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Lipstick Under My Burkha
This is a film you must not miss as it is not everyday that Bollywood films talk of women and their desires.
Jul 2017
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Jagga Jasoos
It’s a cliché, but no other word can sum up Jagga Jasoos better: Cinematic. Well, that’s it. Jagga Jasoos is the most ‘cinematic’ film you have seen in the recent months.
Jul 2017
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Shab
Onir’s expertise is seen in the way he handles these characters and their stories - his sensible filmmaking is written all over the frames.
Jul 2017
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Mom
The good thing is, Mom does what it intends to: Become a film that can hold the audience’s attention for 148 minutes. There are no intricacies that unfold step by step (it’s mostly predictable, really), but Girish Kohli’s screenplay ensures an entertaining drama.
Jul 2017
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Jun 2017
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Phullu
...seems like a half-made film, one that started off right but was abandoned midway and left to fend for itself.
Jun 2017
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Bank Chor
...the film has been marketed as a comedy but is actually an aspiring comic-thriller. Aspiring, because it fails majorly in being a comedy, and gives us little thrilling experience.
Jun 2017
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Behen Hogi Teri
The quality of the acting is uneven, especially when compared to the steady performance from the unwavering Rao. Watch Behen Hogi Teri only if you think a one-man show is good enough to offset the drudgery of a two-hour trudge through a maze of inanities.
Jun 2017
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Raabta
Poor writing is Raabta’s nemesis provided you don’t want to settle for a ‘being there’ done that’ kind of a story.
Jun 2017
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Jun 2017
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Dobaara
It’s a faithful remake of Oculus and can make your hair stand at times. Hindi filmmakers rarely achieve such finesse in mostly predictable paranormal stories.
Jun 2017
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Hindi Medium
A little preachy and over-dramatic towards the end, Hindi Medium strongly drives its point home. Chaudhary’s film has immense repeat value.
May 2017
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Meri Pyaari Bindu
While the nostalgic references will ensure smiles keep making fleeting appearances on your face, the film won’t quite make you root for the characters.
May 2017
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Sarkar 3
...there is one good thing about Sarkar 3. Ram Gopal Varma is a step closer to regain his touch. Veerappan showed he is not out of the game, and Sarkar 3 suggests he is on a comeback.
May 2017
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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
...is a delight for all those who enjoy cinema as a visual medium, there is not much else, though.
Apr 2017
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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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Maatr
...Raveena alone couldn’t save a thin storyline, and Maatr is just another run-of-the-mill revenge saga.
Apr 2017
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Begum Jaan
...has Vidya Balan in good form, but it lacks cohesiveness as a complete story. It shies away from delving deep into the theme, but you may appreciate its documentary-like treatment.
Apr 2017
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Mirza Juuliet
The loud colours, the flamboyant storytelling and characters who have no respect for the law of the land have all been seen before. This film is still fun to watch.
Apr 2017
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Mukti Bhawan
It makes you laugh, and cry, and think and question. It’s what good cinema and storytelling are meant to do.
Apr 2017
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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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Poorna
...is well intentioned and but in its hunt for ticket revenues and be palatable for a Hindi-speaking city audience, it sabotages what could have been a great film.
Mar 2017
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Anaarkali Of Aarah
...brings forth a world that’s out of focus and needs our attention. Marginalised sections are fighting their own battles in this part of the globe and Anaarkali Of Aarah wants us to be sympathetic to them.
Mar 2017
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Aagaya Hero
It’s really hard to understand why Govinda was so desperate to do this film.
Mar 2017
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Mantra
Nostalgia is eternally beautiful because memory is so selective. Mantra is worth watching if only to be able to be able to look back at that period – the 1990s to the early 2000s – and remember what it was really like.
Mar 2017
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Machine
Abbas-Mustan disappoints like never before. Even machines will find it hard to enjoy Machine.
Mar 2017
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Trapped
...is a defining film for Motwane who has become braver in using small spaces and silence. It’s the beginning of a style that we must see in his next films.
Mar 2017
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
...Khaitan loses his grip before the high-voltage finale. In the end, he submits to cheesy-funny ‘dialoguebaazi’. That could help him in evoking some whistles, but it dilutes the purpose of featuring an ‘emancipated woman’.
Mar 2017