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Feb 2015
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Gunday
More depth, more fire would've sharpened this film. But Gunday offers glitter coating a grim tale.
Feb 2014
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Aug 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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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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Highway
...what stamps this film indelibly is its sheer boldness. Imtiaz Ali must be congratulated for his daring novelty, for a powerful heroine-centric story
Feb 2014
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Sep 2014
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Sep 2014
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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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Bombay Talkies
...a good experiment, celebrating movies, mindsets and Mumbai's moods - but it isn't the coolest film doing so.
May 2013
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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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Main Tera Hero
It has the depth of a comic strip but it also has its neon-shaded fun. For those who want a light laugh, here's your boy.
Apr 2014
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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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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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May 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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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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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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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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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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Zindagi Tere Naam
...it's stamped all over with that peculiar 1990s feel, featuring howlers
Mar 2012
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Humshakals
...features an odd balance between brilliant jokes, followed by a pajama party of PJs.
Jun 2014
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Mar 2012
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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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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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Inkaar
Polished-looking, its edges - the tension of feeling harassed at work, office politics, ego flashes - hold rather well. But its centre collapses in a soft mess.
Jan 2013
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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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Mar 2013