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Zindagi Tere Naam
...it's stamped all over with that peculiar 1990s feel, featuring howlers
Mar 2012
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Minus 30 minutes, YPD 2 could have been much funnier - and much shorter.
Jun 2013
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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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Sep 2013
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May 2012
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Tezz
...you're left wishing Tezz had more dramatic face-offs between its fine actors but instead, the film diverts into several tracks too many.
Apr 2012
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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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Oct 2015
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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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Sulemani Keeda
The film rises in straight scenes focusing on pretentious Gonzo and the pitiable writers. It wobbles elsewhere, with crudities that don't amuse...
Dec 2014
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Feb 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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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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Rush
...no amount of lip gloss, nor shiny suits can hide poor acting, which Rush features plenty of.
Oct 2012
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Rowdy Rathore
Fans will love Akshay's mooch-twirling masala-act but be ready for hardcore action too - some pretty gruesome.
Jun 2012
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Riwayat
Dramatic music would've helped but it's missing. So is acting with depth and taut direction. All of which is a pity.
Sep 2012
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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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Rakhtbeej
The idea of Rakhtbeej is to show how blood connects two men over two generations. Fine - except it's done very badly.
May 2012
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Raja Natwarlal
With its twisting story, good-looking frames and zingy acting, Raja Natwarlal keeps you entertained.
Aug 2014
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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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Dec 2014
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Dec 2014
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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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OMG Oh My God!
...conveys a serious message this festive season - God is to be found in human beings. And, rather like Hindi films of an earlier age, it does so in a light and unusual way.
Sep 2012
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Mar 2014
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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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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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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
...this movie could have been so much more. Like champagne gone flat, the film's left lying about for too late, its plot meandering everywhere, the director so determined to have fun that often, the viewer doesn't.
Jan 2013
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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