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Budhia Singh
Despite being a film pegged on fighting over all odds, this one works not just as an inspirational watch, but for being an impression of the despicable state of affairs governing sports today.
Aug 2016
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Haraamkhor
...may not be a film that sets a cinematic benchmark but it is an important one as it dares to explore a forbidden subject, without condemning or legitimising it.
Jan 2017
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Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
...is missing something. Call it a certain oomph, call it the X factor.
Nov 2012
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Mar 2015
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Jugni
If you need a reason to watch this film, it would be for the music and to take in rural Punjab like you've never seen in films before.
Jan 2016
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Extending the boundaries of his pet theme of love and friendship, Johar attempts to be Imtiaz Ali here. But in this regard, he fails miserably in drafting his character's journey.
Oct 2016
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Mar 2019
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Bang Bang!
...is one of the breezier Hindi-language action packages of recent times, but that really isn't saying much. The bar, albeit sparkly, still remains at the same desensitized height.
Oct 2014
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Ok Jaanu
Retelling a story in another language means being sensitive to the nuances of the recipient language as not everything will translate precisely, something that wasn't taken into account here.
Jan 2017
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Dear Maya
Director Sunaina Bhatnagar had a noble vision: to capture the drama and debiliation of negotiating the teenage years. And while she manages to a certain extent, her naive, one-dimmensional characters fail to engage and subsequently interest one in the proceedings which seem to drag on endlessly.
Jun 2017
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War Chhod Na Yaar
The good thing about War Chhod Na Yaar is that it satirises the Indo-Pak border standoff, pokes (tongue-firmly-in-cheek) fun at everyone concerned and delivers a message that war benefits all the wrong people. The problem is that it fails to sustain its attitude...
Oct 2013
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
...aims to simply entertain. In that, it succeeds. Nothing more, nothing less.
Jul 2014
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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
...the film is little more than a string of elaborately choreographed music videos woven together. The frail story that lingers between the multiple steroid-infused dance numbers builds on every cliche in the textbook.
Jun 2015
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Daas Dev
The film’s plot seems unnecessarily layered and often forces one to recount the various permutations to keep up with where the story is possibly headed.
Apr 2018
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Love Sonia
In his directorial debut, Tabrez Noorani is so consumed in narrating the dangerous reality of survivors of sex trafficking that he ignores the fact that he has to also engage audiences with his characters — for them to actually feel their plight.
Sep 2018
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Delhi In A Day
...would've been a more relevant a decade ago when the idea of a 'crossover' prevailed on the indie film scene.
Aug 2012
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Dhanak
The film's one-dimensional storyline desperately seeks conflict but only ends up straying from uncertainties, much like Ram Gopal Varma films evade a steady camera.
Jun 2016
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Love Wrinkle-free
Be prepared though, for a cop out climax that makes a potentially good film, average.
May 2012
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Satyagraha
...solely documents and offers fleeting wisdom. It succeeds at highlighting the problem but fails at achieving poignancy.
Aug 2013
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Jai Ho
Shrewdly combining the mood-of-the-nation-capturing strengths of Raju Hirani with the fairytale nonsensical brutality of, well, brother's previous efforts, Sohail Khan has churned out an idealistic no holds barred allegedly patriotic drama that clocks 'mental' on a scale of 1-to-Gadar.
Jan 2014
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Jigariyaa
...there is something about this film, perhaps an oldworld charm and innocence missing in today's flashy love stories.
Oct 2014
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Bhoomi
Inevitably, a cheerful opening sequence is followed by the heinous act that leads to much shared trauma. And once all else fails, the victims devise a way to seek justice on their own terms. Bhoomi is no different.
Sep 2017
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Romeo Akbar Walter
Director Robby Grewal hopes to pay a cinematic ode to those selfless soldiers of war who give it their all, even with the knowledge that their efforts won’t be acknowledged. But the film nosedives in striving to meet its unrealistic ambitions.
Apr 2019
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Nov 2009
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Amit Sahni Ki List
...I see a fairly bright future for the director. He just about manages to make the most out of a soulless protagonist, half-line story and a one-line screenplay. But then again, which contemporary comedy ever promises to be more?
Jul 2014
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Omerta
...barely digs below the surface and merely ticks the significant events in the British national’s life.
May 2018
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Bullett Raja
Here's hoping Tigmanshu Dhulia ditches this spurious chase and returns to form with his brand of movies - forged from truth and insight; straight from the heart - that we've come to love.
Nov 2013
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Udta Punjab
While the film wins for constructing jolting surprises, some of the performances are singularly unremarkable and the excessive and unnecessary violence is not exactly everyone's daily fix.
Jun 2016
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Rock On 2
...Shujaat Saudagar is fairly immersed in storytelling. But in the second half, the film nosedives like the film's lead, pouncing into the audience during a show.
Nov 2016