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Chauranga
...is so low-key that it comes across as an unfeeling drama even though the screen is, at all times, busy with multiple pressing concerns.
Jan 2016
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Chalk N Duster
It is a mark of Bollywood’s extreme gender bias that the likes of Shabana and Juhi must, more often than not, compromise on quality if they wish to play heroines. These remarkable women deserve better than this clumsy, even if well-meaning, film. So does the teaching profession.
Jan 2016
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Chakravyuh
...has absolute clarity about the political stance it is taking and makes no awkward attempts to seem balanced just for the heck of it.
Oct 2012
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Sep 2015
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Budhia Singh
...could have been a great film if only Padhi had not been chary of highlighting his chosen protagonist’s warts along with his virtues.
Aug 2016
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Boss
Too many recent solo-hero action-comedy flicks have suffered from this problem. They’ve even begun to resemble each other. Where does Rowdy Rathore end and Khiladi 786 begin? Where does Dabangg end and Ready begin?
Oct 2013
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Bombay Velvet
...is a film that’s trying to be American or something like it; a film in which Kashyap, it would appear, is trying to be someone else.
May 2015
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Bombay Talkies
...boasts of several talented actors and many worthwhile moments – moments of laughter, courage and poignance. It just doesn’t have the jaadu that the movie madaari promised.
May 2013
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Bol Bachchan
His(Ajay Devgn) acting, his characterisation by the writing team, and the absolute and deliberate defiance of logic in the writing and delivery of his dialogues are what make Bol Bachchan worth a watch.
Jul 2012
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Blood Money
This film could have been something I guess, but the production house does not seem to have cared enough to push the team to try.
Mar 2012
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Bhoothnath Returns
...until it gets confused about what it wants to be – feature film or docu, children’s film or adult fare, light-hearted entertainer with a message or dead serious – Bhoothnath Returns is a lot of fun.
Apr 2014
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Bhoot Returns
The result: after the chills in the first half, the rest of the film and particularly the ending are an absolute damp squib.
Oct 2012
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Bhaiaji Superhittt
...has been in the making for almost a decade, but its mediocrity can hardly be blamed on the delay.
Nov 2018
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Besharam
...a mixed bag of goods. It is very funny at the start but after a while the laughs come only in spurts.
Oct 2013
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Begum Jaan
Begum Jaan’s intriguing basic concept deserves a writer who could have expanded on it to better effect. And the lovely Vidya Balan deserves better than this soulless film.
Apr 2017
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Befikre
...is watchable for its packaging alone and not for what lies beneath. Even Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor’s boundless verve, all that kissing, unbridled sex and tiny Western clothing cannot mask the story’s traditionalist core.
Dec 2016
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Aug 2017
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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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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a Salman Khan film so much.
Jul 2015
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Bajirao Mastani
Despite its shortcomings then, this is a brave and beautiful film – beautiful to look at, beautiful in its position on religion, brave in its take on history, brave in its unwillingness to paint religious groups or its primary characters as black or white.
Dec 2015
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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
..is a cocktail of fun stunts, attractive stars, grand settings, terrible acting, conflicted attitudes and closeted conservatism.
Apr 2017
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
...a dishonest film, neither fully committed to the causes it apparently espouses nor to its own closeted conservatism.
Mar 2017
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Badlapur
...boasts of many memorable scenes peopled with brilliant actors. The overall feeling though is one of a sporadically, episodically effective film that doesn’t quite add up.
Feb 2015
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Mar 2019
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Babumoshai Bandookbaaz
...while the film remains engaging throughout, it is hard to ignore the post-interval lack of substance.
Aug 2017
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Baar Baar Dekho
If I had the power to go back in time and any power over Team Baar Baar Dekho, I would cajole or bully them into rewriting the second half of their script. In the present though, in the here and now, this is a film that starts off well but fails to sustain itself.
Sep 2016
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Baaghi 2
Tiger Shroff is just one of many passionless ingredients in this passionless film.
Mar 2018