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Singh Is Bliing
I watched most Singh is Bling recoiling from the screen despite the fact that Akshay Kumar’s comic timing is good and his big boy goofiness adorable.
Oct 2015
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Sep 2015
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Hero
He has co-written the film’s screenplay and that’s where the film’s first major problem sits. The second is his direction.
Sep 2015
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Gour Hari Dastaan
Anant Mahadevan is a repeat offender. He picks up an interesting topic and then proceeds to ruin it. Almost always.
Aug 2015
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Bahubali
...starts off as a tacky, low-budget, DD-esque film. Even the initial CGI and brushed-out-wire flying stunts are crude and untidy. But, as it moves forward, the story twisting and revealing one character after another, with secrets, mistakes and mystery, it all begins to come together.
Jul 2015
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Welcome 2 Karachi
...a warm, idiotic outing to do nothing except tickle and lionise every stereotype on the other side of the border for our oafish desi jollies.
May 2015
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Gabbar Is Back
...a hectic, loud film that skids from one episode to another introducing characters — all prefabricated, one-dimensional ones necessary for simulating a vigilante melodrama — and pushing the story to its inevitable end.
May 2015
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Dharam Sankat Mein
Somewhere in the idea of making a film about Hindu-Muslim identity lurks a noble thought. But Dharam Sankat Mein is a low IQ film that is not really up for the task it sets for itself.
Apr 2015
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Ek Paheli Leela
My only humble request is that the next director who gets to sign Ms Leone in a title role and the film is certified A, no time must be wasted in telling a story.
Apr 2015
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Hunterrr
The obsession with “likes” in these times of Facebook is killing all the fun. And Hunterrr is its latest victim. It’s all too keen that we like it, rather than we simply enjoy it. How sad.
Mar 2015
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Rahasya
The film keeps us hooked, but it also irritates. It doesn’t deliver exactly what it promised to, but it does give us the confession we need to hear.
Jan 2015
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Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene
It actually has a strong, interesting plot. But, unfortunately, it places at the centre of its story the two worst possible non-actors.
Jan 2015
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PK
We keep getting emotionally overwhelmed in the way Hirani has now mastered. We are putty in his hands. But his tricks are all too transparent and in the end the emotional drubbing leaves you feeling underwhelmed.
Dec 2014
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Badlapur Boys
The kabaddi playing boys are not bad either. Only trouble is that all they mutter “kabaddi, kabaddi” in a decidedly third-rate story where the moral victory is, well, a dud.
Dec 2014
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Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain
...tells the story of the worst of times with some needless “cinematic liberties” that make it a lesser movie, but, perhaps, a more palatable one.
Dec 2014
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Kill Dil
...flirts with the idea of having rotten men as its lead pair. It even seems to enjoy their bloody bonhomie. But it chickens out. What a shame! And what a waste!
Nov 2014
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Rang Rasiya
It establishes that the painter-artist's life is a powerful story that needs to be told by a better, more accomplished director and actors.
Nov 2014
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Chaarfutiya Chhokare
The film has a few nice frames and exactly two interesting moments, but they are spoilt by inept acting and lines that should never have been written.
Sep 2014
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Daawat-e-Ishq
...pulls out all sorts of tricks to distract us from what’s essentially a cureless dud, a no-go, a film which really has a one-to-thousand chance of being remembered for anything except that it got made and got a theatre release. It’s eminently forgettable.
Sep 2014
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Katiyabaaz
...a funny, moving and very well-researched documentary that’s definitely worth watch.
Aug 2014
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Pizza
...director Akshay Akkineni more than makes up for his patchy script by his craftsmanship and interesting touches.
Jul 2014
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Jun 2014
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Purani Jeans
If you haven’t seen 16, I suggest you dump this film and get a DVD of that one.
May 2014
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Bhoothnath Returns
...tries to strike a high moral tone in its social messaging, but creatively it doesn’t flinch from being crassly exploitative. It made me cringe so often that I wished this clever concept had been handed over to a directoir with a light touch.
Apr 2014
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Jal
...it takes occasional flight, like a good, compelling dastan. But the film has an intermittently sparse and jam-packed screenplay
Apr 2014