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Singh Is Bliing
...it’s high on pedestrian humour where people shriek in pain after being knocked down by a car or coconut and absconding lions send humans in a tizzy.
Oct 2015
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Setters
Whatever restraint or spark Setters demonstrated in its initial stages is tossed out of the window to crash into an untidy mess of snarling evil and tame virtue.
May 2019
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Murder 3
Those looking for more than (badly-acted) thrills, Murder isn’t likely to be your choice of franchise anyway.
Feb 2013
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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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Motichoor Chaknachoor
If Nawaz hits all the right notes in his portraying his character's timid, modest traits, Athiya Shetty springs a surprise in how she completely surrenders to Anita's perverse superficiality. Wish one could say the same about the film's confused idealism and slipshod climax.
Nov 2019
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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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Judwaa 2
Judwaa 2’s balloon of recycled gas soon goes phus and what’s left is tedious buffoonery of the brainless, for the brainless and by the brainless.
Sep 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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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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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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De De Pyaar De
...is full of recycled imagery. It's not a copy, but a lot of its thoughts are dumbed down versions of what you enjoy about similarly themed It's Complicated. Or even Friends.
May 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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Roohi
As a self-confessed scaredy-cat, I have to say I was dreadfully exhausted by the end and noting the sloppy visual effects and continuity glitches in Janhvi's ghostly makeup.
Mar 2021
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Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
Occasionally, I half-smiled at the laboured silliness put forth by this clean but clichéd farce. Only the darn poster is, ultimately, too phata, purana for anything to come out of it except disillusionment.
Sep 2013
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Akira
Sonakshi moves, feels and looks the part that’s all but empty heft in a script so extraordinarily dated and bereft of punch.
Sep 2016
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Jab Harry Met Sejal
In essence, Jab Harry Met Sejal's titular characters wander aimlessly from one place to another from inside a bubble, holding on to a dream that's playful yet unreal, surprising but hollow. Had Imtiaz treated it like one and not surrendered to predictable fantasy, I'd still admire his audacity.
Aug 2017
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Mar 2019
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Chalk N Duster
Mistaking intent for quality, Chalk N Duster’s greatest drawback is that it tries to take the high moral ground without substantiating its material or projecting the least bit of depth
Jan 2016
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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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Besharam
...is so unbelievably sloppy and senseless, not even the best actors in the business can redeem it no matter how hard they try.
Oct 2013
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Malang
Here's a witless thriller so far removed from reality yet so consumed by its own self-seriousness, no amount of slick photography (Vikas Sivaraman), soaring soundtrack (Mithoon, Ved Sharma) or steady supply of conspiracy (Aseem Arrora) can salvage its tepid material.
Feb 2020
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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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Love Aaj Kal
A poorly conceived reboot that's overlong, overdramatic and overdone, Love Aaj Kal simply cannot differentiate between pyaar and parody.
Feb 2020
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Jun 2017
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Qaidi Band
Qaidi Band's biggest undoing is its superficial treatment of a thought-provoking premise.
Aug 2017