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Soorma
...doesn’t attempt to probe beyond the obvious, even if you don’t know the real story. With 131-minute duration, Soorma presents Sandeep as the ultimate boy scout. A tinge of reality wouldn’t have hurt.
Jul 2018
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Revolver Rani
...if you are planning to watch Revolver Rani for Kangana, go ahead. If you are looking for a complete package, you can give it a miss.
Apr 2014
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Noor
...it fails to establish enough angst for the protest it hopes to ignite, it stops being the rom-com pretty soon and it does not give the victims enough time for us to empathise, nor does it ponder over the aggressors enough, for us to loathe them.
Apr 2017
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Yaaram
Yaaram’s central idea is lost in translation because of poor screenplay and writing.
Oct 2019
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Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
You'd expect a suspense thriller or a dark comedy to keep you intrigued from start to finish, but Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar misses the plot despite having so much to explore.
Mar 2021
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Lafangey Parindey
Such scatter-brained, mish-mash of a movie is only possible when the makers' eyeballs are trained at some sucker or the other the cinema's intended for, and not the soul of even a semblance of a script.
Aug 2010
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Teraa Surroor
...mysterious, melodious, super cheesy, unintentionally funny, half baked, impractical and futile film.
Mar 2016
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Junooniyat
Gulshan Devaiah and the cinematography by Attar Singh Saini are the two good things going for the movie, but do little to salvage the bad script.
Jun 2016
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Aakrosh
This is the sort of film that’s sold under prestigious tags of "hard-hitting" and "issue-based". They’re a heavy assault on your senses all right.
Oct 2010
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Arjun Patiala
Spoof as a genre has rarely been tried in Hindi cinema and someone needs to crack that egg – heaven knows there is a lot waiting to be explored; Arjun Patiala, alas, isn’t that film.
Jul 2019
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Tevar
...another run of the mill story which has nothing new to offer. It very proudly carries forward the flag hoisted by Dabanggs and Singhams, only with less fanfare.
Jan 2015
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Wajah Tum Ho
It’s so formulaic that you can actually put your headphones on and still decipher each scene and lipread every dialogue.
Dec 2016
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Paltan
There is a lot to be said about the futility of war, and now Dutta has made his case for the futility of the war movie.
Sep 2018
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Aashayein
While the filmmakers figured their supposedly perfect setting out, a story didn't follow.
Aug 2010
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Pyaar Impossible
...oscillating between dull conversations, and duller conflict around a stolen computer programme – hardly reaches beyond the premise of its promos.
Jan 2010
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Oct 2010
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Hate Story 3
...has more turns than a road in the hills. After a point, it becomes a futile task to figure out who’s chasing who.
Dec 2015
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Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
Extreme patience, not patriotism, can sail you through this wikipedia page.
Dec 2010
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Haunted
This is "India's first stereoscopic 3D film", ideally made for audiences that in business lingo are called 'B' and 'C' centres. Haunted evidently wants to be the Wanted for the same crowd.
May 2011
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Mausam
Setting out with a script with better drama, leave aside a plot, could've helped its scale more.
Sep 2011
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Ghayal Once Again
It’s a terribly made film with nothing much to offer except Narendra Jha’s performance as the suave villain.
Feb 2016
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Housefull 3
...the directors have produced a tight comedy that skips along, but it’s Akshay Kumar who saves the day.
Jun 2016
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Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi
It’s a tedious watch even with a reasonable 120-minute duration. Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi demands patience and is not likely to make many laugh.
Sep 2017
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Nov 2009
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Madholal - Keep Walking
...executed amateurishly with poor camera work, jumps in edits, over-acting, that's all.
Aug 2010
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Bheja Fry 2
The sequel's forced the filmmakers to look for a plot on their own. I'm not sure if they did find one eventually. At least I can’t quite find it in the film.
Jun 2011
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Ghanchakkar
...relies on the age-old Bollywood idea of the fading yaaddasht, and leaves you feeling as lost as its characters. The hunt — for money as much as for memory — moves with a chaotic frenzy. But it goes around in circles till it drops.
Jun 2013
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Pihu
The idea — of anything in a house being a potential threat — could have been made into a watchable short film, but this is feature-length torture, where the viewer is made aware that they must sit through more than ninety minutes of a helpless and endangered child, despite knowing that nothing can really happen to her before the end.
Nov 2018