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Inkaar
...what could have been an engrossing take on modern-day relationships in a frantic, workaholic culture is single-handedly destroyed by warped publicity and ridiculous conclusions.
Jan 2013
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India‘s Most Wanted
It's unbearable, this dullness. You'll find more action in a grocery shop's CCTV footage than in all of India's Most Wanted.
May 2019
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I Hate Luv Storys
...it's Imran and Sonam's collective persona and their free-flowing chemistry that makes all the difference. Although the pair deserve better than an amateurishly written romance to scoop out their terrific potential as a combination.
Jul 2010
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I Am
It's not a flawless film that will change the course of cinema but a relevant one...
Apr 2011
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Housefull 3
Ritesh Deshmukh can see. Abhishek Bachchan can talk. Akshay Kumar can walk. And I, somehow, survived Housefull 3. That, ladies and gentleman, is the real miracle.
Jun 2016
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Hope Aur Hum
...never strays into complicated territory and sticks to its gentle celebration of everyday highs and lows. Its idealism may seem intentional, but never ever contrived.
May 2018
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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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Mar 2018
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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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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
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
Without novelty or sense, the gag's already on thin ground and relies entirely on the loony camaraderie of its ensemble cast to work, which it does but only sporadically.
Aug 2018
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
...when the actors flanking Happy are so talented and endearing to watch. If Happy Bhag Jayegi succeeds in delivering a few laughs, it's entirely to their credit.
Aug 2016
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Half Girlfriend
The constant issue in Half Girlfriend is its wimpy characters and the contrivances they resort to arrive at its predictable conclusion. Stupidity is responded with equal, if not more, stupidity.
May 2017
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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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Gully Boy
Asli hip-hop and assured film-making, Hindustan could not have asked for more.
Feb 2019
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Gone Kesh
It's a bit disappointing then how Gone Kesh dilutes its sweet, straightforward momentum for a predictable climax and amplified sentimentality. Still, what it is conveying holds good.
Mar 2019
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Gold
It is only when Gold moves away from Akshay Kumar's blundering Bangla and hockey humbug to become a story of grace among go-getters that it comes close to becoming the movie it should have been.
Aug 2018
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Ghayal Once Again
The action hero returns to serve some old fashioned justice in Ghayal Once Again as the still seething, still suffering Ajay Mehra like only he can. If also it could deliver the stamp of sharp, solid filmmaking like only the man who conceived Ajay Mehra can.
Feb 2016
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Game Over
...is a nifty piece of work that recognises the durability of meaningful entertainment. Its feminist breakthroughs may not always seem practical, but its 'fight back' gusto had my vote.
Jun 2019
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Game
For its entire obsession with ambiance, Game is, at heart, a frustratingly old-fashioned murder mystery.
Apr 2011
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Fukrey Returns
...the gags, contrived around comically hostile interactions and burdened by a steady supply of predictable rejoinders, fall completely flat.
Dec 2017
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Freaky Ali
It’s entirely on the writers and actors to make the proceedings seem crucial or comic. What shows up on screen is plain lazy on their part and it's painfully dull to watch.
Sep 2016
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Force 2
...loses steam over hastily established grievances, vendetta schemes and quick fix conclusions.
Nov 2016
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Force
For a genre that works purely on moronic logic and one-note screenplay, Force never had much to accomplish in the first place. But its complete lack of individuality or snap makes it a boring, banal, blah and bleak experience.
Oct 2011
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Firangi
Firangi's persistence to club romantic overtures, non-cooperation movement mania, 19th century naiveté and con-adventure spunk in its 160 minutes running time proves to be its undoing. That's just too much to take in a movie that neither wants to be fun or funny.
Dec 2017
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Fanney Khan
...is in the same space as Tumhari Sulu and Secret Superstar where starry-eyed aspiration and gullible hearts of gold go but nowhere as grounded in reality.
Aug 2018
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Emotional Atyachar : The Film
It tries so visibly hard to be tough, murky, sassy and, most laughably, clever that it's impossible to find any redeeming aspects in its devoted wannabeism.
Sep 2010