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Lootera
...I found myself restless in my seat, bored by the indulgence of a filmmaker to turn what seemed like a short, fun story with a smart twist on paper into an unwarranted drama with epic delusions of tragedy.
Jul 2013
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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
...a film that’s clearly having fun, spouting philosophy for a bit, revelling in its energetic singing and uninhibited dancing, sometimes brooding and sometimes talking gibberish. While it’s fun, can’t say it’s consistently funny. Because this is a moody drunkard of a film.
Jan 2013
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Gangs Of Wasseypur
All that coolth and pop realism may do well with the die hard Kashyap cult but for the rest of us who paid to watch a bloody saga of revenge, it seems like a long wait at the circus.
Jun 2012
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Hunterrr
In its current form, this Hunterrr is more horny than trigger-happy. He just walks around with a gun and rarely fires — except once in the whole film.
Mar 2015
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The Xpose
Entertaining pulp fiction that turns spoof-ish, thanks to the convenient twists.
May 2014
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Maximum
There are a couple of gripping moments but they come in too late, way after our interest in the film is long dead.
Jul 2012
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D-Day
A gripping, racy, well-paced thriller that is populist, reductionist and politically naive.
Jul 2013
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Go Goa Gone
Neither here or there. It’s not art house. But it’s not entirely mainstream either. It’s not a satisfying zombie film. It’s not a full on comedy either.
May 2013
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Chakravyuh
...is one of those films that makes us wish Jha had treated this like an arthouse film and taken the effort to humanise every character in a way we would empathise with their motivations and kept it real. But the way it plays out, it’s been done to death.
Oct 2012
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Citylights
A decent, harmless but toothless remake of the brilliant Filipino film Metro Manila.
Jun 2014
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Jayanta Bhai Ki Luv Story
...if you ignore that fake filmy Tapori-speak, Jayantabhai Ki Love Story does have a few moments that make sure it isn’t entirely unwatchable.
Feb 2013
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Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans
Well-produced B-movie where the visual effects team that makes tigers act is let down by the acting prowess of humans.
Nov 2014
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Action Jackson
While most of it, especially the second half, is so deliciously bad that it is good, the first feels a little heavy and staid featuring what looks like leftover footage from R. Rajkumar, especially with a Shahid cameo.
Dec 2014
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Tries so hard to be funny that it makes you more sad than happy.
Jun 2013
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Kick
Bhaisexuals can watch it for kicks, the rest of us are going to come out feeling the pain.
Jul 2014
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Yeh Khula Aasmaan
The film unwinds at a lazy, sluggish pace which in itself wouldn't have been such a bad thing if it did create genuinely heart-warming moments without relying on melodrama or a sentimental overdose.
May 2012
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
Right from the title Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, you can see the shameless effort to milk a cash cow with blatant disregard to whether it makes sense or not!
Mar 2013
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Dabangg 2
If Abhinav Kashyap tried his best to keep things realistic before going all out loud and turning it into a spoof of a Rajni film, Arbaaz Khan, the director of Dabanng 2 has no pretensions of objectivity or sanity.
Dec 2012
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Heroine
The only realistic thing here is that Bollywood is as predictable as a Bhandarkar film.
Sep 2012
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Rajdhani Express
Decent plot let down by a half-baked script, poor staging and a terrible lead in Leander Paes.
Jan 2013
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Dirty Politics
...very bit of this film — story, structure, sensibility, stunts and moral — is from an eighties film.
Mar 2015
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Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara
...the numerologically- and logically-challenged sequel titled Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbaai Dobaara does not have characters speaking dialogues. They only talk in punch lines.
Aug 2013
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Dec 2013
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O Teri
Umesh Bhisht does to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron what RGV did to Sholay. Kills it and drags the corpse around. It’s no fun to watch.
Mar 2014
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Dangerous Ishhq
So long that a ticket to purgatory hell seems like the better bargain between the two.
May 2012
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Department
It's high time the filmmaker struggling with form realised that this nauseatingly gimmicky camerawork he has been afflicted with in his last few films distracts from the story.
May 2012