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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
Because of its poorly paced beginning, ABCD 2 feels a bit of stretch at 154 minutes.
Jun 2015
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
...is not merely superior to its predecessor but the flamboyance and fun it provides is an implication we're not quite done with this mad duo and their quirky universe yet.
May 2015
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Jai Ho! Democracy
...a movie purporting to be a political satire but set on a flimsy premise.
Apr 2015
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Mr. X
At a time when even television is doling out superheroes worth binging on, taking Bhatt’s boring, fluky, one-trick Mr X seriously is out of question.
Apr 2015
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Dharam Sankat Mein
...between its sentimental leanings and farcical outbursts, the superficial sermonising of Dharam Sankat Mein remains just that -- superficial.
Apr 2015
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Badmashiyaan
Wearing incoherence like a badge, Badmashiyaan proceeds to and fro exhausting the viewer with its relentless lunacy and shabby screenwriting.
Mar 2015
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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
...is so terribly obvious in its deviousness, there’s not even a smidgen of surprise to expect.
Feb 2015
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Roy
...is so tangled in its inflated, erratic ideas of a pseudo mystery around parallel lives and loves that it ceases to make sense even before it takes off. Mostly, though, it's just slow torture.
Feb 2015
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Khamoshiyan
...slips into a hopeless mess of time worn ghost busting, freakish sights...
Jan 2015
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Dolly Ki Doli
...the ambiguous, unapologetic tone favours the overall whimsy narrative and its aversion to melodrama.
Jan 2015
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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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Kill Dil
Seriously, even the on-going season of Bigg Boss has more meat than this half-cooked turkey of a script.
Nov 2014
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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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Desi Kattey
What’s particularly daft about Desi Kattey -- an insipid mishmash of just about every script engaging two friends going separate ways meets underdog sports hero -- is how forced the events look.
Sep 2014
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Daawat-e-Ishq
...makes up for many of its cinematic imperfections and half-baked explorations with infectious charm, platefuls of it.
Sep 2014
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Mary Kom
I would have liked something much more than this mediocre account of a magnificent reality.
Sep 2014
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Mardaani
If only the script weighed more in intensity of thoughts than stagy heroics and simplistic resolutions, it could do a lot more for women in the film industry if not society in general.
Aug 2014
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Singham Returns
...offers quite a bit to whistle about with its steady supply of straightforward action and a hot-headed hero who delivers a punch with a fist and a line.
Aug 2014
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Hate Story 2
A stale plot with flatly executed scenes of retribution and a lacklustre leading lady; Hate Story 2 is too trivial to be erotic or thrilling.
Jul 2014
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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
The idea behind Kya Dilli Kya Lahore is to once again point out the futility of war as well as highlight why human comes before being. And Vijay Raaz accomplishes that to a reasonable extent in his first filmmaking effort.
May 2014
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Kaanchi
From effortlessly epic to unintentionally campy, Ghai’s school of entertainment has taken quite a beating.
Apr 2014
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Bhoothnath Returns
Whatever connect the towering Bachchan makes with his viewer is rudely disrupted to accommodate mediocre songs or misplaced sentimentalism in a prolonged slide show of poignant portraits making Bhoothnath's return quite a drag in the end.
Apr 2014
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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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Highway
Ever so astir, Ali’s storytelling wears wings as do his creations known to take off impulsively or wander about to unforeseen destinations in a bid to discover, seek, escape or just because.
Feb 2014
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Gunday
Occasionally, blemished scripts too are salvaged by solid performances. Gunday is inconsistent on that front as well.
Feb 2014
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Hasee Toh Phasee
...is that rare film that allows you to know the two people you’re investing in. And the closer you get, the more they win you over.
Feb 2014