watch, but not when there is no break from loud background music, loud melodrama, and loud dialogues.
Jan 2015
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Table No. 21
No suspense, no menace, no nothing, just a stretched out costume party in sunny Fiji.
Jan 2013
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Supermen of Malegaon
Rarely have I seen such a joyous celebration of the madness cinema is.
Jun 2012
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Super 30
Yes, the real-life story is inspiring. But the telling of it is a drag. The film has its moments, which belong mostly to its young people: the kids are all right.
Jul 2019
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Sulemani Keeda
A little more fun would have put a little more, much-needed spring into Sulemani Keeda...
Dec 2014
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Sui Dhaaga
...is well made. It’s nice and safe and staid. There are several moments that warm the heart, and you cheer when sui-dhaaga win over needle-and-thread. But you always knew they were going to, didn’t you?
Sep 2018
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Student Of The Year 2
This class of 2019 is awash with predictable beats, which is to be expected from an underdog story, but that it is so clichéd and stilted, is disappointing: from KJo I expect much more swish and sparkle.
May 2019
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Student Of The Year
If this is 'Ishq wala love’, I ask, where is the 'film waali film', the 'KJo waali’ film? This is all show, so very little tell.
Oct 2012
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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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Street Dancer 3D
The first thing a good dance movie ought to do is give us numbers that make us want to leap up to our feet right there in the aisle, and go shake-shimmy-shake. On that score alone, Street Dancer 3D, the third in the ABCD line, flubs it.
Jan 2020
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Stree
Stree’s premise is a cracker, leaving you grinning in the dark. But the execution comes off a tad clunky: subversion in a film willing to embrace its silliness can be very effective, but it can get diluted if your messaging is mixed.
Aug 2018
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Stanley Ka Dabba
...a heart-warmer that wraps itself securely around you, making you wholly unwilling to let it go.
May 2011
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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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Speedy Singhs
When films are this predictable, the only way you’re going to get people watching is to keep everything jumping. On that score, Speedy Singhs falls woefully short.
Sep 2011