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Meeruthiya Gangsters
Still, there’s just enough here to suggest that Quadri has a future as a screenwriter. Direction, though, may require a little work.
Sep 2015
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Hero
It’s unlikely anyone in this day and age could have made a totally convincing film with material like this, but Hero is dragged down further by pedestrian writing, unremarkable music and patchy direction.
Sep 2015
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Welcome Back
Over its cruelly prolonged 150-minute running time, Welcome Back treats human intellect with the sort of disdain that’s remarkable, even for Bollywood.
Sep 2015
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Kaun Kitney Paani Mein
...cleverly touches on issues of caste, scarcity and environmental conservation. And Panda succeeds in doing this without resorting to tiresome sermonizing...
Aug 2015
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Aug 2015
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Manjhi
Manjhi is rousing, simplistic cinema, just about saved by a fantastic lead turn.
Aug 2015
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Gour Hari Dastaan
Gour Hari Dastaan’s relevance to modern Indian society, where Gandhi’s head on money is emblematic of him rather than his teachings, is one of the thoughts that resonates in this “tribute”.
Aug 2015
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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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Aug 2015
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Drishyam
...a solid remake, but a film with Tabu as in the Vijay role and Devgn as the cop would have been so much more exciting.
Jul 2015
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Whether you’re a sceptic or a fan, it’s almost impossible to withstand Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s calculated emotional assault. But it’s also tough to shake the feeling that you’re being played.
Jul 2015
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Guddu Rangeela
Logical sinkholes keeping opening up along the surface of the plot; the humour is mostly SMS-level...
Jul 2015
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Jun 2015
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Hamari Adhuri Kahani
I don’t think I’ve laughed more at a movie that wanted me to be crying along with it.
Jun 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
Pretty but never dazzling, busy but never riveting, glib but never wise, Dil Dhadakne Do never does find its sea legs.
Jun 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
A portmanteau film with little of the excitement and risk one associates with great short films.
May 2015
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Welcome 2 Karachi
The sort of derivative comic slop Arshad Warsi has had to wade through his entire career.
May 2015
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
She’s (Kangana Ranaut) also the main reason the film is—even at its silliest—very watchable.
May 2015
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Bombay Velvet
...is frustrating and exhilarating in equal measure. Though his ambition is plain to see, I prefer the Kashyap who delivers the shock of the new rather than the glamour of old.
May 2015
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Piku
Instead of big set-pieces, Sircar gives us a series of small showdowns, confrontations and revelations. It isn’t the most arresting of films, but it’s never boring.
May 2015
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Court
...is absolutely worth raving about, and that it might be one of the most original films to come out of the country in a long time. But its insights are hard-won: you have to be willing to wait and watch until the point of each scene...
Apr 2015
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Margarita With A Straw
Watching Margarita with a Straw, I smiled and laughed a lot. Even in moments when I felt deep sympathy for her, the girl was sassy.
Apr 2015
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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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Dharam Sankat Mein
A satire about religious divides that begins well, but disintegrates into bland liberal pieties.
Apr 2015