An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

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  • Polished-looking, its edges - the tension of feeling harassed at work, office politics, ego flashes - hold rather well. But its centre collapses in a soft mess.

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  • ...is not your regular cinema. Mishra has tackled a very relevant subject. If you are willing to experiment with cinema that breaks the norms, then INKAAR is definitely for you.

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  • ...is for spectators of serious cinema.

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  • For a film that is remarkable in many significant ways, it ultimately disappoints because, despite showing the nerve to deal squarely with a demanding subject, it eventually chickens out of the prospect of going the whole distance to a coherent and radical conclusion.

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  • ...has great, rusty-yet-chic atmosphere and good performances. But, the story cheats on itself in the last half hour.

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  • This is among Mishra's most perplexing efforts yet. He bravely takes up an unusual subject but seems to chicken out when it comes to giving his story a definite conclusion.

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  • It’s fantastic to see a director who finds himself at ease working out of his comfort zone, challenging himself and transitioning between diverse subjects.

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  • What happens to be a potent seed for a crackling story, Inkaar gets mired by the cliches of conventionalism and loses its steam.

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  • ...a brilliantly crafted storyline but loses its steam when it tries fitting into the commercial space of Bollywood.

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  • ...may be thematically topical and significant since it deals with the exploitation of women at the workplace, but it’s the director’s tamest work yet.

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  • ...ultimately the film remains a dish half-baked.

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  • You can’t ignore Inkaar for its sheer topicality and its courage to look a problem in the eye though the director goes into blink mode half way through the film.

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  • ...has promise, but it spirals down on falsities and platitudes.

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  • ...an unfortunately botched attempt at portraying a relevant issue, even as Mishra struggles to strike a balance between style and substance.

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  • ...what could have been an engrossing take on modern-day relationships in a frantic, workaholic culture is single-handedly destroyed by warped publicity and ridiculous conclusions.

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  • ...could have been truly radical. But it becomes a film that prefers to cop out, rather than deliver on the promise it held out so bravely in its initial passages.

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  • One expected more maturity from a Sudhir Mishra film.

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  • ...good performances can give you a watchable film, but not a believable story. And that is the big letdown in Inkaar. The film’s logic and the climax just don’t make sense.

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  • The trouble with Inkaar is that even if it does have a bunch of interesting ideas, they're lost in a muddled drama.

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  • The film has taken an important subject and turned it into slush. In the end the film is a mockery of sexual harassment, of love, of the ad fraternity and of professionalism.

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  • Sexual harassment at the workplace needs to be addressed by Indian cinema. It’s an issue that deserves better than this wishy-washy film.

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  • ...a case of a thing well-begun, but not even half-done.

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  • If only he had good performers, Sudhir Mishra’s formulaic narrative might have worked.

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  • Mishra’s point may be that the sexual harassment case was just a red herring and that the real story was about a man and a woman who realised what’s truly important and repriortised their lives, but that’s just cheapening a sensitive issue.

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  • What happens when a strong, socially relevant theme is dipped in glamour with its motivations set in thrilling rather than engaging with the subject? Inkaar.

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