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Kucch Luv Jaisaa
How did this film with two very talented actors and an interesting concept to begin with go so awry?
May 2011
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Kshay
...a no-budget indie production that delves deep into the abstraction of obsession. Inaccessible to many, if you truly want to see cinema free of box- office constraints, cinema as pure art, cinema that doesn't play by the rules, then treat yourself to the exceptional instance that is Kshay.
Jun 2012
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Krrish 3
Despite the relentless violence and a clobbering of the senses, there's nothing here for anyone older than age 9. Once you accept this, it's a film easier to digest.
Nov 2013
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Koyelaanchal
Commercialism, greed, murder, chaos, brutality, self-indulgence...the filmmakers are guilty of all these traits. Here is why Koyelaanchal ranks as one of my most difficult viewing experiences:
May 2014
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May 2014
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Knock Out
...shamelessly steals the main idea, then adds its own bunch of brainwaves, ending up with a strange pastiche.
Oct 2010
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Kites
...suffers from trying to cater to a diverse audience, Indian and international, which is the latest fad amongst the big boys of Bollywood. It’s a bit like eating makke ki roti with salsa, which may be novel, but is definitely not tasty.
May 2010
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Kismet Love Paisa Dilli
...tries to become many things - a comedy, a thriller, a political satire, a love story - but runs out of fuel to keep it going.
Oct 2012
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Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
This film is reminiscent of the goofball comedies that worked in the 90s. The dialogues may not be rib-ticklers but the tone and interpretation of a situation could earn a chuckle or two.
Sep 2015
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Kill Dil
...is eventually the kind of lightweight effort watchable not for its content, but because you see the makers enjoying themselves. We admire the way they laugh, not the joke they laugh at.
Nov 2014
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Kick
...is harebrained, patronizing and regressive at most points, and makes the age-old error of being a live-action Salman-starrer.
Jul 2014
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Ki & Ka
When R Balki made his foray into Hindi films in 2007, he had an unadulterated approach to the medium. That vision seems to have, over time, become too formulaic and fails to garner more than half a chuckle.
Apr 2016
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Khiladi 786
I felt it is the least cheesy movie in the cheesy category this year because it had moments of self-deprecating humour, and the women here are treated nicely. Let’s hope it doesn’t cost them.
Dec 2012
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Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
While the story is fabulous, KHJJS suffers majorly in its direction. The dialogues are stilted and wordy, the screenplay is needlessly repetitive and laborious, the music is average and the background score is poor.
Dec 2010
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Khatta Meetha
It is stuffed with gags, set-ups and stock characters, in a silly, stunted, scattered script which is stitched up rather poorly. The film desperately tries to be funny but just ends up being very tedious.
Jul 2010
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Khap
...a film that looks like the mangled matrimony of Moulin Rouge and Peepli Live. Both dreadful versions of. To think that this is what was intended from the very start: mass entertainer meets issue-based film is ludicrous.
Jul 2011
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Khandaani Shafakhana
Debutante filmmaker Shilpi Dasgupta needed a nudge in the right direction to get all the pieces to fit and to tie the loose ends.
Aug 2019
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Khamoshiyan
The producers of the film have mastered the business of titilation. They control their productions like a factory line, with an eye only on the bottom line.
Jan 2015
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Khajoor Pe Atke
Enough fodder for a black comedy? Perhaps, but this one goes a bit overboard, and the practical humour they hoped to conjure seems only too laboured.
May 2018
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Kesari
Apart from delivering as an inspiring tale of unparalleled bravery, it also drops subtle hints on the early cracks that eventually went on to corrode the colonial rule.
Mar 2019
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Kedarnath
The jaded construct of throwing two people from diametrically different worlds and hoping they’d be drawn if not fascinated by the other’s niceties may have worked from Jab Jab Phool Khile to Raja Hindustani but in 2018, it doesn’t cut it.
Dec 2018
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Kaun Kitney Paani Mein
With time one forgets where this film was supposed to head and wraps up with a predictable end. It labourously and repeatedly drills home each point till one exits the screen.
Aug 2015
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Katti Batti
An obvious flaw would be his (Nikhil Advani) inability to tell an endearing love story that's remotely relatable.
Sep 2015
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Katiyabaaz
It leaves you with enduring images of a calamitous environment navigated by two antivillains whose thoughts and souls form a storied documentary that could well be a game-changer.
Aug 2014
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Katiyabaaz
It leaves you with enduring images of a calamitous environment navigated by two antivillains whose thoughts and souls form a storied documentary that could well be a game-changer.
Aug 2014
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Karwaan
This one can be summarised with a dialogue from the film which rings true for the overall mood it manages to evoke — “Aaj ke zamaane mein ‘not bad’ bhi badi baat hain.”
Aug 2018
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Karthik Calling Karthik
...is low on entertainment and remains a bit dark and dreary, so it’s entirely your call.
Feb 2010
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Kapoor & Sons
Director Shakun Batra has matured from a filmmaker solely capable of romcoms to one who can infuse depth into characters and script relationships in all its verity.
Mar 2016