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Ankur Arora Murder Case
Sloppy editing coupled with soulless dialogues and unneeded adherence to cliches play spoilsport in the film.
Jun 2013
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Kick
Welcome to bizarreland. This is where people do what they want and the audience is expected to digest it with open mouthed admiration.
Jul 2014
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Irada
Full marks to the ambition, but this hotch-potch of a movie is good reminder that compelling movies are made of much more than a hit pair and a good idea.
Feb 2017
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Thugs Of Hindostan
Undeniably, majestic movie experiences are created by filmmakers and in this one, Acharya makes a fatal mistake- he takes his audience for granted. No wonder, Thugs doesn't rise above being an absolute snoozefest.
Nov 2018
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Rakht Charitra 2
Watch this one purely to marvel at how self-obsession and the absence of a script can gut perfectly good performances.
Dec 2010
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Haunted
...fails in the attempt to come out as a solid effort, but has a few moments of genuine scare that are far and few.
May 2011
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Murder 3
The film is more of a love triangle than a hardcore thriller as it makes the original Spanish film look like a masterpiece.
Feb 2013
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Bullett Raja
...sorely misses the Dhulia brand of attitude and sincerity in the script and the treatment. Someone bring the real man back please, we will forgive and forget this one.
Nov 2013
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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
As a Yashji film, it completely misses the point. Where is the romance, the tension, the brooding, the reverberance, the poetry?
Nov 2012
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Dec 2015
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Firangi
Sharma, who is among the most talented comedians, should stick to tickling the funny bone. Even with an earnest attempt, he fails to deliver.
Dec 2017
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
An engaging premise, but a weak script plays spoil sport in making this afterlife wonderful.
May 2010
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Raaz 3
...a typical cheesy horror film that assumes that if it manages to bring out enough cacophony and ghastly blood-oozing people, it doesn’t need a story at all.
Sep 2012
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3 Storeys
Internet is really where the scene for this film's genre is. Would I've happily caught this online? Yes. But the invitation is for the big screen? That's being thoda sa ambitious, I think.
Mar 2018
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Accident on Hill Road
...what could've otherwise been a one-of-a-kind thriller loses momentum minutes after the show begins.
Jan 2010
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Oct 2012
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Rocky Handsome
The movie is so busy falling over itself to look stylish and slick that it forgets to focus on the emotional aspect altogether.
Mar 2016
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Total Dhamaal
...this is the sort of deliberately-sasta, kaam chalau comedy that works on simplest set-ups, and pay-offs - or punch-lines - that you ought to be in sync with. Some jokes work - at a pure comic timing level. Several don't.
Feb 2019
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Satyagraha
More whimpering than a roar, this movie unfortunately induced yawns instead of any feeling of rebellion.
Aug 2013
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Jai Ho
...talking about or analysing this movie might be a futile exercise, considering that even as I write this, there are scores of ‘bhaifans’ out there beaming inside a theatre and enjoying themselves, no matter how bad the film is.
Jan 2014
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Fukrey Returns
A screenplay that appears promising in the first half is interrupted by far too many twists, which do little to lift the film. In fact, in an attempt to verbalise every development, the humour runs thin from the onset of the second half.
Dec 2017
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
...is a classic example of a film that was made for the wrong reasons. It banks on a half-baked ridiculous plot that plays on regionalism without wit or spark. It's particularly a shame, because the prequel was charming and delightful.
Sep 2018
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Lakshmi
You walk into the movie theatre somewhat sure that this will be handled sensitively by someone who has made tender, touching movies like Dor and Iqbal. Alas, that is not to be.
Mar 2014
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Student Of The Year
The first half drags with its silly flashback songs; the second is slightly more purposeful. As Karan Johar films go, this film entertains but only just. Period.
Oct 2012
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Kaanchi
...shows promise in the beginning, but soon enough, its potential is lost even though the climax offers some inspiration.
Apr 2014
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3 A.M.
...looks deceptively different in the beginning, but starts going downhill soon after that.
Sep 2014
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Apr 2016