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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
You cringe in helplessness, to realise, this is just a sad B-movie, merely testing bounds of insanity, secretly hoping for a cult status.
May 2010
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Not A Love Story
We delve deeper into neither the young dream-chasers of a scary celeb industry nor chilling procedurals of an infamous police case, let alone the juicy tabloid drama that followed it. The narrative is predictably linear. Tsk. Waste.
Aug 2011
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O Teri
While the first half drags, the second half seems like the director is in a hurry to complete the movie.
Mar 2014
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Ungli
...this apology of a 'coming-of-age celebration' of India's youngsters falls flat on its face, and it is definitely not going anywhere.
Nov 2014
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Force 2
John powers through all of this armed with his jaw-dropping muscles, limited acting skills and a ferocious sincerity. Sadly, sincerity is never enough.
Nov 2016
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Qaidi Band
...brings up a new concept and offers some wonderful songs, but that’s about it. It remains an average story told in an average way.
Aug 2017
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My Birthday Song
Debutante director Samir Soni starts off with an amazing idea which is failed by its execution.
Jan 2018
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Batla House
There’s promise here in a film about a specific police encounter being scrutinised with extreme cynicism by the rest of the nation, and it builds towards an engaging finale, but Advani takes too long to get there, meandering through wooden actors and limber item-dancers in subplots that really aren’t the point of the story.
Aug 2019
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Band Baaja Baaraat
There's no proverbial chemistry between the leading couple, and that makes for a film of its own. Not this one.
Dec 2010
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Bhoomi
...is a revenge drama that tries a lot to be bold, brave and advocate feminism but wants to stay in the comfort zone of a typical Bollywood masala film. The result is stereotypes, over-the-top melodrama and a predictable story.
Sep 2017
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Ujda Chaman
...is an average film that is watchable for its subject but you wish it was made with slightly more focus and quirk so that it would have left an impact.
Nov 2019
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Bbuddah...Hoga Terra Baap
...the director here's also an unabashed fanboy. So many of Bachchan’s blinded filmmakers unfortunately are.
Jul 2011
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Jun 2015
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Tutak Tutak Tutiya
If you are looking for an entertaining, paisa-vasool movie, Tutak Tutak Tutiya should be your pick.
Oct 2016
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Running Shaadi
The leads — Amit Sadh and Taapsee Pannu — try to rescue the flailing script, but there are too many holes to plug.
Feb 2017
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Kedarnath
...is a pointless, entirely forgettable film, but some may remember the girl (Sara Ali Khan) fondly — which may well be the film’s only task.
Dec 2018
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Dishkiyaoon
...promised to be a high-octane thriller with the right mix of masala, has got its ingredients right, but intention wrong.
Mar 2014
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AK vs AK
...must’ve sounded like a home-run on paper, but it isn’t as tightly constructed as it could’ve been and the twists are somewhat telegraphed. For all its ingenuity, it can’t help but feel like B-material — a dusty old idea spruced up for the streaming age.
Dec 2020
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Road, Movie
The point of this road-less journey remains mysteriously unknown though, given it’s the premise.
Mar 2010
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Dolly Ki Doli
Go for it, for the entertaining performances. Despite the shoddy script and loose strings, this is worth a watch.
Jan 2015
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Ok Jaanu
Shaad doesn’t add anything to the narrative and the leads aren’t dazzling enough to distract us from the inherent flaws — like the repetition and predictable ending.
Jan 2017
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Jun 2017
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Judwaa 2
...like the original, isn’t a piece of art, in fact it’s mediocre, but it’s that one film which may lift your mood.
Sep 2017
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Kurbaan
What you may brave through then is a flick neither real or serious enough to be a meditation on global terror, nor sweetly suspended and adequately brain-dead to be Die Hard. It’s hard to be both. The hardship shows.
Nov 2009
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For Real
This is the sort of self-produced, independent, low-budget, boutique film that you go to niche film festivals for. They serve as fair audition tapes for better things to come. Hopefully.
Sep 2010
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Jul 2011