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Mantra
If the film does not come together as a whole, it is for clearly identifiable reasons: first, the cast is a mixed bag; second, the English dialogues do not sit well on several of them; third, the equation between the five Kapoors is not fully established...
Mar 2017
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Haseena Parkar
...ends up being a staccato narration of facts, rather than a story pulsating with life.
Sep 2017
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Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain
The problem with Harish Vyas’ film is that though the hero does say it, he does not convince us that he feels it at all.
May 2018
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Zanjeer
The effect of the boring and unimaginative remake is that it made me long for the old film.
Sep 2013
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Dec 2017
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Daawat-e-Ishq
...is the most irresponsible film to emerge from mainstream Bollywood this year. No, Habib Faisal, it’s not okay to trivialise issues as serious as dowry
Sep 2014
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The Attacks Of 26/11
...despite being based on what is unarguably one of the world’s most dramatic terror strikes ever, The Attacks of 26/11 is a boring film.
Mar 2013
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Bank Chor
Despite its many misses, Bank Chor has more verve. Whatever little progress Bumpy has made as a filmmaker, however, is far outweighed by the insidious messaging of this film which cashes in on the prejudices that wrack Indian society today below a mask of good intentions, comedy and thrills.
Jun 2017
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Jism - 2
Limp, flaccid, lifeless … I can think of a number of adjectives to describe this yawn-worthy film.
Aug 2012
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Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho
...could have sparked off a discussion on the subject, but in its confusion about the tone it should take and in the absence of a commitment to the cause it seems to be espousing, it ends up being a lukewarm film.
Jun 2015
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Kaanchi
It’s always sad to watch the decline of a once successful artiste. Sadder still to write this review. There is just one word to describe Kaanchi: boring.
Apr 2014
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R... Rajkumar
It fizzles out though as the film becomes gradually indistinguishable from Rowdy Rathore, Khiladi 786, Boss and others that have emerged from the factory.
Dec 2013
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The Fakir Of Venice
Everything in the film feels half-hearted. Neither Farhan Akhtar’s charm nor Annu Kapoor’s commitment can save this semi-baked effort. To be fair to it, it is not excruciating or insufferable, it is simply immensely forgettable.
Feb 2019
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Tevar
...he (Arjun Kapoor) is yet to develop the charisma that sometimes enables stars to rise above poor writing and incompetent direction.
Jan 2015
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Jan 2018
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Shorgul
...screenplay by Jitendra Tiwari is effective in not taking sides with either community involved. Unfortunately, it takes its title very seriously and ultimately loses itself in its own din.
Jul 2016
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Aug 2017
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Running Shaadi
...loose writing, unforgivably limited social insights, feeble direction and screenplay.
Feb 2017
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Nanu Ki Jaanu
It is scary in a few parts and funny in more, which is why it is so sad that in the overall assessment and especially in its finale, it turns out to be such a loosely handled, low-IQ mess.
Apr 2018
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Mr Joe B. Carvalho
Slapstick jokes need not be logical, but they must be built around a slightly coherent storyline; and the humour must sustain itself. This film does neither.
Jan 2014
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Gabbar Is Back
You need better writing and overall packaging to pull off unapologetic nonsense. GIB falls flat on its face.
May 2015
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Freaky Ali
...even the gifted Siddiqui cannot save Freaky Ali from its own flimsiness.
Sep 2016
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Shab
Restraint cannot mean zero vitality, yet that is what you get in Shab. Worse, the film does not have anything new to say.
Jul 2017
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Padmaavat
...is a perfect example of a Hindi film couching its extreme prejudices in grandiloquence and tacky clichés, with those clichés embedded in resplendent frames.
Jan 2018
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Mitron
...Mitron’s screenplay has quite a bit going for it, and the casting of the leading man is the spoke in the wheel.
Sep 2018