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Zero
Swapping its marvellous idiosyncrasies for misplaced ideals, two exhilarating hours are followed by forty indulgent minutes. The upshot is a well-aimed mess that never quite lands.
Dec 2018
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Zed Plus
...may not be perfect but it doesn’t insult your intelligence like most Friday fare.
Nov 2014
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Yeh Saali Zindagi
The idea is to project mess and chaos. Indeed surplus characters and subplots often make YSZ an overwhelming experience to endure. But if you are up for the challenge to explore Delhi's shifty facet, it's rewarding too.
Feb 2011
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Yeh Saali Aashiqui
...I have to give it to Yeh Saali Aashiqui for showing such raging ambition and commitment to go bonkers all the way.
Nov 2019
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Other than its amateurish logic and moronic action, the screen is devoid of any chemistry or vigour in its wit.
Jun 2013
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Why Cheat India
A jumbo mess of warped notions and random ambition, Why Cheat India trivialises education and shows sympathy for deceit. Why indeed?
Jan 2019
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War
It’s almost as though Anand was so pleased to have two perfectly suited actors on board, he decided he should leave it at that. What ensues is a large-scale mess only the hardnosed will notice while the rest of us are busy getting enamoured by Hrithik Roshan.
Oct 2019
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Waiting
Menon’s true triumph lies in how she doesn’t vilify a profession or its uncomfortable reality to gather empathy for her characters.
May 2016
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Vicky Donor
...loses some of its sperm, er steam, in the second half when the sentimental, ethical reasoning creeps in, it feels a bit avoidable and protracted. Except by then you have begun to care too much for these characters and its unassuming vibe to create a ruckus.
Apr 2012
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Veere Di Wedding
All four friends are distinguished by their appearances and roles, but they are essentially the same person -- conventional to the core. There's no real rebellion, just a consuming love for fashion and faux feminism where every zinger flying out of their mouth sounds like something you've heard on a sitcom or favourited on your Pinterest wall.
Jun 2018
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Ujda Chaman
Too inept to portray premature balding effects on a man's self-esteem, Ujda Chaman accidentally exposes how desi parents put so much pressure on girls for marriage, they'll settle for any Tom, Dick or Chaman.
Nov 2019
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Udaan
Being young can be quite rewarding if you are willing to take charge, be responsible. Udaan is an enriching experience in highlighting the same.
Jul 2010
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Tumhari Sulu
Despite its love for feel-good, Tumhari Sulu isn't stuck in a fool's paradise and confronts the conflicts thrown in its path.
Nov 2017
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Tubelight
If Tubelight had a real story and wasn't just flip-flopping between monotonous episodes of fluky coincidences treated like divine intervention and cursory battle scenes devoid of danger, urgency or tension, it might have earned some points for heft and affability.
Jun 2017
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Tribhanga
Actor turned writer/director Renuka Shahane's comfort in sentiment shows but her confused stance on emancipation of women is a big let-down.
Jan 2021
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Trapped
Audaciously enough, Motwane feeds off the negativity of disastrous coincidences to explore a human being’s most profound fears as well as marvel at his dormant instincts.
Mar 2017
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Traffic
...doesn’t address its ethics or anything profound. It doesn’t aspire to be anything beyond a bumpy ride to half-hearted glory. And in that it is entirely successful.
May 2016
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Total Siyapaa
...is so insipid, it implores your mind to wander off every few minutes.
Mar 2014
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Total Dhamaal
...would be unwatchable without Madhuri's spunk and bossy swag playing off Anil Kapoor's bellyaching, bugged half's protests. This jodi deserves a better film. And you need no brains to know that.
Feb 2019
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Dec 2010
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Toilet
...Toilet's sanctimonious tone and melodramatic inclinations that takes every possible complexity -- social, cultural or religious -- and shoves it down the viewer's throat in the garb of rushed protests and simplistic resolve.
Aug 2017
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Tiger Zinda Hai
Safe idealism or simply phony, you decide if you intend to endure 161 minutes of this toothless, tiring, plastic Tiger Zzzzzinda Hai.
Dec 2017
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Thugs Of Hindostan
...is 1980s schlock at its most forgettable. Every single gesture, smile and betrayal of this 164-minutes long drag is done-to-death predictable.
Nov 2018
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The Zoya Factor
...the Dulquer factor is the only saving grace of this bland confection. His charisma and cricket are up to the mark.
Sep 2019
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The Sky Is Pink
The lightness is uplifting without undermining the melancholy of the reality it's recounting through the eyes and spirit of a life cut short. The upshot is a pocketful of smiles, a whole lot of tears and an all-important reminder that the glass is half full.
Oct 2019
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The Shaukeens
Whenever Akshay appears on screen, The Shaukeens transforms into another movie -- one that's substantially more comic, cheeky and winsome -- it's the one I enjoyed the most, it's the one I wished I had come to see.
Nov 2014
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The Blueberry Hunt
...as cinema, even if consciously experimental, it's much too inert and latent to engage.
Apr 2016
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That Girl in Yellow Boots
...is another fine specimen of Anurag Kashyap's style of filmmaking.
Sep 2011