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Apr 2017
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Khiladi 786
Ashish R Mohan, making his directorial debut here after assisting Rohit Shetty on the Golmaal series, pops the Dabangg/Singham/Son of Sardar template into the microwave, lets it heat for a bit and serves it up to a public that seemingly can’t get enough of silly action comedies.
Dec 2012
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Fitoor
As it stands, Fitoor is about Noor, Noor is all about Firdaus, and Firdaus is a beautiful blank.
Feb 2016
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A Gentleman
By the truly dismal standards of Indian action comedies, A Gentleman is a middling offender—but what does that even mean?
Aug 2017
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Why Cheat India
Hashmi seems to enjoy himself; if the writing was brighter and the other characters had more agency, the film might have played differently.
Jan 2019
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Bharat
For 130-odd minutes, Bharat trundles along, sometimes diverting, often annoying, deeply inessential.
Jun 2019
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Manikarnika
...is a slow-building, sustained surge of patriotic fervour, as messy and inflammable as a geyser on an oil rig.
Jan 2019
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Chauranga
Had the performances been stronger, the accents more convincing, and the ideas more novel, Chauranga might have achieved something...
Jan 2016
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Thackeray
A critical biopic was never on the cards; the only question, really, is how vitriolic it was going to be. Thackeray is 2 hours and 19 minutes, so the hate is spread out. The problem is, the scenes which exist only to praise Thackeray’s altruism and courage are bland. The nasty moments kept me engaged and enraged.
Jan 2019
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Mar 2016
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Padmaavat
...the Karni Sena has unwittingly been protesting a wet dream of Rajput pride. Pride beyond logic, pride in defeat, in suicide, in abetting suicide.
Jan 2018
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Coffee Bloom
...isn’t the most exciting of films, but it has a slow-burn intensity that owes a lot to Mathur and Garg’s carefully calibrated performances and Kapoor’s exuberant, pressure-releasing one.
Mar 2015
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Singh Is Bliing
...had a few classic comic scenes. With its lame script and tiresome gags, you’ll forget Singh Is Bliing within seconds of leaving the cinema.
Oct 2015
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Wazir
Nambiar’s previous films have suffered from screenplays that are less than clever. This one reaches for cleverness, which is just beyond its grasp, and that mars what could have been an unusually dour, taut thriller.
Jan 2016
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Mar 2016
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Jun 2016
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
...the problem with Pati, Patni Aur Woh isn’t that it’s offensive, but that it's dull and predictable for too much of its running time.
Dec 2019
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I Me Aur Main
It’s a little scary to spend any film entirely in John Abraham’s company.
Mar 2013
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Gori Tere Pyaar Mein
This is what happens when a production house best known for its stories about the rich and the indolent trains its sights on the downtrodden.
Nov 2013
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Baaghi 2
The ridiculousness of such scenes almost distracts from the noxious nature of this film, which dilutes its near-constant violence with cheaply bought nationalism.
Mar 2018
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Judwaa 2
Leave your brain at the door, they used to say about Dhawan’s films. I did that today, and when I picked it up on the way out, it thanked me.
Sep 2017
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Dharam Sankat Mein
A satire about religious divides that begins well, but disintegrates into bland liberal pieties.
Apr 2015
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Hamari Adhuri Kahani
I don’t think I’ve laughed more at a movie that wanted me to be crying along with it.
Jun 2015
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Rustom
...uses all the sensational material the Nanavati case has to offer, the treatment is laughably bad...
Aug 2016
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Indu Sarkar
And though it’s a shade better than his last, the laughable Calendar Girls, it’s still a Bhandarkar film. It hardly matters that he’s swapped salacious expose for historical statement...
Jul 2017
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Kesari
...dull and monochromatic. There’s a worthy tribute due to those 21 men, but this reductive, gratuitous film isn’t it.
Mar 2019