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Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
There are sex comedies. Then there are bad sex comedies. Then there is just bad. And then finally - right at the bottom of this pile - there is KSKHH.
Jul 2012
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Ragini MMS - 2
Just as the makers expect us to believe Ragini MMS2 is actually a film, you can go ahead and imagine this to be a review.
Mar 2014
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Life Is Beautiful
The plot, though unoriginal about an Indian man trying to procure Canadian citizenship by entering into a marriage of convenience is the only aspect that remotely makes sense.
Aug 2014
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Tera Intezaar
Sometimes, films are made without a recognisable motive. Did the producer want a selfie with Sunny Leone or Arbaaz Khan to inaugurate a jewellery store? We'll never know. But surely, the story and concept of this film were an afterthought which never got addressed in the bargain.
Dec 2017
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Veer
...doesn’t have is any kind of a script or a director, forget about any other related sense or sensibility. The film is a brutal assault on all your senses...
Jan 2010
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Jackpot
Con artists, rainy Goa, casinos, a porn star - Gustad had the nut game but his approach is cavalier. The narrative - aspiring to be sharp and stylish - ends up lackluster and disjointed with not a single moment of high energy.
Dec 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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Sanam Teri Kasam
For the leads, Mawra Hocane and Harshvardhan Rane, this inglorious B'wood debut will be an impossible blot to erase.
Feb 2016
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Nawabzaade
What passes for comedy these days is a broad spectrum of average writing. This one doesn’t have a single line that even meets that basic minimum.
Jul 2018
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Ya Rab
What is the lesser evil - A dishonest film made with technical fluency, or a socially relevant film with schoolboy technique?
Feb 2014
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Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha
Director Sunil Darshan, also to be blamed for the story and screenplay, had noble intentions to relaunch his son in this film. But they don't translate into a story worth enduring or a a film worth suffering.
Jun 2017
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Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai
...a very silly film, stuffed with PJs as in poor, painful, pre-hormonal, pseudo, puerile jokes. The very stupid premise of the film makes you grimace, and then the fun never ever follows.
Apr 2010
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Double Dhamaal
There is no semblance of logic and every situation is conveniently set up to maximise the grating 'comedy'.
Jun 2011
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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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Amavas
...each and every scene — from approaching a door with dread to bending over to reveal a dark apparition standing right behind, has been borrowed from some film or the other. That the makeup and prosthetics here seem dated and sourced from a Halloween party store also dilutes the overall effect.
Feb 2019
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Ekkees Tareekh Shubh Muhurat
...Hindi films have become obsessed with weaving stories that convey the life, labour and laughs of small-town India. While some closely-depicted accounts that lend themselves to situational hilarity have been remarkable successes, others feel that merely furnishing a socially-awkward premise is enough. This one, unsurprisingly, falls in the latter.
Nov 2018
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Paathshaala
...a film which deals with the rampant commercialisation of education, clearly a good subject, except that it is poorly written and directed, without imagination or flair.
Apr 2010
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Jul 2010
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Sep 2014
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Halkaa
Director Nila Madhab Panda has made a career of drafting films (I am Kalam, Kadvi Hawa) which pack in a social message or three. If only these mass vehicles of public betterment could’ve been peppered with some cinematic flourish, they would’ve been a bit more bearable.
Sep 2018
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Phoonk 2
...Ramu, do you actually believe today's young audience, fed on a veritable Hollywood scarefest diet, would be scared by swings that, well, swing in the dead of night on their own or cupboard and doors that creak open or for that matter lights that switch on of their own volition? Even the half century old Mahal, Bees Saal Baad or Kohraa went beyond this.
Apr 2010
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Satrangee Parachute
...appears like a set-up story with a goody two shoes message at the end.
Feb 2011
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Zid
Who actually created this-disgruntled director, proud producer, or horny underaged kid in the matinee show?
Nov 2014
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Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat
When the cat is away, the mice make merry and when the lead is absent, the extras will cumulatively try to pull off a film like this.
Aug 2015
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Jhootha Hi Sahi
...a too clever by half attempt at telling a cool, nerdy story which falls flat on its face. The clumsy film is stuffed with cardboard characters, silly set ups with corny insider jokes and a sagging story line which is stretched right from the word go.
Oct 2010