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De Dana Dan
De Dana Dan is not a film. It's a series of skits strung together to convey a sense of baggy fun and frivolous entertainment.
Nov 2009
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Fitoor
...is one of the most disappointing literary adaptations ever attempted in Indian cinema.
Feb 2016
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Toh Baat Pakki
...is as inert at its centre as s clock that stopped ticking while you were sleeping. Avoid, even if you are a diehard Tabu fan. In fact please avoid IF you are Tabu fan.
Feb 2010
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Hate Story 3
Here is every Indian's ultimate tolerance test: Sit through this film. I dare you.
Dec 2015
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Dirty Politics
A very poorly executed film which makes you feel sorry for the body-politic of the nation.
Mar 2015
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Dirty Politics
...reads like a frighteningly disembodied episode, neither passionate nor bloody enough to qualify as a genuine slasher flick, of a television mini-series built around the theme of suburban loneliness.
Apr 2010
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Dirty Politics
Wanted urgently: a makeover for David Dhawan's brand of comedy. Seriously, this comedy is not funny.
Oct 2011
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Barkhaa
The story tends to veer dangerously close to the theatrical, specially after mid-point when the proceedings begin to veer absurdly close to the outrageous.
Mar 2015
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Barkhaa
...never quite overcomes the cheesy impulse, moving from one absurd episode to another, not quite the pacy thriller that one would think the introductory chase would lead us into.
May 2010
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Jan 2015
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Aug 2010
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Crazy Cukkad Family
...gets details of the period and locations in place. But the inner conviction and a genuine passion that made Anil Sharma’s Gadar: Ek Prem Katha so special are completely absent...
Jan 2010
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Khamoshiyan
...makes you shiver. But not in fear. It just makes you shake in embarrassment for all the ghosts and spirits who are so royally snubbed and insulted by such travesties of terror.
Jan 2015
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The Japanese Wife
What could have been a poignant and haunting tale of love, under- standing and marriage between two people from different cultures and countries ends up being just a misconstructed series of verbal exchanges on the soundtrack...
Apr 2010
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Nov 2010
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Jun 2011
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Ishqiya
How do we evaluate Ishqiya beyond its politically-charged verbally-lurid lunge at realism? Is the film to be applauded for forging a new language of expression? Or should that language have been used with more restrain and tact ?
Jan 2010
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Shivaay
... is so steeped in self importance so awed by its own intended grandeur it seems to forget there is a story to tell.
Oct 2016
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Shivaay
This one falls short of expectations, mainly because of the poor special-effects and the failure of the plot to take off.
Apr 2011
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Shivaay
As far as scrutinizing a gay relationship is concerned, this ain't a patch on Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. But still...It tries.
Nov 2010
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Jun 2011
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Raaz 3
Vikram Bhatt springs a spook spree that offers viewers the irresistible bait of horror and sex. You wait for the horror to get sexy. Instead the sex gets progressively horrific.
Sep 2012
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Coffee With D
...is like an unfinished unpolished version of what could have been a rollicking run-in into a ruminative session between Indian's biggest fugitive and loudest journalist. If only it had allowed more leg-space to lunge in the lap of the ludicrous.
Jan 2017
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Jai Ho! Democracy
...the enormously accomplished actors struggle against the tedium of repetitive jokes about the banality of parliamentarian exchanges.
Apr 2015
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Gali Gali Chor Hai
You have to bribe the audience to watch the characters getting high on the anti-corruption theme of this film.
Feb 2012
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Tamasha
...is a film with ambitions of being mature and experienced. It creates an alternate reality for its principal characters and lets their emotions grow naturally to a point. But then the journey gets tiring for everyone concerned.
Nov 2015