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Talvar
It’s after a long time that I’ve seen a film that has spent so much time and effort on research. Hats off to Gulzar and Bharadwaj for their digging and making a documentary thriller, a genre that is largely unexplored in Indian mainstream cinema.
Oct 2015
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Calendar Girls
The script despite all its crassness, unimaginative situations, clichés and easy flights of fancy, does keep one hooked with constant drama and is far better than Bhandarkar’s last film, Heroine.
Sep 2015
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Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
While KKPK is resoundingly tasteless, it's not entirely bereft of laughs.
Sep 2015
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Meeruthiya Gangsters
Partly because of the script and partly because of the editing, Meeruthiya Gangster moves forward awkwardly and unevenly.
Sep 2015
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Katti Batti
Wait till Monday to find out if Ranaut's charm and popularity can achieve the impossible and make up for Advani's disappointing filmmaking and unremarkable hero.
Sep 2015
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Welcome Back
...a straightforward, unabashed copy of Welcome and like the first film, this one wears its stupidity proudly on its sleeve.
Sep 2015
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Kaun Kitney Paani Mein
...despite its pitfalls, Kaun Kitney Paani Mein has moments of fun and a subject that is relevant.
Aug 2015
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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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All Is Well
All is Well's biggest weakness is what ails most of Bollywood - its plot. It's lazy.
Aug 2015
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Manjhi
...the movie falls into the trap of being overawed by its subject. It is a tad too reverential and overwritten, which dilutes the impact of an otherwise powerful story of the human will.
Aug 2015
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Manjhi
...Mehta appears to have decided that he's going to make films that ignore subtlety, dismiss nuance and are all about broad strokes. Net result: a film that is so comprehensively artificial that you'll forget Dashrath Manjhi was a real man and that his is a true story.
Aug 2015
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Gour Hari Dastaan
In it’s honest storytelling, the deep significance and relevance of Gour Hari Dastaan stays with you.
Aug 2015
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Brothers
There's so much going wrong in Brothers, it's difficult to pinpoint the worst aspect of the film.
Aug 2015
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Bangistan
...the film refuses to take chances, to buck the rules, to soar beyond the cushy confines of unending mediocrity.
Aug 2015
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Drishyam
...is in a perpetual loop of rise and fall. Seldom has an Indian film trundled along its runtime with such a cycle of offering promising elements, tripping over those very elements, getting up unscathed and falling again, only to rise yet again, and so on.
Jul 2015
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Does this simple story bordering on the dumb with a simpleton character work? Strangely, yes. Thanks to Khan’s uncharacteristic convincing performance and intelligent direction by the Ek Tha Tiger director who seemed to have forgotten his craft after his first film, Kabul Express.
Jul 2015
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I Love NY
It's shoddily shot, terribly dubbed and saddled with an absolutely rubbish screenplay.
Jul 2015
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Bahubali
Director SS Rajamouli has done some remarkable things with this monumental film...
Jul 2015
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Jun 2015
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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
ABCD 2’s many and needlessly frequent dance sequences make it less of a film and more of a bunch of loosely-strung music videos that can’t tell a compelling story.
Jun 2015
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Hamari Adhuri Kahani
This is a journey of pain: the pain of watching the talented Balan struggling to justify a badly-written role; the pain of seeing the director of Arth stuck in a time warp and refusing to grow out of a poor-me syndrome; the pain of watching Bhatt kill the memorable Kahaani girl of Ooh La La land with the that mighty Indian weapon: the mangalsutra.
Jun 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
For better or for worse, Dil Dhadakne Do quickly reveals itself to be a hipster version of a Sooraj Barjatya film. It’s pretty but artificial, with a tissue-thin story told through flat characters played by gorgeous actors.
Jun 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
...this package defeats the purpose of its own existence, because none of the shorts are as memorable as you’d want them to be.
May 2015
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Welcome 2 Karachi
Director Ashish Mohan demonstrates with panache that stupid films are the cornerstone of fine art.
May 2015
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
...is half a good movie, and half a dunderhead. If you consider both halves of this movie like a couple, then one of them surely needed to give some love and affection to the other before the fuse blew.
May 2015
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Bombay Velvet
...what Bombay Velvet lacks in complexity, it ultimately makes up for with its sheer beauty. And if you think about it, that more or less sums up the mainstream genre, so perhaps on his first attempt at a blockbuster, Kashyap is on the right track after all.
May 2015