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Kismet Love Paisa Dilli
With a barely-there story and a very raucous ensemble that simply doesn’t get its comedy right, KLPD, North Indian slang for ‘letdown of expectations’ becomes a representation of its own abbreviation.
Oct 2012
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Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal
The film is a roller-coaster and that’s not a good thing. When you watch a roller-coaster from the ground it appears confusing, overwhelming and unnecessarily meandering and Kamaal, Dhamaal, Malaamal resembles it faithfully.
Sep 2012
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OMG Oh My God!
...there is a certain tackiness to the film that undermines its class. However, its commitment to its subject and the means it takes to drive down simple truths of our religious habits are non-facile and convincing.
Sep 2012
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Heroine
...can be quite a guilty pleasure if one isn’t too overwhelmed with the cliches and doesn’t find the entire sleight of hand typically over the top.
Sep 2012
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Barfi!
For mainstream Bollywood, a film like this is nothing short of a miracle in all its manifestations.
Sep 2012
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Chal Pichchur Banate Hain
There is an attempt to freshness and pace in the use of intercuts and such but it does little for a film that largely is amateurish. Yet, there is an element of optimism and fun that speaks of passion and faith in the subject and for a debut feature, that’s important.
Sep 2012
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Raaz 3
The 3D is effective in the nightmare sequences but turns the rest of the film into a grainy and tacky affair. Much like the film is in totality.
Sep 2012
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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
It’s all very cute (maybe a bit loud) but far from being memorable while one just ends up wishing it was.
Aug 2012
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Ek Tha Tiger
Salman Khan films come with a certain type of expectations, a set that for once, the viewer isn’t really responsible for having. In the race to grab maximum whistles, the Salman Khan brigade has sought and cultivated it carefully. And then comes a film that’s off-the-Salman-radar. Almost.
Aug 2012
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
...is first-rate, crowd-pleasing, unadulterated entertainment that comes without the disclaimer to leave one’s brains home.
Aug 2012
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Jism - 2
Calling a film promoted as an adult film ‘juvenile’ is an oxymoron but that is the kind of wordplay Bollywood has reduced us to. Pooja Bhatt’s much-publicised for its adult content, meant only for mature audiences, seemingly ambitious film Jism-2 unfortunately brings only such adjectives to mind.
Aug 2012
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Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
There is a lot of buffoonery and irreverence in the low-brow film but little charm or intelligence. It is a dish spiced up for those whose sensitivity bar isn’t too picky, ‘offensive’ being the relative term it is.
Jul 2012
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Gattu
It is a tad stagey at times, and even ponderous, but the heart and sensibility it exhibits is in the right place, striking the right chords with us.
Jul 2012
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Cocktail
There isn’t much in Cocktail for us to take home except the feeling of having watched a pleasant and warm love story that does not take our sensibilities for granted nor overdoes the gloss as a compensation for real romance.
Jul 2012
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Bol Bachchan
Loud, mindless fun has its own space in our film-watching habits. For that mood looking for a stress-buster or just a brain-less time at the movies Bol Bachchan just might work.
Jul 2012
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Gangs Of Wasseypur
...suitably pays its tribute to the entire genre it belongs to. Leave alone the referencing, direct and indirect, it takes the masala genre of revenge and turns it around to give us as much masala as we are used to but as a dish differently spiced.
Jun 2012
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Teri Meri Kahaani
Cosmetic and superficial, Teri Meri Kahaani is filled with cliche's and a misplaced heart that depends on its sets and costumes to tell its story.
Jun 2012
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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
The length of the film, the many, tiring twists (although nerve-wracking), a lot of emotional drama, warranted and otherwise leaves the film as a mixed bag. But just for old-world sentimentality and humour that is ticklish without being nonsensical, Ferrari ki Sawaari makes for an engaging watch.
Jun 2012
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Shanghai
...brings to fore the immense originality of thought and perspective of the director, who in one sweep, gives us a political thriller, a snarky comment on our contemporary times yet informing it with the argument of the complexity of our times.
Jun 2012
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Rowdy Rathore
...yet another action-oriented, remade-from-a-South Indian film masala that is neither digestible nor palatable.
Jun 2012
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Love Recipe
...the farce that unfolds is much in-your-face with little help from a newbie cast that hams it up deliriously.
May 2012
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Arjun
...the film isn’t dumbed down because it is animation but is a package that aims at authenticity and telling its story well, which it succeeds in doing.
May 2012
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Ishaqzaade
The film explores some pretty dark themes, blurring the lines between protagonist and antagonist many times. But it does this with shifting intensity and a mere focus on plot than its characters.
May 2012
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The Forest
...it’s a film that’s commendable for more things it gets right than wrong.
May 2012
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Dangerous Ishhq
...depends on thrills and chills and focuses little on characterisation, mood or even dialogues.
May 2012
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Jannat 2
...a drama full of action, emotion, love and music like every other Vishesh Films product that is cosmetic and even with a strong story represents a commercial sensibility of ‘masala’. For that benchmark, Jannat – 2 does its job. And that is well too.
May 2012
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Fatso
Purab Kohli and Ranvir Shorey perform with a delightful conviction but with little avail.
May 2012
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Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi
The film is wrapped in a realistic sensibility, set in real locations, deals with everyday dilemmas and emotions, yet, fails this realism with shallow characterisation, weak performances and in the entire point it is trying to make.
Apr 2012