An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

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Shubhra Gupta

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Number of reviews
788
Average rating
37

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  • Rowdy Rathore

    You take the masala films made in the 70s and 80s. Borrow liberally. Patch together a plot, or whatever passes for it. Rope in a star looking for a solo hit. And you get, all together now, ‘Rowdy Rathore’.

    39

    Jun 2012
  • Ribbon

    But as often as the film astutely touches upon the tough choices, and the problems that can crop up, it leaves them, and us, hanging. You are left wanting a little more.

    49

    Nov 2017
  • Revolver Rani

    ...the Rani in ‘Queen’ won our hearts because she was believable every inch of the way. This Rani, who hefts revolvers and shoots to kill, is neither wholly a cartoon figure, nor completely credible.

    29

    Apr 2014
  • Red Alert

    Mahadevan doesn’t leave anything out of his worthy plot, which seesaws between keeping it straight and creating a shoot-and-scoot drama, but doesn’t have the skill to pull it off.

    39

    Jul 2010
  • Ready

    ...not that it doesn't have any plot or any sense. We do not expect those to be the prime movers in a Bazmee line-up. But what really kills this film is that its nonsense is neither inventive nor high energy.

    19

    Jun 2011
  • 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...

    19

    Oct 2011
  • Rann

    ...juxtaposes big media houses and large-scale monetary and moral corruption in a style that’s so patently Ram Gopal Varma that it leaves us with a dizzying sense of deja vu. Been here. Seen this.

    39

    Jan 2010
  • Ranchi Diaries

    ...this comes off as a random assemblage of scenes– in forests (that’s where the ‘Naxals’ live), a large mansion (that’s where the bad guy stays), police chowkis, and a crumbling building which is meant to house a bank—trying to pass off as a film.

    19

    Oct 2017
  • Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi

    ...I found the acerbic overhang and the good-natured ribbing turning into something edgier, the quality which makes this kind of film stand out, dissolving a little. But then the director sweeps them up together, and we are back to being bystanders, amused and bemused, all at once.

    59

    Jan 2021
  • Rakht Charitra 2

    RGV's intention is not so much to delve into the complexities of Andhra politics, which stay firmly in the backdrop, but to create sequences where death is choreographed in varying ways.

    49

    Dec 2010