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F.A.L.T.U
Frat-boy, crass fun is a legit Hollywood genre. The unlikely issue with Faltu is it isn't faltu enough. It unleashes a lengthy manifesto for educational reforms instead.
Apr 2011
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Chala Mussaddi - Office Office
Television, free chewing gum for the brain, rarely demands half as much as a fully consuming film on the big screen in a dark theatre does.
Aug 2011
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Jabariya Jodi
Director Prashant Singh’s treatment of an important subject that is begging to be turned into a social satire bursting with local flavour, leaves the film stranded with an identity crisis.
Aug 2019
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Jan 2015
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Simran
...all of it seems so self-indulgent that neither the film nor the protagonist is successful in making the audience empathise or identify with her.
Sep 2017
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Hum Tum Aur Ghost
Playing a girl-magnet, designer-wear, slick hair NRI hero in an artificial, romantic setup, just pales his coolness no end.
Mar 2010
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Yamla Pagla Deewana
Dharmendra is 75. Given no surgical help, he looks it. Sunny Deol is 54. He doesn’t act it. Their audiences moved on a while ago. Evidently, they never did...
Jan 2011
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May 2018
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Chance Pe Dance
Seeking 'nautanki' fame is anyway turning into a bit of a national disease.
Jan 2010
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Rakht Charitra 2
Regional cinema has its own poetic grammar. It's just distressing to sense, that’s where Varma belongs now.
Dec 2010
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Romeo Akbar Walter
...follows spy clichés dutifully and drowns us in minutiae, but never feels immediate or exciting.
Apr 2019
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Damadamm
This film actually has a darn good script, if you could excuse the hero for a bit. Just a bit. But how can you?
Oct 2011
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Veer
...this apparent period film owes its origins less to the genre Hollywood movies. It belongs more to Bollywood of back in the day: a song designated for smokers every few minutes; crispness, hardly a narrative virtue; three hours, the accepted clock-time.
Jan 2010
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Thank You
The public better like this flick. After all, crores get spent on such trash.
Apr 2011
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Dilwale
...has a highly predictable storyline. In fact, it relies solely on the star power of SRK and some chuckle-worthy PJs
Dec 2015
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Mohenjo Daro
It breaks my heart to say this because so much talent and sweat is involved, but Mohenjo Daro is a mess.
Aug 2016
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Shagird
The script may still have seemed quite striking on paper to some. The filmmaker's just never sure when he's diving deep into realism, and when he's completely frikin' stretchin' it.
May 2011
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Baaghi 2
...is a big disappointment, especially for those who were waiting for a new action star to take over Bollywood.
Mar 2018
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Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aaata Hai?
...settling for a mediocre thriller which can’t keep up with its characters — or their indignation.
Apr 2019
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Tum Milo Toh Sahi
There’re so many characters, with their own lengthy back-stories; your head spins.
Apr 2010
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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
The stuff seems neither deliciously bad for its inspired lunacy, nor delightfully good for its sensible humour. The indifference truly annoys you by the end of it.
Jan 2011
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Kabir Singh
...I assumed Vanga (Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga) was making a cautionary tale. Instead, Kabir Singh actually applauds its pathetic protagonist, and ends up an obnoxious celebration of toxic masculinity.
Jun 2019
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Naam Shabana
Unfortunately, it is not just the direction that falters. Neeraj’s screenplay isn’t as taut as his previous outings either. It lacks the depth of A Wednesday, Baby and Special 26.
Mar 2017
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Hero
Then who's the real hero of this 131-minute film? Salman Khan. Why? Haven't you heard his soulful number 'main hoon hero' yet?
Sep 2015
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Dec 2013