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Kashmakash
With Ghosh's sense of drama and Tagore's words, can this be anything but engaging?
May 2011
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Welcome Back
Leave the brains aside, and you have (at least) two hours of hardcore fun.
Sep 2015
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Oct 2016
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Tiger Zinda Hai
Don't analyse, don't nitpick, don't involve logic; and you are sorted. There are many seeti-worthy moments in Tiger Zinda Hai. The film plays to Salman's gallery to the T.
Dec 2017
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
...the film works for both Salman Khan and Sooraj Barjatya's specific audience bases.
Nov 2015
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Bareilly Ki Barfi
There is no dull moment in the film. Light and fluffy, Bareilly Ki Barfi is no heavy seven-course meal, but it is quite the delicious dessert.
Aug 2017
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Jun 2014
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Fitoor
...for all its spellbinding beauty, fumbles bad. The story meanders and loses way in between, and there seems a certain urgency in tying all the loose ends.
Feb 2016
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Mukti Bhawan
...is not a full-course meal but an unplanned assortment of mostly well-made dishes.
Apr 2017
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Manikarnika
...despite Kangana's best efforts, Manikarnika fails to bring Rani Laxmibai to life in this exhausting and over-exaggerated drama.
Jan 2019
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Dream Girl
Raaj Shaandilyaa deserves credit for bringing something new to the table. However, his hesitation to delve deeper into the subject makes it score less on the report card.
Sep 2019
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Coffee Bloom
The drama in this film is a quite gripping and all the three actors perform well.
Mar 2015
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Azhar
Tony D'Souza's fictionalisation of Azharuddin's life works in most parts, but comes out as a deeply eulogising exercise.
May 2016
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Not A Love Story
It's Varma's old hunting ground-there's an animal inside each of us. And if you have the stomach for it, it's worth a watch.
Aug 2011
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Shikara
...is a film on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits made with the right amount of sensibility and compassion. While it touches hearts in many parts, it also compels you to question if everything was clearly black and white with no shades of grey.
Feb 2020
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Players
Bollywood has realized it can camouflage its lack of stories with lots of thrills, chases, heists making the location exotic and the villains international even if it has to finally buy the remake rights legally.
Jan 2012
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Sep 2012
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Sep 2013
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Begum Jaan
...leaves you with something to chew on and makes for a compelling watch, at least once.
Apr 2017
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Ready
The film is pretty much a showcase for what Salman Khan does best-which is fight, dance, charm the girls, and laugh lazily at everyone. An assortment of ugly relatives, even uglier villains and a plot that makes no sense at all. None of it matters.
Jun 2011
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10ml Love
...is unusual by Bollywood standards, tracking love, fidelity and desires. But the film needed more assured direction. A talented cast does an impressive job, though.
Dec 2012
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NH10
Singh drags the climax, indulging in some cinematic flair, but it's also his way of displaying girl power in its most lethal form. It's not something you see every day in Bollywood.
Mar 2015
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Bodyguard
The viewer is not enthralled but bhaijaan has done the best that his comic strip straitjacket could allow him.
Sep 2011
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Harud
It is one of the most definitive films on the subject that Bollywood has ever made.
Jul 2012
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Mom
...scrutinises and lays bare the gaping holes in the law in this country. Its method of making the criminals meet their fate is over-dramatised and problematic. And unbelievable. But who can say no to a tale of a mother's revenge?
Jul 2017
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Mardaani 2
...is worth a watch. It will disturb you - but not more than what news reports are already doing to you (or should be).
Dec 2019
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Ayan Mukerji's second film is exactly the second film you would expect from director who made his debut with Wake Up Sid, driven by the pros and cons that come in the wake.
May 2013
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Aligarh
Apurva Asrani, screenwriter and also the editor, and Mehta deserve credit for reminding viewers of a forgotten, reluctant and wronged hero who happens to be gay. Their biggest accomplishment is that they have treated him with respect and sensitivity.
Feb 2016