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Soorma
...but just when it needed to give us an inside view of Sandeep Singh’s life, it inexplicably decides to become an aloof observer.
Jul 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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Inkaar
Sexual harassment at the workplace needs to be addressed by Indian cinema. It’s an issue that deserves better than this wishy-washy film.
Jan 2013
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Kill Dil
If Shaad had summoned up half as much passion for this project as Ranveer and Parineeti expend on it, Kill/Dil would not have felt like the listless, criminal waste of amazing resources that it is.
Nov 2014
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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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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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Ghanchakkar
...after an impressive set-up, there are entertaining bits and pieces in the second half of the film, and the last couple of minutes of the climax are not bad at all, but it just doesn’t add up.
Jun 2013
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Dishoom
...is a sporadically engaging, intermittently funny, yet always insubstantial film.
Jul 2016
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Parched
The women’s hesitant exploration of each other in forbidden areas is riveting, as is the vein of comedy in each of them. The film is only episodically engaging though. In its entirety, Parched left me thirsting for much much more.
Sep 2016
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Gippi
Unfortunately, the rest somehow has a been-there-seen-that-in-this-or-that-Hollywood-film quality to it.
May 2013
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Indu Sarkar
While Indu Sarkar’s narrative is more engaging than Bhandarkar’s recent works, it is still inadequate.
Jul 2017
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Finding Fanny
Clearly the film is aiming at whimsy, a quality so smoothly achieved in Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel that was recently in Indian theatres. Finding Fanny doesn’t have enough substance to achieve its goal though.
Sep 2014
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Mickey Virus
...takes just too long to establish its setting and settle down before the action takes off in the second half, by which time it’s a tad bit late.
Oct 2013
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Ok Jaanu
... is interesting at first, but as it rolls along it reveals its hollowness, a failing that even the lead couple’s charms and the attractive production design cannot overcome.
Jan 2017
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Ghayal Once Again
The script’s bigger failing though is that it skims over too many characters without giving them enough flesh.
Feb 2016
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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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Mirzya
There were moments when the Critic thought, “Ah, this looks and sounds so good. Maybe soon the life blood will flow?” And she waited, and waited, and waited. But it did not.
Oct 2016
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
...is really funny in places, but it’s so insubstantial, unimaginative and regressive that that’s just not enough.
Jul 2014
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Student Of The Year
Depth … now if only Student of the Year had more of that. No aspect of the film seems fully explored. Nothing in the story feels particularly new.
Oct 2012
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Trapped
...the film is unable to maintain those interest levels through its 102 minutes and 56 seconds running time. This promising premise combined with the formidable talents of Vikramaditya Motwane and Rajkummar Rao should have added up to much more.
Mar 2017
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Judwaa 2
...skates on thin ice on occasion, but for the most part passes muster without being earth-shatteringly good anywhere.
Sep 2017
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May 2018
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Dec 2015
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Race 3
...is an example of a franchise failing to recognise its own strengths and shooting itself in the foot in the bargain.
Jun 2018
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Chef
It is pleasant in parts, pretty almost throughout, and the cast is appealing. In the absence of heft and a commitment to its genre though, it remains an ineffectual film.
Oct 2017
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John Day
Director Ahishor Solomon is clearly well-intentioned and not without talent, but he fails to bring it all together into a compelling, convincing whole.
Sep 2013
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Kaalakaandi
It is hard to believe that a film directed by the writer of Delhi Belly is, for the most part, a drag. Despite Saif Ali Khan being in cracking form, Kaalakaandi lacks fizz and purpose.
Jan 2018
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Halkaa
This one sounds more like an ad advocating the use of toilets stretched to a 114-minutes-long feature and including some of the most blatant product placements ever seen on screen. It means well, but good intentions and a wide-eyed hero are just not enough.
Sep 2018
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Boring as hell are the words that come to mind after watching Yamla Pagla Deewana 2...
Jun 2013