An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

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Film Companion

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Number of reviews
144
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45

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  • Raabta

    This film veers from flat-out silly to unintentionally funny to tear-your-hair-out tedious.

    19

    Jun 2017
  • Tubelight

    ...is cinema as a sermon. Which makes the film flat and emotionally unconvincing. The good intentions and lectures on yakeen don’t translate into a gripping narrative.

    49

    Jun 2017
  • Munna Michael

    But director Sabbir Khan and writer Vimmi Datta pin his talents on a brain dead narrative. Despite ample support from Nawaz, Tiger's granite biceps can’t lift the load.

    29

    Jul 2017
  • Jab Harry Met Sejal

    Imtiaz and Shah Rukh coming together should have created a romantic classic. Instead Imtiaz has made his weakest film to date. Jab Harry Met Sejal doesn’t touch your insides. It’s not truthful enough to move you.

    39

    Aug 2017
  • Toilet

    I must repeat that it’s refreshing to see Hindi cinema tackle such challenging subjects. But a film has to work as a film. This one does, in fits and starts.

    49

    Aug 2017
  • Bareilly Ki Barfi

    There is little here that will stay with you but while it lasts, you’ll have a smile on your face. And that’s exactly what this amiable film is designed to do.

    59

    Aug 2017
  • A Gentleman

    ...despite the clunky plotting, A Gentleman never becomes a crashing bore. Credit must go to Sidharth Malhotra, who is in almost every frame.

    49

    Aug 2017
  • Baadshaho

    If you are willing to buy into the ridiculous premise, the first half has moments of fun but in the second, Baadshaho becomes like a flat comic book.

    39

    Sep 2017
  • Simran

    ...is a brilliant performance trapped in a sloppy screenplay - ironical given the headline-hogging, fall-out between writer Apurva Asrani and Kangana Ranaut over writing credits. Actually, the writing is the weakest part of the film.

    49

    Sep 2017
  • Haseena Parkar

    In the hands of director Apoorva Lakhia, writer Suresh Nair and actor Shraddha Kapoor, this material becomes the stuff of unintentional comedy.

    19

    Sep 2017
  • Chef

    ...the film is too bumpy to leave you satiated. But it is a pleasant enough diversion.

    59

    Oct 2017
  • Ittefaq

    The best thrillers are those that can stand up to scrutiny. In these films, when you go back, post-reveal, and question what you saw, the premise still holds. Ittefaq doesn’t manage that. But it has enough verve and smarts to keep you hooked.

    59

    Nov 2017
  • Ribbon

    The problem with Ribbon is that debutante director Rakhee Sandilya doesn’t provide any new insights.

    49

    Nov 2017
  • Ajji

    In some scenes, it feels like the director is almost reveling in your discomfort. The bleakness snuffs out the humanity of these characters. The ugliness is so unrelenting that you begin to ask, why am I subjecting myself to this.  

    59

    Nov 2017
  • Monsoon Shootout

    The scenario might be new but the set-up and visuals we’ve seen before – the mean streets of Mumbai, killers, cops, slumlords, brothels, blood.    

    59

    Dec 2017