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Kai Po Che!
...will leave you choked and feeling good. It will leave you bittersweet. And breathless.
Feb 2013
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3 Idiots
...delivers an entertaining narrative that shifts gears between comic-book humour and heavy-duty drama with ease.
Dec 2009
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Shanghai
With not a single dull moment and every department in fine form, this is tour de force filmmaking. Simply one of the best and bravest films you will see this year.
Jun 2012
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Hawaa Hawaai
...may seem predictable but it’s the treatment and storytelling that make it rise above the sports movie template. Sheer poetry.
May 2014
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Bombay Talkies
It’s cinema that’s not afraid to come out of the closet. Filmmaking that is brave enough to wipe off the make-up. Storytelling that’s brutally honest. Treatment that is refreshingly candid.
May 2013
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Dedh Ishqiya
...is that rare kind of film that borrows from the Westerns, as much as it does from Indian cinema and even Urdu literature. It’s a curious mix — the best of the West and the East, the old and the new, the classy and the cheap — done seamlessly and effortlessly.
Jan 2014
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The Lunchbox
...is heartwarming, introspective, romantic, bittersweet and feel good, all at once.
Sep 2013
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Raanjhanaa
This should do to Dhanush what Saagar did for Kamal Haasan and what Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa did for Shah Rukh Khan. India will fall in love, again.
Jun 2013
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English Vinglish
...delivers what it promises. You will fall in love with Sridevi all over again.
Oct 2012
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Haider
Get your minds blown. Forget your phone, forget your watch. Brush up on your Shakespeare or at least Wiki it. And you will find Haider to be a truly rewarding cinematic experience.
Oct 2014
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Queen
Book yourself a ticket. Kangana makes for a great companion. You are guaranteed a good time.
Mar 2014
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Satyagraha
Despite the terribly staged chaos in the climax, Satyagraha is a film to watch not because it is relevant but also because it is a responsible review. Of passion. Of paths we choose. And the politics around.
Sep 2013
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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
...if you are willing to discount all that extra footage, you might actually end up rooting for Shirin, Farhad and their cutesy love story.
Aug 2012
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Sep 2013
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
What’s commendable here is that Khaitan knows he is dealing with a film we all love and makes up for the borrowing by adding a lot of witty touches and subtly changing everything that doesn’t work today.
Jul 2014
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PK
If you’ve been thirsting for movie magic, there is so much to love about PK, especially in the fun-filled setup of a first half — one so exciting that you are most likely to forgive what doesn’t quite work in the second.
Dec 2014
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Aug 2012
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Fukrey
...may not be laugh-out-loud funny as Delhi Belly, but the charming subtleties, detail to character and credibility of milieu makes it one hell of a ride.
Jun 2013
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Mar 2012
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Hasee Toh Phasee
...the fine little details, the quips and the quirks and the twist to the cliché make it a fairly watchable film.
Feb 2014
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Mar 2013
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Special 26
A fairly compelling, charming and stylish heist film that slows down only because of the songs thrust into the narrative.
Feb 2013
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The Shaukeens
While the main plot is a bit of a downer, the unexpected laughs from Akshay Kumar more than make it worth your time.
Nov 2014
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
You might wish it had a deeper emotional core or some meaning but Kashyap just wants to leave his fingerprints over every frame without judging who’s right and who’s wrong.
Aug 2012
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
An understated romance that takes ages to unfold but rich in detail.
Jun 2013
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Talaash
If you are willing to settle for the basics of the genre, you will have a great time watching it, especially if you have no idea of what’s coming.If you are searching for meaning, realism, logic or a complex plot, you are barking up the wrong tree.
Dec 2012
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Mar 2014
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The Attacks Of 26/11
...is probably the most definitive modern Ram Gopal Varma film. It’s the epitome of inconsistency.Of crassness. Of insensitivity. Of horror. Of atheism. Of audacity. Of voyeurism.
Mar 2013