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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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PM Narendra Modi
This is a monumental ode to hubris. The film, PM Narendra Modi, is an embarrassment, and even if every scene were true, the smugness is cringeworthy.
May 2019
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Players
A few players intend to share the loot, given the plan or plot (borrowed from Hollywood) is already in place. That’s the story of this film. It could be the story of its making as well!
Jan 2012
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PK
...a fun film with proper dose of ‘gyaan’. It’s a film that shouldn’t be missed and it’s brave because it attempts to create a better world.
Dec 2014
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Pizza
A well-executed plot and effortless performance by Akshay Oberoi make this horror flick worth a one-time watch.
Jul 2014
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Sep 2016
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Piku
...offers no masala or romantic escapades but neither does it bog you down with preachy monologues and gyan on how kids should be responsible towards their parents. This is the kind of entertainers Bollywood should aim at.
May 2015
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May 2015
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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
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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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Photograph
More than anything else, this film is poetry. Photograph reminds us to believe in minor magic. Here is a film about a city that makes room for everything, from formulaic films to ghosts. Like when posing for a camera, all we need to know is where to look.
Mar 2019
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Phobia
A spine-chilling psychological thriller with a message -- Radhika Apte’s Phobia will scare you, keep you on the edge and make you think in equal measure.
May 2016
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Phobia
...is satisfying and fun — both words you don’t get to use often with Hindi horror films.
May 2016
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Phantom
From jingoistic dialogues to really vague ideas, Phantom has an overdose that mars the experience of an otherwise decent thriller.
Aug 2015
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Aug 2010
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Patiala House
It's all good, this Patiala peg. Just chug de phatte! We're all about Bollywood and cricket 'n' all, innit?
Feb 2011
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
...is funny, watchable and problematic at places, but who intends to learn a message or two from a film that trivializes an issue like infidelity and make it sound funny?
Dec 2019
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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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Pataakha
The short story Do Behnein is six pages long, and starts only as Pataakha enters its second half. Bhardwaj takes these hysterical sisters at each other’s throats and turns them into a metaphor for India and Pakistan, locked in an endless cycle of sniping. It is an unsubtle analogy but effective in its crude directness, like a street-play.
Sep 2018
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Parmanu
John Abraham’s deadpan expressions are a hindrance but he somehow manages to hold his ground. Other actors follow his footsteps. It’s the writing that saves the day for Abraham and Parmanu.
May 2018
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Mar 2018
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Parched
Parched gets bogged down by its good intentions. But these spirited female characters will stay with you.
Sep 2016
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Parched
Watch it for the sake of the celebratory mood or watch it for a heated debate in your bedroom.
Sep 2016
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Jan 2014
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Panipat
...is an honest attempt at recreating the war that we only read in history books until now. It’s a tribute to the Maratha community in its truest form and even it was shorter by an hour, it could have had the same impact.
Dec 2019
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Panga
...this wholesome family film is a must watch for the way it is told, for being real and for the emotional chord it strikes with you from the very beginning.
Jan 2020