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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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Mohenjo Daro
...its scale and imagination make it an interesting watch - as does the intriguing notion of Hrithik as India's first pratham sevak.
Aug 2016
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Dishoom
...as an entertainer, Dishoom delivers. If you're good with laughter, not logic, Dishoom is actually two much fun.
Jul 2016
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Sultan
...it's more a large lassi, not an espresso shot. But hey - who drinks espresso on Eid?
Jul 2016
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Sarbjit
The direction depicts a human being and a human truth - individuals often face prisons of politics where the innocent can be shackled in darkness.
May 2016
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Fitoor
...Dickens' Great Expectations rises and falls, exploring terrible, tantalising class, social climbing, sharp snobberies, love, hate and shame. Fitoor doesn't dive beyond the surface though...
Feb 2016
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Wazir
...its glassy cinematography, its haunting sound design, work well. What this game needed was more attack, less defence, less repetition, more relentlessness.
Jan 2016
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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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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Ghee-soaked in goodness, PRDP is gift-wrapped with a simple line. With family, stand strong - but also bow.
Nov 2015
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Oct 2015
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Calendar Girls
He has his trademark touches of glamour, pathos and personalities but lacks power-packed acting to hold this together.
Sep 2015
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Katti Batti
This could've had the lusty, gutsy power of a full-blown French kiss - it ends up a pleasant but passing peck on the cheek.
Sep 2015
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All Is Well
Technical shabbiness is the film's weakest link. There are plot glitches and dated touches.
Aug 2015
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Brothers
...despite mouthing, 'Har sport mein thora drama toh hota hai', only skims that dramatic surface. It could've dived in deeper.
Aug 2015
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Jul 2015
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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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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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May 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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May 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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Dharam Sankat Mein
...there's simply too much here. The story tries to accommodate a whole host of issues, fake babas to real crimes, and fails.
Apr 2015
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NH10
...a relentless thriller you wish you could see with your eyes closed - because truly, as its song goes, chill gaye naina.
Mar 2015
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Feb 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