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Apr 2016
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Apr 2016
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Rocky Handsome
...if Sanjay Gupta and Sanjay Leela Bhansali had a baby, it’d look like this movie.
Mar 2016
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Mar 2016
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Fitoor
After a point, I didn’t want a movie about Kashmir, I didn’t want a movie about Noor and Firdaus, I just wanted to see Hazrat grow old and batty.
Mar 2016
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Neerja
...is a fine tribute to a woman whose wings were clipped just as she was beginning to fly.
Mar 2016
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Zubaan
...it’s a problem when what’s meant to be an edgy coming-of-age story is hijacked by a campy, entertainingly nutty family soap.
Mar 2016
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Bollywood Diaries
...is a splash of ice-cold water on everyone who stands in front of a mirror and says: Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon.
Mar 2016
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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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Feb 2016
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Ghayal Once Again
After a while, it’s not the action – it’s the acting. Deol just cannot play emotional scenes convincingly. But at least he looks as if he can move mountains with a single hand, and that’s really what this film needs.
Feb 2016
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Mastizaade
What is more depressing? The fact that the first Kya Kool Hain Hum was made? Or that it has spawned a franchise?
Feb 2016
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Jan 2016
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Airlift
...a fine example of how it’s possible to incorporate Western understatement into a very Indian movie, and, more importantly, a fine model for how our aging heroes can continue playing the action hero.
Jan 2016
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Chalk N Duster
Aren’t we all guilty of having moved on, with very little time to remember our teachers? But they deserve more than this shrill drama...
Jan 2016
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Bajirao Mastani
...the performance is still an exhilarating mix of fireworks and thunder and lightning, if only because Ranveer Singh is the first leading man in a Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie who knows what it means to play a Sanjay Leela Bhansali leading man.
Jan 2016
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Dilwale
Every decision in Dilwale screams: I have Shah Rukh and Kajol in my film, so why bother?
Jan 2016
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Nov 2015
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X: Past is Present
It’s interesting, certainly. But look past the style, and there’s little substance.
Nov 2015
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
While this may make for great box-office, it’s not consistently arresting cinema.
Nov 2015
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Titli
This is an impressive debut, and the only one I can recall right now that puts up such a loveless, unlovable bunch on screen.
Nov 2015
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Nov 2015
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Main Aur Charles
Some parts are confusing and there’s no grip. It’s just one escapade after another.
Nov 2015
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Oct 2015
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Wedding Pullav
It seems to be more of an educational video put together for future generations to get an idea of the ingredients in the rom-coms of our time.
Oct 2015
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
...overlong and it tries to make us feel outraged on behalf of these guys.
Oct 2015
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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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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