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Sep 2017
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The Xpose
...despite murder, a catfight, a daring rescue from a computer-generated fire, multiple twist endings, and at least one partially revealed nipple – manages to remain terminally dull.
May 2014
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Jism - 2
Pooja Bhatt has actually managed something remarkable. She has taken a subject with a love triangle, the threat of terrorism, guns, bloodshed, double crosses, spy operations and an adult-film star and rendered it utterly boring.
Aug 2012
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What The Fish
The director, Gurmmeet Singh, rounds up able actors – Deepti Pujari, as a naïf from Saharanpur, is quite good – but they’re let down by a series of sketches that must have sounded good on paper but fall flat on screen.
Dec 2013
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Jun 2015
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Bumm Bumm Bole
Priyadarshan reworks a minimalist masterwork into an overblown (and over-cute) drama. The results aren’t pretty.
May 2010
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Bajatey Raho
...galling to put oneself through a Khosla ka Ghosla rip-off with none of the charm and wit.
Aug 2013
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Ok Jaanu
I feel for Shaad Ali. Ever since his best film, the criminally underrated Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, bombed, he’s been at sea. Remaking his mentor’s works may be a way to keep himself visible, but someone should tell him an echo is not a voice.
Jan 2017
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Ram-leela
...is so generic, it could have been made by anyone with the sense to hire a good cinematographer and art director.
Nov 2013
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Shortcut Romeo
A remake is usually a way to take care of the things that did not work earlier, but Ganesh is too busy having his African extras shake their buttocks...
Jun 2013
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Jai Gangaajal
...under the usual Jha trappings, we’re looking at a good, old-fashioned masala movie.
Mar 2016
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Sniff
It feels terrible to carp at a film made for children when there’s so few of these around – it’s the critical equivalent of tossing a mewling kitten off a cliff – but just about nothing goes right in Sniff.
Aug 2017
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Angrezi Medium
...is so wretchedly written, tonally so all over the place that it set my teeth on edge – especially the relentless cutesiness.
Mar 2020
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Nov 2013
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Dec 2017
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Department
Ram Gopal Varma leaves the audience behind and launches into increasingly idiosyncratic ways of telling stories.
May 2012
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Oct 2013
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7 Hours To Go
7 Hours To Go is what happens when you have a big idea and a very small budget.
Jul 2016
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Tubelight
...Kabir Khan is no Hirani, and he is simply unable to tune into the good-hearted whimsy this story needs – and after the initial portions, Tubelight begins to drag its feet, becoming almost unwatchable.
Jun 2017
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Joker
Kunder is a daring dreamer of big concepts, but he needs to be a better director to flesh them out with sustained energy. Otherwise a nonsense comedy becomes just… nonsense.
Sep 2012
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Boss
Akshay Kumar does what he can to keep things afloat, taking care of the action and the drama and the comedy, but unless you’re Amitabh Bachchan, these one-man circus shows are never a good idea.
Oct 2013
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Dharam Sankat Mein
To succeed with all this within the framework of a broad-strokes, Censor Board-friendly comedy isn’t easy. At times, you may feel a more appropriate title would have been Fuwad Khan Sankat Mein.
Apr 2015
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Game
...the director, manages the not-inconsiderable feat of making his movie a gigantic snooze, which wakes up briefly, very briefly, only towards the end, when the mystery is explained. Too little, too late.
Apr 2011
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Tamanchey
What we’re left with, then, is an unsatisfying mix of blood and laughs. Even with our low expectations, that’s not enough.
Oct 2014
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Baadshaho
...promises B-movie entertainment, but the action scenes are unexciting, the writing is awful.
Sep 2017
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Milenge Milenge
Why bother to remake a destiny-driven romance if you cannot capture the things that made it romantic in the first place?
Jul 2010