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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Evoking a new-age Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Rai keeps things tight, light, yet layered - and handles two leading ladies, one of whom deserves an extra half-star.
May 2015
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Satyagraha
Showing true Satyagraha has no short-cuts, it also shows solutions glimmering ahead, as ephemeral, yet powerful as a rainbow cleansing the dust.
Aug 2013
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Sep 2013
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Oct 2015
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Piku
The direction's brilliant. Deft, yet deep, Shoojit Sircar presents characters so ordinary, they're wonderful, people and places intimately intertwined, an aunt pickled in resentment, boats almost painted on a sheet-like Ganga.
May 2015
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Bajirao Mastani
Bajirao-Mastani resembles Jodhaa-Akbar with teeth that bite, Mughal-e-Azam with shades of philosophical grey.
Dec 2015
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Dec 2014
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Madras Cafe
Political, tense, finally explosive, Madras Cafe is no picnic in the neighborhood park.
Aug 2013
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Dec 2014
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Dil Dhadakne Do
...it has a light hand, not preachy but breezy while sensitively making modern points.
Jun 2015
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Baby
Balancing characters, conspiracies and cities, director Neeraj Pandey admirably keeps Baby rich, yet tight, researched, non-sentimental and steely-eyed.
Jan 2015
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Housefull 2
...a bag of laughs with eye-candy - Akshay in linens, Jacqueline in minis - and some crackling performances.
Apr 2012
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Jul 2015
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Margarita With A Straw
...is deeply moving, a philosophical film which makes you wonder if the body is a palace or prison - and evokes mothers to lovers who've cherished your soul.
Apr 2015
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Rang Rasiya
...a colourful triumph, director Ketan Mehta meriting applause for his portrait of painter Raja Ravi Varma, skillfully blending a biopic, a period film, a love story and a social critique, within a tight frame.
Nov 2014
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D-Day
...is explosive at three levels. The plot crackles. The acting sears. And the music flares with passion.
Jul 2013
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Chittagong
Like a Chittagong orchid, the movie takes time to blossom - but when it does, it's beautiful.
Oct 2012
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A Flying Jatt
...provides clean entertainment - with its innocence, it evokes more Haathi Mere Saathi and less cool-cat Krrish.
Aug 2016
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Nov 2013
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May 2015
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Dec 2012
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Bol Bachchan
Don't strain your brain applying reason to this laugh-riot - but do buy more popcorn for that extra half-hour.
Jul 2012