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The Shaukeens
It’s only when Akshay Kumar shows up – he plays himself – that we perk up.
Nov 2014
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The Lunchbox
...a fascinating mix of fact and fiction, documentary-like realism and flights of poetic whimsy.
Sep 2013
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The Dirty Picture
Like most of The Dirty Picture, these supposedly stinging observations are little more than storms in a D cup.
Dec 2011
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That Girl in Yellow Boots
...scratch the arresting surface and we're left with a subplot-heavy narrative whose discursions end up undermining her story. Several sequences work very well on their own but they don't build cohesively and they don't detonate in your mind with a bang by the end of the film.
Sep 2011
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Thappad
Anubhav Sinha is in a golden zone. Thappad is the third of his “Social Issues trilogy”, if you will, and the weakest of the bunch. (The earlier films are Article 15 and Mulk.) But for all its flaws, the core character, the core conflict is superbly unpacked.
Mar 2020
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Tevar
Sharma is a genuine filmmaker. His scenes are artfully lit, staged, populated with extras – he makes a masala movie as if he’s making something loftier, worthier, and Tevar is the better for it.
Jan 2015
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Teri Meri Kahaani
There's nothing aggressively bad about it, but there's nothing good either - and there's something frustrating when a film that could amount to something ends up being nothing.
Jun 2012
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Tees Maar Khan
Farah Khan used to be effortlessly fun. Now she’s holding a gun to our head and demanding that we laugh. The difference is dismaying.
Dec 2010
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TE3N
I kept wondering why none of this was working, and I think at least part of it is because we aren’t invested in anyone’s plight.
Jun 2016
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
A romance that struggles to measure up to its heroine’s performance.
May 2015
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Tanu Weds Manu
A generally underwhelming love story cannot make up its mind whether it wants to be a romantic comedy or a romantic melodrama.
Feb 2011
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Nov 2015
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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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Talvar
Bhardwaj writes the hell out the film. Have I said this earlier? I’ll say it again. Talvar is a smashing return to form for him...
Oct 2015
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Nov 2012
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Table No. 21
...it isn’t everyday that you get a B-movie that makes a convincing case for karma.
Jan 2013
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Sui Dhaaga
A surprise-free drama that’s well-acted, sweet-natured, and quite satisfying.
Oct 2018
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Student Of The Year
How can such a lively premise result in such dullness? The blame may lie with characters who are as clichéd as they come.
Oct 2012
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Striker
We are always aware of the broad-strokes version of all that happened, but the lives of these people don’t possess the texture of their intricately etched-out surroundings. We’re drawn adroitly into the feel of the film, but we don’t feel for its characters.
Feb 2010
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Special 26
...the occasional slackening of the plot is compensated for by the rampant nostalgia.
Feb 2013
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Soorma
An affecting biopic that, refreshingly, stays grounded and alert to its human beats.
Jul 2018
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Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
Another Luv Ranjan film, aka some mild laughs buried in a mountain of misogyny.
Mar 2018
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Sonchiriya
...is very watchable, but sometimes, when some parts are so great, it’s a bigger disappointment when the rest of the film falls behind.
Mar 2019
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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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Nov 2013
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Singh Is Bliing
Why can’t we make just pure comedy – without action, without missing mothers, without villains? I’d have ended up happier had I walked out during the interval.
Oct 2015
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Simran
It’s not half bad. This is one of the rare instances the US doesn’t look shiny and plasticky, like a Christmas-tree ornament. The music is similarly real, understated. With Ranaut practically accommodating the orchestra in her portrayal, playing every instrument and waving the baton, a more melodramatic score would have been overkill. But the whimsy doesn’t work.
Sep 2017