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Housefull 2
...has exactly the same mix of stars, foreign locations, farcical plot and spectacularly dim-witted comedy as the first Housefull. This is the cinematic equivalent of junk food - when you walk in, you know exactly what you're going to get.
Apr 2012
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Holiday
...a profoundly moronic film that moves from one preposterous situation to another.
Jun 2014
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Highway
Imtiaz skillfully creates moments that are at once, tender, funny and fragile. But my problem was that I simply didn’t buy into the story.
Feb 2014
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Heropanti
...is designed to do exactly one thing — make us like Tiger Shroff, and that it does exceedingly well.
May 2014
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Heroine
At one point in Heroine, a character asks: Iss glamour industry mein kaun fraud nahin hota. This film certainly is one.
Sep 2012
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Hate Story
....is being pitched as an erotic thriller but it’s neither very thrilling or particularly erotic. But it does work as unintentional comedy.
Apr 2012
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Gulaab Gang
For a real dose of women empowerment, watch Gulabi Gang, a terrific documentary on Sampat Pal, which is still running in select theaters. Gulaab Gang is the masala remix.
Mar 2014
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Sep 2013
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Nov 2013
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Go Goa Gone
I think the trouble with Go Goa Gone is too much cleverness and not enough plot.
May 2013
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Gangs Of Wasseypur
...is by turns absorbing and frustrating. Watching it feels like gorging on too much good food, leaving you feeling more exhausted than satiated. But there is enough in the sound and fury to enjoy.
Jun 2012
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Fukrey
...the problem with Fukrey is that the characters and milieu are more engaging than the plot, which gets more far-fetched as it thickens.
Jun 2013
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Jun 2014
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Jun 2014
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English Vinglish
English Vinglish is that rare thing - a Hindi film that creates a heroine out of a homemaker.
Oct 2012
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Ekk Deewana Tha
Menon struggles to achieve grand emotion but the story is thin and the telling, insipid.
Feb 2012
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Ek Tha Tiger
Director and co-writer Kabir Khan takes the larger-than-life Salman Khan persona and wraps it in an engaging story that services it.
Aug 2012
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Dhoom 3
...see Dhoom 3 with your expectations at half-mast. It's not the popcorn thrill ride that I expected. There isn't enough joy in it. But Aamir and the stupendous action make it worth watching.
Dec 2013
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Dekh Tamasha Dekh
...a combination of farcical, funny and depressing. How many movies can you say that for?
Apr 2014
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Dedh Ishqiya
...is worth watching just for Abhishek Chaubey's ambition. He is not constrained by the demands of the box office.
Jan 2014
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Dangerous Ishhq
Kapoor is an attractive woman who tries earnestly to make sense of this time-warped story. But it is a Herculean task.
May 2012
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Dabangg 2
My review of Dabangg ended with a plea for a better story for Chulbul. Like so much else in Dabangg 2, that too remains the same. Can someone please write a terrific plot for this terrific character?
Dec 2012
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Cocktail
He (Imtiaz Ali) creates a love triangle that references Archie's comics, the 1980s television show Three's Company and the oeuvre of Aditya Chopra-Karan Johar (foreign locales, decadent Western lifestyle, superior Indian values) and yet feels new.
Jul 2012
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Citylights
...is persuasive. And it will hit you harder if you haven’t seen the original.
May 2014
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Chaurahen
...brims with tortured souls, pensive silences, meaningful looks and meals left unfinished. Not surprisingly, it’s a slog of a film.
Mar 2012
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Bullett Raja
...has flashes of fire but mostly it seems to be hobbled by a misguided sense of machismo.
Nov 2013