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Student Of The Year
The key lies in Karan's storytelling. For all its pulp packaging, SOTY doesn't have a single dull moment.
Oct 2012
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Delhi Safari
...the film works on a simplistic level for its target audience- children- and is a cute option for a family's evening out.
Oct 2012
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Krrish 3
...despite running low on script, crackles with high energy, by and large living up to all the hype.
Nov 2013
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10ml Love
...is unusual by Bollywood standards, tracking love, fidelity and desires. But the film needed more assured direction. A talented cast does an impressive job, though.
Dec 2012
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Sep 2012
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Ayan Mukerji's second film is exactly the second film you would expect from director who made his debut with Wake Up Sid, driven by the pros and cons that come in the wake.
May 2013
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Chennai Express
...a loud and crazy experience, so what if you might just forget all of it even as you hit the exit door after the show.
Aug 2013
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Harud
It is one of the most definitive films on the subject that Bollywood has ever made.
Jul 2012
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Dabangg 2
If Dabangg 2 was always about Salman Khan revelling in top form, the superstar doesn't disappoint. He makes Chulbul Pandey even more lovable this time- cool shades, wry humour, crackling stunts and smooth chemistry with the pretty Sonakshi, all very much in place.
Dec 2012
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Shortcut Romeo
...takes too long to unveil a suspense you probably figure out midway. For a suspense thriller, that can be the biggest flaw.
Jun 2013
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Satyagraha
The film is well-intentioned film, its message relevant. Unfortunately, not every well-intentioned film with relevant message leaves an impact.
Aug 2013
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The Last Color
The film is certainly low on grey shades. That and a few contrived twists in the tale let down a cast that tries impressively.
Dec 2020
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Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
The problem is by the time the finale arrives you might just about lose interest, given the overall sluggish pace. For an effort that was pitched as an edge-of-the-seat entertainer, that’s an irony for sure – not in the least the sort you expect from a Dibakar Banerjee film.
Mar 2021
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Ramaiya Vastavaiya
...offers nothing new. Ironic for a film meant to launch a new face.
Jul 2013
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Teri Meri Kahaani
...fails to find a USP simply because the three love stories it narrates aren't altogether new.
Jun 2012
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Race 2
A patchy script wholly banks on its stylish cast and a more stylish treatment. Oops... was that also my line when I reviewed Race four years back?
Jan 2013
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Besharam
...tries bringing back funk to the Bollywood screen. It would have worked if Kashyap and company focussed on just that bit instead of compromising on the novelty factor for 100-crore basics.
Oct 2013
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AkaashVani
The film could have done with a more crisp narrative. At a near two-and-half hour runtime, you wish the tale was cut short by at least an hour. What works for the film, though, is the cast.
Jan 2013
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Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
...as the reels roll you realise Anurag's Chicken Khurana lacks the right amount of spice. Debutant director Sharma somehow doesn't get the mix of Punjabi humour and melodrama right.
Nov 2012
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Aurangzeb
You have a cracker of an idea, the build up is great too, and then gross lack of imagination turns everything into a mangled mess post interval.
May 2013
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Bajatey Raho
This film looks cliched when it tries to be funny, jaded when it sets out to thrill (the second half, where suspense mattered, simply falls flat), and goes all soppy with emotions.
Jul 2013
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Bol Bachchan
Far from being LOL stuff, Bol Bachchan ends up being Bore Bachchan, with a lame climax.
Jul 2012
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Heroine
Madhur Bhandarkar, toasted for the heroine-oriented scripts he creates, has just given us his weakest female protagonist yet. That itself lays bare the irony about the film titled Heroine.
Sep 2012
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Ishkq In Paris
Preity is feisty as ever but she isn't doing anything she might not have already done in a zillion films before.
May 2013
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Khiladi 786
...tries blending Akshay's Rowdy Rathore swagger with his Housefull humour. It ends up in a nowhere-zone in between.
Dec 2012
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Highway
Writer-director Ali tries giving a deeper subtext to the kidnap drama through Veera. The abduction aftermath has a life-altering impact on the girl. The subtext doesn't work because it cuts down the film's pace as it unfolds and confuses the viewer.
Feb 2014
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Fukrey
...reminds you that Bollywood these days is trying to entertain beyond tested flavours. The effort may have stumbled in execution. At least, like the four fukreys, the makers did try hard.
Jun 2013
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Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
The film makes you snigger, and then you snigger at yourself for doing as much at something so obviously silly and raunchy.
Jul 2012