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Barfi!
...a pleasantly different film, only it isn't an extraordinary one. That's because despite the brilliant characters and setting, the film doesn't have an extraordinary story to tell.
Sep 2012
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Raaz 3
...unfolds like a film that was written, directed and produced in fits of hallucination.
Sep 2012
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Joker
Madness, done with method, can be hilarious. Or, as in the case of Joker, it can be a royal bore.
Sep 2012
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Aug 2012
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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
Despite narrating a fairly predictable tale of love, the film works for the brilliant moments that the script provides.
Aug 2012
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Ek Tha Tiger
...a clever mix. The polished specs define Kabir but they have been smartly used to carve an essential Salman Khan blockbuster.
Aug 2012
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
...can only be seen as a smarter, better crafted extension of GOW rather than a sequel.
Aug 2012
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Jism - 2
...has been billed as an erotic thriller. Sift through the Sunny hype, and the film is neither erotic nor thrilling.
Aug 2012
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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
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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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Bol Bachchan
Far from being LOL stuff, Bol Bachchan ends up being Bore Bachchan, with a lame climax.
Jul 2012
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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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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
...takes us back to Planet Hirani, where even evil is basically nice. It's a world where the hero doggedly defines innocence and does a wrong turn only by chance.
Jun 2012
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Shanghai
It is the heartland political thriller that several among the Bollywood lot have tried to make lately but didn't quite have the guts to.
Jun 2012
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Arjun
...isn't the best kiddie flick you'll ever see but it could work as a starter's guide for the little ones, on one of India's most fabled warriors.
May 2012
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Department
No one in the cast seems to care anyway. Probably, all of them realised this was a script where 'acting' is all about shooting or being shot - depending on which end of the gun you are made to stand.
May 2012
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I Am Kalam
This film is an example of how a children's film can regale with solid storytelling, at the same time creating space for undercurrent comment.
Aug 2011