An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

critic

Subhash K Jha

Highest rating for

99

Lowest rating for
Number of reviews
217
Average rating
60

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Title

Rating

  • Kurbaan

    ...critically important work because it spells out uncomfortable truths in a cinematic language that’s riveting and resonant without resorting to extravagant flourishes and fireworks.

    79

    Nov 2009
  • Paa

    Balakrishnan doesn’t let Auro’s tale become subservient to the incredibly skilled performance behind Auro. And that’s the miracle which we all must witness in Paa.

    79

    Dec 2009
  • Paa

    It is a momentous piece of cinema for its writing and its supreme indifference to the dynamics of conventional storytelling...

    79

    Dec 2009
  • Chance Pe Dance

    Shahid brings out all the shades nuances and layers in the struggler’s inner life without bending the rules of commercial hero-giri. This is a far better performance than it outwardly seems.

    59

    Jan 2010
  • Chance Pe Dance

    ...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...

    29

    Jan 2010
  • 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 ?

    39

    Jan 2010
  • Striker

    You feel you are there in the slums with Arora's characters. But you aren't sure you want to be there. We never stay long enough with the characters to get to know them well.

    59

    Feb 2010
  • 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.

    19

    Feb 2010
  • Karthik Calling Karthik

    The film itself doesn’t lag behind in self-assurance. But the absence of what one may call an energetic exterior could well be mistaken by some viewers as an ingrained inertia, a malaise that the film’s protagonist suffers from.

    59

    Feb 2010
  • Teen Patti

    Surprisingly ingenious and resonant,Teen Patti is not so much about the cards that are dealt on the table as the one that destiny doles out in places where the human eye and desire cannot reach.

    69

    Feb 2010
  • Thanks Maa

    ...a tender yet ruthless look-see at a city that claims to have a place for everyone but somehow neglects looking after children who are vulnerable to every form of attack on the streets.

    79

    Mar 2010
  • Love Sex Aur Dhokha

    ...is not a film about celebrating the end of an individual’s right to privacy. It’s a rigorously recorded pseudo-documentary about people who have thrown all caution and discretion to the winds because they’ve no choice.

    69

    Mar 2010