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Mar 2012
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Jodi Breakers
If the film works at all it’s because Madhavan and Bipasha make a cute couple and try to extract the maximum enjoyment from their under-written smart-on-top-shaky-at-the-bottom characters.
Feb 2012
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Question Mark
Full credit to the footage collectors Yash and Allison for cracking the oft-abused genre of horror so effectively.
Feb 2012
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Ekk Deewana Tha
The trouble with this elegantly-packaged but somewhat selfidulgently-edited love story is that it takes a very long to get to the point.
Feb 2012
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Gali Gali Chor Hai
You have to bribe the audience to watch the characters getting high on the anti-corruption theme of this film.
Feb 2012
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Agneepath
Every component of Malhotra's jagged drama falls into place, with a resounding thump. Agneepath is brilliant in its brutality. It's a riveting and hectic homage to the spirit of the cinema in the 1970s when revenge reigned supreme. And content was King.
Jan 2012
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Jan 2012
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Players
A crisp and cool adaptation from a foreign source it beats every other action-adventure flick in recent Bollywood history.
Jan 2012
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The Dirty Picture
The film captures evocative montages of the protagonist's troubled turbulent and titillating life. Luckily Vidya Balan's performance comes from her heart.
Dec 2011
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Land Gold Women
A must-see film for all those who believe cinema can still have its heart at the right place.
Dec 2011
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Rockstar
...a spellbinding courageous coming-of-rage saga woven into a tantalizing tapestry of memory and angst and driven forward with demoniacal fury by Ranbir Kapoor's centrally-heated performance.
Nov 2011
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Damadamm
...has its nice sweet wholesome moments. It's one of those innocuous romcoms that neither leave you impressed nor cold.
Oct 2011
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Ra.One
...proves to be that turning point in the super-hero genre that Hindi cinema had been waiting for ever since Amitabh Bachchan donned the cape and leather trousers to play Toofan for Manmohan Desai.
Oct 2011
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Mod
...is like a gente sonnet played on a cosy winter morning. It is the tenderest love story in ages with a central performance by Takia that strikes a chord deep in your heart.
Oct 2011
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Love Breakups Zindagi
Here's a take on that thing called love that's urbane, intelligent, sassy and involving.
Oct 2011
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Soundtrack
...a soul-stirring tale of a musician's voyage into deafening hedonism and a quiet redemption.
Oct 2011
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Rascals
Wanted urgently: a makeover for David Dhawan's brand of comedy. Seriously, this comedy is not funny.
Oct 2011
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
Tigmanshu Dhulia's homage to Dutt is saucy if somewhat uneven in tone and jagged at the edges.
Oct 2011
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Force
...a full-on action film with balls brawn and brains. It's the kind of virile cinema where action speaks louder than words.
Oct 2011
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
...flounders in its frisky fusion of a love triangle and plea for an arranged marriage.
Sep 2011
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Sep 2011
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Not A Love Story
...is not an easy film to watch. Crime has never looked more unglamorous on screen.
Aug 2011
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Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande
...a kind of unique effort . It teases the conscience awake. It's a warm and honest film that looks with unblinking directness at issues which are more relevant now than ever.
Aug 2011
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Aarakshan
...there is so much that you carry away from the film that the flaws fade away from consideration.
Aug 2011
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Khap
...should be commended for attempting a socially-relevant theme with some amount of detachment and equanimity.
Jul 2011
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
...an exhilarating journey, an inspiring experience, a thought rather than a plot that glides with stunning smoothness and celerity.
Jul 2011
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Murder 2
...is a mirror of our amoral venomous times when no relationship is sacred anymore.
Jul 2011
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Double Dhamaal
Everyone hams it to the hilt.There is no room for subtlety and nuances.
Jun 2011