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My Name is Khan
...a wonderful story told with a flair and flourish that leave a lingering impact on the viewer.
Feb 2010
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Nov 2010
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Dhobi Ghat
...is like that rich tapestried melody whose metre and rhythm you cannot ever forget even though the lines may be forgotten.
Jan 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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Jan 2011
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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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Rann
...razor-sharp bitter and biting look at the real world of rapidly-moving moral issues.
Jan 2010
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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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Kurbaan
...critically important work because it spells out uncomfortable truths in a cinematic language that’s riveting and resonant without resorting to extravagant flourishes and fireworks.
Nov 2009
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Shor In The City
I saw the future of Hindi cinema. And it's got a name. Shor In The City.
May 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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Paa
Balakrishnan doesn’t let Auro’s tale become subservient to the incredibly skilled performance behind Auro. And that’s the miracle which we all must witness in Paa.
Dec 2009
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Stanley Ka Dabba
...a wicked and poignant journey into the heart and soul of a child. At once clever and artless it effortlessly takes cinema about child psychology out of the box. The tiffin box.
May 2011
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Rocket Singh
It is a momentous piece of cinema for its writing and its supreme indifference to the dynamics of conventional storytelling...
Dec 2009
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Sep 2011
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Feb 2011
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7 Khoon Maaf
Chalk up an absolute winner for the Vishal-Bhardwaj-Priyanka Chopra team.They make a coherent vision out of an inconceivable marital crises.
Feb 2011
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Sep 2010
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Thanks Maa
...a tender yet ruthless look-see at a city that claims to have a place for everyone but somehow neglects looking after children who are vulnerable to every form of attack on the streets.
Mar 2010
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Dec 2010
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Lamhaa
Rahul Dholakia...doesn't lose his storytelling equilibrium even when the sitiuations of crises described by the skilfully-written plot scream for attention.
Jul 2010
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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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Dum Maaro Dum
Though visually plush the hard-hitting content is not overpowered by style.
Apr 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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Nov 2009
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Love Sex Aur Dhokha
...is not a film about celebrating the end of an individual’s right to privacy. It’s a rigorously recorded pseudo-documentary about people who have thrown all caution and discretion to the winds because they’ve no choice.
Mar 2010
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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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Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
...the director’s command over the language of outlawry is unquestionable.
Jul 2010