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AkaashVani
...where you’d expect writer and director Luv Ranjan to turn the genre on its head and push the envelope further, he lands an ordinary film that is perhaps a little too conventional.
Jan 2013
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Mumbai Mirror
...the trailer felt like one long B-grade item song. Arre, the whole film is like that!
Jan 2013
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Inkaar
It’s fantastic to see a director who finds himself at ease working out of his comfort zone, challenging himself and transitioning between diverse subjects.
Jan 2013
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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Fun for cineastes, lost on the public. However, the intersection of Bhardwaj’s extravagance, a business end catering to a perceived public palate, and the ineffective delivery of a social message is off centre and misses the bulls eye.
Jan 2013
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Table No. 21
Concept-driven maybe, but Table No. 21 remains, at the end, only that - a good concept on paper that is never quite realised in its execution: whether it is in the writing, directing, or acting departments.
Jan 2013
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Rajdhani Express
...may be the year’s first release but it is already in the running for the worst film of the year. Or ever.
Jan 2013
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Dabangg 2
...aren’t we tired of watching the same film in its various avatar over and over again? It’s the same gimmicky action sequences, same item numbers, with the same actors telling us the same unoriginal story.
Dec 2012
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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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Talaash
if you’re going to watch Talaash solely to understand “what’s the suspense about” you’re going to be disappointed. Try and empathise instead with the characters. Reward then, will look for and find you.
Dec 2012
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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
...may not be his finest, but even here we are treated to his willingness to tinker and update his own previous work and beliefs in the telling of his concluding romance.
Nov 2012
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Son Of Sardaar
It’s so unfunny, it’ll put you to sleep It’s so shallow, it’ll make you weep.
Nov 2012
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1920 - Evil Returns
Songs are entirely unnecessary appendages, the camera is uninspired, and most disappointing of all: the horror elements don't work. If anything, they're unintentionally funny.
Nov 2012
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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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Ajab Gazabb Love
If you like light comedies and if you can put up with a boring first half, some preachy-teachy moments, and a gamut of clichés, you can chance AGL.
Oct 2012
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Rush
Maybe it'd have worked four years ago but even the big resolution is old hat. Unless you're a die-hard Hashmi fan (how many millions again?), there's no rush to see this.
Oct 2012
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Chakravyuh
Watch this film for it’s lucid, dramatic presentation of a nation’s problems.
Oct 2012
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Delhi Safari
Even though the target audience is kids, Advani doesn't talk down to them. This is one of those rare instances of a children's film - animated or not - that respects its audience.
Oct 2012
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Student Of The Year
I don't suppose Student of the Year will end up as film of the year, but Karan Johar is definitely in the running for a permanent Mr Bollywood title.
Oct 2012
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Chittagong
...is an unpretentious - albeit studious - effort to document an important event in our history, one that otherwise may not have been told. For that alone it merits a watch.
Oct 2012
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Bhoot Returns
The film is such a bizarre piece of cinema, you're wondering what prompted him to make it.
Oct 2012
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Aiyyaa
Rani Mukerji gives it her all. She's in every frame, and is undeniably good to watch.
Oct 2012
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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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Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal
There’s not one situation that’s setup to induce laughs, and the writing is listless, witless, and ultimately humourless.
Sep 2012
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Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal
There’s not one situation that’s setup to induce laughs, and the writing is listless, witless, and ultimately humourless.
Sep 2012
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Heroine
...a muddled and jerky screenplay, a plethora of clichés, and visuals that are surprisingly tacky for a film of this budget.
Sep 2012
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Barfi!
It is funny without being irreverent, charming without being superficial, and when the time comes, incredibly moving without being melodramatic.
Sep 2012
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Raaz 3
There's certainly an audience out there, given that this is the third film in a franchisee. But I have a feeling that it's sinking rapidly.
Sep 2012
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Joker
That it has not been promoted as a children's movie is confounding because surely the producers did not mean for it to be seen and enjoyed by thinking adults.
Sep 2012