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Guddu Rangeela
For the most part then, Guddu Rangeela remains engaging because of the balancing act it achieves between its grim subject and its light touch.
Jul 2015
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Great Grand Masti
Calls itself an “adult comedy” but is really directed at hormonally charged teenaged boys with a limited IQ (not the bright ones) – check.
Jul 2016
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Grand Masti
The women of GM are never more than a sum of their breasts and buttocks. The men here have their entire beings centred around their penises.
Sep 2013
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Gold
...has its occasional redeeming moments, but for the most part it just skims the surface of a landscape once examined with such depth by Chak De! India.
Aug 2018
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Go Goa Gone
...if you can handle the relatively stretched and sinking second half, then it’s got to be said that the first half is definitely worth seeing and even the second half offers occasional scares and laughs.
May 2013
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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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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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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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Gali Guleiyan
It has been several days since I watched this film, and even now an acute sadness grips me each time I think about it. The beauty of Gali Guleiyan lies in the fact that I never ever want that feeling to go away.
Sep 2018
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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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Dec 2017
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Fukrey
...if you’re in the binness of not analysing your entertainment too much, Fukrey’s the way to go!
Jun 2013
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Fugly
...a well-intentioned film that suffers from weak direction, lack of focus and overly melodramatic, over-used music.
Jun 2014
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Freaky Ali
...even the gifted Siddiqui cannot save Freaky Ali from its own flimsiness.
Sep 2016
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Fraud Saiyaan
Warsi’s continuing career struggles may explain why he agreed to be a part of this formulaic, dull, misogynistic rubbish, but what is worse is that Fraud Saiyaan is a Prakash Jha Productions presentation, with the senior producer-director’s daughter Disha Prakash Jha as one of its producers. Seriously Jha-saab, why?
Feb 2019
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Nov 2016
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Fitoor
The pain, the rejection, the searing desire for revenge, the all-conquering power of love – none of it is adequately conveyed in this film which, by the time its final scene rolled around, left me as cold and detached as Estella’s heart was when she first met Pip.
Feb 2016
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Firangi
Clearly Dhingra has his heart in the right place. What he also needed to have in place was substantive writing.
Dec 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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Fan
...is far from being perfect, it urges us to think about issues relating to stardom, fandom, idolatry and public expectations from famous people without overtly appearing to do so.
Apr 2016
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Entertainment
What else does one say of a film that makes Humshakals seem like it had substance and Kick seem cerebral in comparison? Nothing, I guess.
Aug 2014
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English Vinglish
...is an excellent comeback vehicle for India’s most successful pan-India female superstar, but what makes the film work is that the director is not star struck.
Oct 2012
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Ekk Deewana Tha
...works in places, but is filled with so many incongruities and strikes so many discordant notes that it is hard to get entirely drawn into the story.
Feb 2012
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Ek Villain
Apart from a more consistent pace, Ek Villain also needed more detailing and more depth in its characterisation.
Jun 2014
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Ek Tha Tiger
...is neither here nor there. It’s neither this nor that. It’s not an all-out action film, nor is it a heart-wrenching romance.
Aug 2012
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Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
...didn't take my breath away, but it did leave me with a warm, happy feeling.
Feb 2012
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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
...the strong screenplay is backed by an endearing cast.
Feb 2019