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Soundtrack
...gives us a story which feels like it is about something : such a relief from the spate of nothing movies that have been infesting our theatres for a while now, even if the result is mixed.
Oct 2011
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Soorma
In choosing to show the personal side, the professional aspects get short shrift, and that’s where the film doesn’t score as well.
Jul 2018
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Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
...provides some laughs, some of which escape involuntarily. But it also leaves you wondering. Can Ranjan grow up his callow characters? Of course, he can, because he has the smarts (remember Pyar Ka Punchnama?). Does he really want to? I’m not sure. Sharp comedy of the sexes is the hard stuff. Cheap laughs are easy.
Feb 2018
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Sonchiriya
...is more a display of wonderful cinematography through which the aridness of the Chambal is lensed, and a series of kinetic hold-your-breath-till-they-end set-pieces (which includes Chaubey’s fondness for Mexican stand-offs), than an exploration of despairing people on the edge of the wedge.
Mar 2019
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Sonali Cable
There are some vivid patches in this David-Goliath war, but overall consistency and credibility is a problem.
Oct 2014
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Son Of Sardaar
The jokes in ‘Son Of Sardaar’ start off as a one-time laugh, which quickly turn tiresome because they are pressed into service in a loop.
Nov 2012
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Sniff
What an absolutely lovely premise for a film crafted for children, which adults can potentially also enjoy. But Amol Gupte, who gave us the delightful Stanley Ka Dabba, falters with this one, because of a slack plot and treatment.
Aug 2017
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Jul 2013
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Singham Returns
...works in bits and pieces, only when Devgn gets fully into his stride, squaring up to Raj as he hits the high notes. The rest is just stitched-up scenery.
Jul 2011
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Singh Is Bliing
...is a low rent comedy and doesn’t care who knows it. Everything about it stoops low: IQ, jokes, scenes. Of course, there is no story, only unconnected, jerky set-pieces.
Oct 2015
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Simran
Kangana keeps us watching, though. With her plain varnished face, she comes across as a real, solid, complex woman, someone you can reach out and touch. When she’s on the top of her game, she’s glorious. Pity the storyline let’s her down.
Sep 2017
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Dec 2018
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Shuddh Desi Romance
Post-interval, there's a discernible dip in energy, and the film gets stretched and contrived.
Sep 2013
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Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
...overall this comedy of middle-class-Dilli-manners-and-mores suffers from a sit-com flatness. And when everything is meant to make us laugh, you can quite easily deflect attention from the main premise.
Sep 2017
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Shorts
If these filmmakers go on to make features, then we are in for some good times.
Jul 2013
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Shortcut Romeo
...I wasn't feeling very smart when I left the theatre after two and a half hours of this drivel.
Jun 2013
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Shorgul
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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Shootout At Wadala
What stops it from becoming the film that it could have is an avalanche of dialogue, the sort of smart-alecky lines that sounded so right in the 70s.
May 2013
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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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Aug 2012
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Ship Of Theseus
For me it was a fulfilling experience, a film to savour much after watching it.
Jul 2013
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Shikara
A more nuanced sense of history would have made this film much more complete, even if you were to put aside the enormous irony of watching a film about a place which has been in lock-down for the past six months: when will the people in the valley be able to watch Shikara, and tell us what they think?
Feb 2020
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Shanghai
...it is an important, relevant film that demands to be watched not just for what it is saying, but for how it is saying it -- angrily, fearlessly, pointing out, as a line in one of the film’s songs puts it, both the ‘gur’ and the ‘gobar’ in this, our Bharat.
Jun 2012
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Shamitabh
There are a few moments which sparkle, and we laugh in acknowledgement. But the rest of it is overpowered by unabashed reverence.
Feb 2015
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Shakal Pe Mat Ja
...is a mixed bag of a movie, starting off with a bang, and then petering out, not getting where it sets out to go.
Jun 2011
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Shakal Pe Mat Ja
This could have been a nice film, especially because it comes from Makrand Deshpande, fine actor and playwright. What we get is jaw-droppingly bad.
Nov 2010