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Stree
The filmmakers here, supremely strong on craft, pull it off swiftly though, landing most of the punches (including punch-lines) at the right place.
Sep 2018
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Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se
Avoid this migraine-inducing massacre of a movie that is so unimpressive that even cinema legends can't save it.
Aug 2018
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Satyameva Jayate
...given that it is sculpted to be a masala entertainer, the film is heavy only on action, not emotion
Aug 2018
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Gold
...a thoroughly engaging sporting drama with all its necessary ingredients—namely infighting, warring egos, and sharp strategy...
Aug 2018
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Vishwaroop II
One can easily sense that there's a problem when a film, touted to be an espionage thriller, has no thrills.
Aug 2018
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Fanney Khan
You'd be dumbstruck at the unnecessarily complicated mess that the hero finds himself in, merely to serve the purpose of an over-imagined plot.
Aug 2018
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Mulk
...a significant polemic first, and a thoroughly engaging picture, only thereafter.
Aug 2018
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Karwaan
Something about this film tells me it's possibly much better written than it's turned out...
Aug 2018
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Jul 2018
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Soorma
With Soorma, Ali confidently gets to the centre, keeps his impulses under check, and plays it totally narrow, and fully straight. And, yes, he hits home, alright. This is possibly his best work yet.
Jul 2018
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Sanju
...glaring hiccups in an otherwise watchable and frankly, very enjoyable film. Just don't hope for a warts-and-all biopic.
Jun 2018
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Race 3
...Khan plays to the gallery but doesn't look particularly pleased about doing it, wearing a deadpan look throughout. The lesser said, the better about the predictable twists in the actioner.
Jun 2018
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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
...with some cracker locations and fine camera work otherwise, is anything to go by, you can tell, the chops to recreate a Frank Miller type visual flipbook exist. Except the non-superhero on the screen, like the movie itself, merely moves around in convenient circles, and head-splitting clichés.
Jun 2018
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Raazi
This is a meditative version of a war film, subtly weighing in on human loss and ruthlessness, even as it seldom wavers from checking off all the crackling elements of an espionage thriller.
May 2018
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102 Not Out
The beauty of the film is that none of its pitfalls eventually matter. The movie wins you over with its innocence and simplicity.
May 2018
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Omerta
It's a shame really that Omerta lacks depth, never giving an insight into Omar's criminal designs. As a thriller, it's pacy and yet, distinctly half-baked and stiff.
May 2018
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Daas Dev
This rough, dusty roller-coaster ride though is still about the stolen moments (music included), some delightfully wonky folk, crackling scenes (screenplay co-credited to Jaydeep Sarkar), top-notch dialogues, soaked in the patois of contemporary Lucknow (co-credited to Tariq Siddiqui).
Apr 2018
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Nanu Ki Jaanu
Sad. Very sad-chiefly for the super-fine, and now ironically an under-rated actor, at the centre of it all.
Apr 2018
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Mar 2018
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Hichki
This film’s intentions—even if multiple, and therefore all mixed up—are laudable, no doubt. But, naah, doesn’t quite cut it, you know.
Mar 2018
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Mar 2018
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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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Pari
...redefines the horror genre in Bollywood. It proves that we've come a long was since the era when the Ramsay Brothers...
Mar 2018
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Aiyaary
...you can't help but come up with conspiracy theories on how the filmmakers could've so horribly lost the plot.
Feb 2018
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Pad Man
...you know where this film is coming from. I'm actually really glad to know where it's going. Period.
Feb 2018
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Padmaavat
...worth a watch because of its magnificent scale and sincere portrayals. But also, because too many people have fought a long battle to bring this movie to the big screen.
Jan 2018
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Kaalakaandi
Is it as good as Delhi Belly? As a script? Possibly. As a film, I felt it lacks rhythm, with too much being force-fed to suit the timeline of one never-ending night in Bombay, even if that's the genre. The end might make you go, 'Eh?' But through it all, you're more likely to go, 'Hah!' So nah, I'm not complaining at all.
Jan 2018
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Mukkabaaz
...marks Kashyap's fab return to a realm he understands and expresses best -- with all its flaws, angst and humour, Tarantino-esque pop-culture references, making it all as distressing as it is frickin' fun and real.
Jan 2018
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Tiger Zinda Hai
...at 160 plus minutes, this movie is more than a bit of a stretch (both literally, and figuratively).
Dec 2017