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Bullett Raja
Tigmanshu Dhulia is best when he opts for content drawn for reality instead of flying off into an absurd land where everyone detests one another with a vengeance.
Nov 2013
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Singh Saab The Great
Snag is that both in the writing and the direction, the topic doesn’t move beyond mouthing the age-old cliches.
Nov 2013
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Nov 2013
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Krrish 3
...the film is based on a screenplay that’s creative in parts — it focuses on creating curious villains, even adding a provocative familial side-story. And it has some stunning CGI stunts and visuals.
Nov 2013
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War Chhod Na Yaar
...is marred by tacky and unintelligent direction, it does have some rib-tickling scenes and dialogue...
Oct 2013
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Besharam
Doubtlessly, this actor loves the camera. And the camera loves him back. Because of that rare interaction, you come out of 'Besharam', feeling elated.
Oct 2013
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Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
...the problem is that the film keeps breaking its promise of comic. Not happy being jhallu-mallu, it straightens its clothes and poses, saying I’m not just a parody, I’m a real film.That’s when it gets dull.
Sep 2013
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The Lunchbox
What stays in the mind at the end of 'The Lunchbox' is pretty much what stays in mind at the end of a memorable set by jazzmen – not their lapses but the heights they scale.
Sep 2013
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John Day
...can’t be described as an admirable work. It is certainly not meant for the squeamish or the 'Chennai Express' constituency. Yet, neither is it dismissable as an average, formula thriller. It has it engaging moments.
Sep 2013
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Zanjeer
...a putrid, out-of-context copy that hangs on to the outsized collars of the original for its dear life.
Sep 2013
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Shuddh Desi Romance
An absolutely engrossing shaadi caper for starters which fizzles out into a shallow sermon on the institution of marriage, or the lack of it.
Sep 2013
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Aug 2013
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Chor Chor Super Chor
...what the film lacks in pace, it more than makes up with its hysterical and quick con tricks and crisp, funny dialogue.
Aug 2013
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Bajatey Raho
...crude, functional only in fits and starts, and with broken bits taped together.
Jul 2013
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Nasha
...with a far more sensitive and cliché-free screenplay, this 'Nasha' could have been a superior product.
Jul 2013
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Jul 2013
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Ship Of Theseus
Here are three stories well told, signifying independent cinema’s coming of age.
Jul 2013
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Put on your patience caps for three hours, and try it. There’s enough bang for the bucks here.
Jul 2013
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Jul 2013
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Lootera
...with just some more fluency in the dramaturgy and less self-indulgent pacing, 'Lootera' would have been unforgettable, deserving of an unconditional two, instead of a one thumbs up.
Jul 2013
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Ghanchakkar
...a half-baked, self-indulgent comedy, which strives to sprinkle some dark film noir elements towards the finale.
Jun 2013
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Fukrey
Lucklessly, none of the four overgrown boys of 'Fukrey' out here arouse your empathy or curiosity. In fact, they’re as irritating as monsoon mosquitoes.
Jun 2013
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
...may not be in the league of Johar’s 'Kuchh Kucch Hota Hai' or Aditya Chopra’s 'DDLJ' - far from it - but it is a notch above the B-town fare showing at any of the ‘plexes today.
May 2013
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Hum Hai Raahi CAR Ke
There is no reason for 'Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke' to exist except that producer-director Jyotin Goel’s son, Dev Goel, is now of kissable age and has acquired muscles - feats that daddy dear thinks deserve a public audience.
May 2013
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Ishkq In Paris
Preity Zinta, high on energy but low on subtlety, could have surely looked for a script that does her (and her loyalists) a shred of justice.
May 2013