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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
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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.
Feb 2010
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Stanley Ka Dabba
...a wicked and poignant journey into the heart and soul of a child. At once clever and artless it effortlessly takes cinema about child psychology out of the box. The tiffin box.
May 2011
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Soundtrack
...a soul-stirring tale of a musician's voyage into deafening hedonism and a quiet redemption.
Oct 2011
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Sonali Cable
It is a very original and intelligent script, deftly edited and performed.
Oct 2014
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Singh Saab The Great
Back in form with a bang in Singh Saab The Great, Sunny delivers a wallop.
Nov 2013
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Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
This is a brave and bright film with its heart in the right place and its gaze refreshingly free of a gender bias fixed firmly at the crotch level.
Sep 2017
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Shor In The City
I saw the future of Hindi cinema. And it's got a name. Shor In The City.
May 2011
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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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Shagird
...is not devoid of merit. The Patekar characters affinity to vintage film songs gives a centre to an otherwise-doddering tale of desperate corruption.
May 2011
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Shaapit
...the film is well-mounted and packaged with sincerity. Yup, the ghoul can be quite cool.
Mar 2010
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Sanam Teri Kasam
...moves forward with no lofty aspirations, except to tell a tale of star-crossed lovers with charm, simplicity and sincerity. It succeeds in doing that.
Feb 2016
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Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande
...a kind of unique effort . It teases the conscience awake. It's a warm and honest film that looks with unblinking directness at issues which are more relevant now than ever.
Aug 2011
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
...a vivid, vibrant, dramatic, savagely tragic and unexpectedly humorous sequel with gutsy passionate performances.
Mar 2013
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
Tigmanshu Dhulia's homage to Dutt is saucy if somewhat uneven in tone and jagged at the edges.
Oct 2011
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Sadiyaan
...appeals at a very basic level. They don’t make too many movies like these any more.
Apr 2010
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7 Khoon Maaf
Chalk up an absolute winner for the Vishal-Bhardwaj-Priyanka Chopra team.They make a coherent vision out of an inconceivable marital crises.
Feb 2011
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Rockstar
...a spellbinding courageous coming-of-rage saga woven into a tantalizing tapestry of memory and angst and driven forward with demoniacal fury by Ranbir Kapoor's centrally-heated performance.
Nov 2011
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Rocket Singh
It is a momentous piece of cinema for its writing and its supreme indifference to the dynamics of conventional storytelling...
Dec 2009
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Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans
...suffers from an over-written, excessively punctuated plot that groans and heaves forward wheezing with baggage fatigue.
Oct 2014
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Road to Sangam
This is a small tender idea, executed with a certain amount of élan and loads and loads of heart.
Jan 2010
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Ready
...this is a mindless comedy. The quality of the gags is often higher than what we usually get in Bollywood comedies. But the film suffers from an overloaded narration. There is too much effort to cram in "entertainment" at every possible level.
Jun 2011
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Rascals
Wanted urgently: a makeover for David Dhawan's brand of comedy. Seriously, this comedy is not funny.
Oct 2011
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Rann
...razor-sharp bitter and biting look at the real world of rapidly-moving moral issues.
Jan 2010
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Oct 2010
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Rahasya
This is a dark, desperate, sinister, gutsy and gripping thriller which may not tilt you to the edge of the seat. But you do want to know who killed the teenaged girl Ayesha Mahajan.
Jan 2015
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Ragini MMS
This is a film whose integrity towards the genre works against it.As you watch the supernatural terror unfold in what looks like reams and reams of repugnant realism you are shaken to the core.
May 2011