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Roy
...the latest entrant in the gigantic pantheon of movies featuring style over substance.
Feb 2015
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Roohi
...what we get are sporadic bursts of comedy, interspersed with unfunniness, extended passages of nothing much, a spot of ageism, too many extraneous elements...
Mar 2021
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Romeo Akbar Walter
...chooses to tell the other, more populist side of the story. Though that is completely the makers' choice, one wishes they would have not given up on nuance while translating the popular sentiment into a half-baked spy thriller.
Apr 2019
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Ribbon
Not all ideas translate well to film and though are some moments of note, if Ribbon works at all, it is credit to Koechlin’s and Vyas’ committed and convincing performances.
Nov 2017
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Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
To treat a film like a play, despite all the good intentions and conditioning, comes across as a disservice to both the mediums.
Jan 2021
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Raees
...fine performance this is by Shah Rukh Khan — possibly a career best. And what a fine, fine film this is by Rahul Dholakia. Its triumph is that it brings the best of ‘Bollywood’ — the sheer entertainment and glamour and scale of it — to a gripping story.
Jan 2017
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May 2021
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Race 3
...is a funny, kitschy and audacious film. In between the action shots (clearly where most of the money has been spent, after bhai), the film tends to make you go 'what the hell just happened' more times than you can count.
Jun 2018
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Raaz Reboot
Cliched and boring, one would be tempted to walk out of the movie in the first 10 minutes, but what if the second half got better? Bad news, second half is worse.
Sep 2016
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Raag Desh
...is not a superlative film, particularly because of its treatment, editing and lack of a novel story. But what it excels at is brushing the dust off a forgotten chapter of the history textbooks in a way that we can revisit it, with equal amounts of pride and gratitude.
Jul 2017
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Raabta
The idea is there in Raabta. It's all you see. It's an interesting idea, one that has worked in Bollywood for decades. Karmic connections, past life conflicts, love, loyalty and passion. But there's something missing. Some questions are left unanswered. Some plot points, unexplored.
Jun 2017
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Qaidi Band
...has an interesting premise, soul-stirring yet forgettable music and a promising newcomer (yeap, that's Anya). But it is buoyed down by a dishonest lead actor whose voice gets distorted by the silver spoon he carries in his mouth
Aug 2017
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
...thinks the only way to get laughs is by making the women ridiculous. The film promotes prejudice and camouflaged in its 'insights' are offensive stereotypes that you'd hope modern India would want to shatter rather than reinforce.
Oct 2015
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Poster Boys
The audience gives up on the film by the point it starts making sense again, which is just a sign of weak filmmaking by a debutante director who lacks the technical acumen to shoulder a film with a promising premise.
Sep 2017
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Poorna
Poorna Malavath’s story is well documented. The film handles that with reverence and sensitivity while addressing it’s additional motive: to deliver a message about realising dreams, maximising opportunities, encouraging the marginalised to break out of community constraints and caste shackles.
Mar 2017
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PM Narendra Modi
...falls into the so-bad-it-could-be-fun category, except that it is not fun at all – it is, instead, an insult to viewer intelligence and viewer knowledge.
May 2019
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Sep 2016
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Piku
Writer Juhi Chaturvedi and director Shoojit Sircar have done what no one thought Bollywood had the gumption to do: they've made a film that's entirely unpredictable.
May 2015
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Phullu
...is recommended for its intention and effort, but not so much for its cinematic nuances.
Jun 2017
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Photograph
While there's humour and pathos, Batra lacks a firm grip on the story and it starts to get away from him midway through the film, making it hard for anyone to really get lost in it. In the end, you can't help but feel shortchanged.
Mar 2019
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Phobia
...is a strangely satisfying psychological thriller with one of the best performances of the year so far.
May 2016
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Phantom
...the characters are badly drawn, the dialogues are clumsy, the transitions are jumpy and the politics are horribly simplified — it's as though the screenplay was written overnight.
Aug 2015
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Phamous
Given the absence of technical finesse and the disorderly script, it’s a wonder that actors of the caliber of Menon, Tripathi and Sheirgill opted to participate in this shoddy film.
Jun 2018
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
In 2019, the men as seen in this movie, are still taking women for granted, and the women, who maybe independent-spirited, are still responsible for forgiving and forgetting.
Dec 2019
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Pataakha
It's explosive but subtle; it's emotive but doesn't take itself too seriously as a film. It could have benefited with a tighter edit, but for the most part I couldn't take my eyes away from the screen.
Sep 2018
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Panipat
...is shorn of Padmaavat and Kesari's insidious intent, but it is not exactly an innocent, truthful chronicler of Indian history. Add to that its lack of polish and spark, and for all its occasional positives, it ends up as just an average affair.
Dec 2019
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Pagglait
Sad, sweet and funny by turns, it is a special film about a woman redefining happily-ever-after and about a death breathing life into the one left behind.
Mar 2021
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Pagalpanti
...is sporadically entertaining, but for the most part it feels stale and ordinary.
Nov 2019
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Pad Man
...packs in a lot of meat within 2.5 hours but most of it is the concentrated second half whereas the first one stands diluted. Balki's direction elevates the film almost as much as Kumar's charged portrayal.
Feb 2018
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Padmaavat
How do you support a film that glorifies the very beliefs you don't stand for? Do you accept it as a portrayal of the times in which the film is based, or do you give into your disappointment?
Jan 2018