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Total Siyapaa
An audacious comedy that dares to poke fun at a border issue, the film is stylised and is attentively staged.
Mar 2014
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Angry Indian Goddesses
Take a bow, Mr Nalin. It’s a miracle that a male director understands women so deeply.
Dec 2015
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Jan 2010
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Badmaash Company
...an extremely smart and smart-looking film. But its sassy all-knowing tone cannot hide a certain bankruptcy of genuinely inventive ideas.
May 2010
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Nov 2010
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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance
What sees ABCD through is its sincerity of purpose. Director D’Souza intends to do a "dance film" with a sturdy plot to hold up the choreography.
Feb 2013
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Oct 2010
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Question Mark
Full credit to the footage collectors Yash and Allison for cracking the oft-abused genre of horror so effectively.
Feb 2012
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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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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.
Feb 2010
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Lafangey Parindey
...an inspirational tale told with as little fuss and as much feeling as cinematically possible.
Aug 2010
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Monica
...worth a watch for recreating an event from the proximate past that showed how closely and precariously politics is related to journalism. And sex.
Mar 2011
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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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Oct 2010
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Mirch
...turns out to be one of those half-cooked exotic dishes, more tempting for what it promises than actually delivers.
Dec 2010
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Damadamm
...has its nice sweet wholesome moments. It's one of those innocuous romcoms that neither leave you impressed nor cold.
Oct 2011
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Daddy
See it for the austere unflinching portrayal of violence. For sounds and visuals that do not afford us the luxury of aesthetic gratification. And most of all, for Arjun Rampal's powerful performance that creeps up on us without warning.
Sep 2017
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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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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
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Jodi Breakers
If the film works at all it’s because Madhavan and Bipasha make a cute couple and try to extract the maximum enjoyment from their under-written smart-on-top-shaky-at-the-bottom characters.
Feb 2012
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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.
Jan 2010
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Raajneeti
...not just a film that opens up the tattered edges of Indian politics. It dares to walk right into the muck with restraint, vigour and some sensitivity.
Jun 2010
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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
This is a rare film that surmounts and jumps over all the hurdles of clichéd plotting and corny dialogues on the sheer strength of its protagonists’ charm and grace.
Nov 2009
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Kashmakash
What redeems Kashmakash and finally makes it worth a lingering dekko is the warmth and romance that Rituprano Ghosh brings to his celluloid adapatation.
May 2011
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Mar 2012
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Raavan
...constantly seeks out the dark recesses in its characters' heart. It does fall short in some of its emotional moments. But who said that a film about such fatally flawed people had to be picture-perfect?
Jun 2010
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
...flounders in its frisky fusion of a love triangle and plea for an arranged marriage.
Sep 2011