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Nov 2016
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Nov 2016
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Rock On 2
...is well-staged and not entirely unwatchable, but it would have been much better had it tried to do less.
Nov 2016
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
For the first time, Karan Johar comes across like a filmmaker who’s going to end up making love stories with a happily-never-after.
Oct 2016
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Parched
We’ve had many films about women, but few that have so sensitively, so generously let them be women.
Sep 2016
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Pink
may be the first film to literally bridge the divide between the (perceived) sensibilities of the multiplex audience and those that frequent single screens.
Sep 2016
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Sep 2016
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Akira
The low-budget, indie vibe that contributed so much to the gritty atmosphere in the original is sacrificed for big-budget razzle-dazzle – everything looks like a set. The film is very broadly staged, like something out of the 1990s – or a TV serial of today.
Sep 2016
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A Flying Jatt
...is the world’s first environmental-PSA-disguised-as-a-superhero-film...
Aug 2016
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
...the comedy, when it works, works so spectacularly that you may not care about anything else.
Aug 2016
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Aug 2016
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Jul 2016
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Shorgul
This is a valid, even necessary issue to explore, but the filmmakers aren’t up to it.
Jul 2016
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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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Junooniyat
An old-fashioned story is one thing, but why not update some of this old-fashioned worldview?
Jul 2016
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Udta Punjab
...follows films like Shanghai, where a top-notch cast and crew cannot disguise the truth that the underlying material, all these revelations, are so banal...
Jun 2016
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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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Waiting
...there’s a difference between overcooked and bland – Waiting leans too much towards the latter.
Jun 2016
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May 2016
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Sarbjit
How can all this result in such a dull movie, which is neither a gripping familial drama nor a tense legal thriller?
May 2016
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Dear Dad
The film is anchored by Arvind Swamy’s performance – though it’s really his presence, that quiet way he weathers the worst of storms.
May 2016
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One Night Stand
How much better One Night Stand would have been with better actors, a more committed filmmaker than Jasmine Moses D’souza!
May 2016