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Sanam Teri Kasam
....it’s very difficult to take the film as seriously as they do—especially after it becomes clear that they’re unwilling to grant their female lead the slightest bit of agency.
Feb 2016
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Rustom
...uses all the sensational material the Nanavati case has to offer, the treatment is laughably bad...
Aug 2016
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Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami
...despite the best of intentions, Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami is a tiresome film and at least half an hour longer than it should have been.
Oct 2014
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Kesari
...dull and monochromatic. There’s a worthy tribute due to those 21 men, but this reductive, gratuitous film isn’t it.
Mar 2019
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Baaghi 3
The Baaghi films aren’t sequels, but they’re basically the same: someone close to Tiger is threatened, and he responds by killing his way to the source.
Mar 2020
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Gori Tere Pyaar Mein
Malhotra’s desire to engage with the issues that matter seems to be a response to criticism that Bollywood needs to move out of la-la land and in the direction of realistic cinema, but Gori Tere Pyaar Mein! is proof that this journey is not for everybody.
Nov 2013
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Brothers
It’s difficult to imagine anyone making mixed martial arts cheesier than it already is, but Karan Malhotra manages that here.
Aug 2015
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Dabangg 3
...is determinedly, proudly stupid – a sadly representative end for a decade of largely unwatchable Hindi action cinema.
Dec 2019
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Samrat & Co.
The ending promises a sequel, which might be better suited to television, given the basic production values, sheer scantiness of the plot, and the staccato screenplay.
Apr 2014
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Sonali Cable
The title is the only original and catchy element of this debut film by Charudutt Acharya...
Oct 2014
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Dilwale
There are stupid films, and there are films that flaunt their stupidity. Rohit Shetty is a frequent purveyor of the latter sort.
Dec 2015
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Bullett Raja
It is a wishy-washy mix of two brazen hinterland heroes’ misadventures, a revenge drama, and a soap-opera style, hackneyed depiction of Uttar Pradesh politics.
Nov 2013
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A Flying Jatt
...is derivative, sloppily structured and, especially in its latter stages, tacky beyond belief. That it might also be the best Indian superhero film ever (barring Mr India, if that qualifies) is an indication of how low the bar is set.
Aug 2016
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Barefoot To Goa
I take no pleasure in running down a film that’s obviously been strung together on a miniscule budget, but couldn’t everything have been thought through a bit more?
Apr 2015
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I Me Aur Main
There is no genuinely entertaining light-heartedness about I, Me Aur Main, as good romcoms have.
Mar 2013
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Happy New Year
So much staleness, packed into a running time of 3 hours, is revolting even to the brain-dead stupor that we, fans of Hindi movies, sometimes habitually get into just for the sake of time-pass entertainment.
Oct 2014
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Blank
...the title of this film could be referring to the expressions of its lead actors or the feeling one has after watching this thriller.
May 2019
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Ekk Deewana Tha
A love story that validates regressive family values, besides being poorly scripted and executed.
Feb 2012
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
The farcical humour has a few stray sparks, but this film, at 150 minutes, is a bellicose assault on the senses.
Jun 2013
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Dec 2013
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Fugly
...is faux-righteous, and the punctured script makes it silly, pretentious and technically wanting.
Jun 2014
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Hawaizaada
At 157 minutes, most of Vibhu Puri’s film is indulgence and fiction that is trying to connect points of fact. The padding is painfully dull and distracts from the drama, energy and patriotic zeal that could have propelled this story.
Jan 2015
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Sarkar 3
The movie doesn’t feel as much an organic follow-up to Sarkar Raj—probably the last time the Varma tasted some success—as much a lazy attempt by a creatively bankrupt director to revive his career.
May 2017
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Department
If you accept that Varma is spoofing his own films and the genre of underworld action movies, then Department is hilarious!
May 2012
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
You really have to ask yourself about the maturity of the scriptwriters who have clearly given vent to their misogyny through this immature sequel to the 2011 film.
Oct 2015
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Jism - 2
...is poor in every aspect of film-making—and there’s not much sex in it either.
Aug 2012