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Yeh Faasley
...never comes together as a film. None of the characters or their stories really grip you, the music is forced and mediocre, while most of the proceedings look staged, even as the fuzzy story loops around itself.
Mar 2011
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Rajjo
...is told with frantic cutting with little or no stay in scenes that demanded a lot more. It skims across themes: coming-of-age, social message, fictional biopic of the fall and rise and dwells on none.
Nov 2013
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Ishq Ke Parindey
Our filmmakers have milked the cross-border eternal romance angle dry. It's hard to tell if it's Indo-Pak tension that provides fodder for these done-to-death stories, or the stories that actually create tension between the nations.
Apr 2015
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Jai Mummy Di
In recent years, there’s been an acute shortage of sharply-written and conceived comedies. But this one literally tests the audience’s ability to lap up just about anything that hopes to pass for one.
Jan 2020
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Hide & Seek
...an amateurish attempt at making a super slick slasher thriller which doesn’t quite add up.
Mar 2010
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Uvaa
...it takes a little more than getting five shirtless boys to nose dive from a 15-feet cliff into water to make a Rang De Basanti.
Jun 2015
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Sep 2010
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Paisa Ho Paisa
...I hoped against hope for the screening to be interrupted by a giant April Fools banner. But nothing happened. The joke is still on us.
Apr 2015
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332 Mumbai To India
...a terrible film, badly written, acted, edited, directed and produced.
Dec 2010
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Kaanchi
...an ancient tragedy of behemoth proportions. Let's just hope that Mr Ghai regroups and doesn't end up like the other veteran director that hires his own students to make and break his movies.
Apr 2014
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Global Baba
The film is hilarious, and the movie they are making within it even more so. It's an alien adventure with cheesy lines, silly plot points, and low production value.
Mar 2016
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Oct 2011
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Isi Life Mein
...is poorly written, badly acted and very amateurishly directed, with terrible music to boot.
Dec 2010
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Mumbai 125 KM
I have a humble request for future directors venturing into horror: If you're out to make a quick buck, at least respect the craft. Procuring a release date isn't always a victory.
Oct 2014
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I Love NY
Staring into the popcorn machine during the interval is surely more entertaining than what's on the screen.
Jul 2015
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Mumbai Can Dance Saala
...if this is a sign of things to come in 2015, I might consider alternate career options.
Jan 2015
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Hello Zindagi
...a terrible film, not worthy of anyone’s time or money. The storytelling is inconsistent and ludicrous, the performances range from ordinary to bad, while any sort of direction is painfully missing.
Mar 2010
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Aashayein
...has to be one of the most depressing, incoherent films since a long sadiyan.
Aug 2010
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2 Chehare
Shot years ago, most of the cast probably signed up for it early in their careers. This will be an uncomfortable watch, even for them.
Jul 2015
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Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke
A mix between a bad Doordarshan serial and a 1980s B-grade film...
Mar 2010
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I Am Singh
...an incredibly amateurish piece of filmmaking with absolutely no redeeming facet.
Dec 2011
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Mar 2011
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Traffic
Organ donation is a noble cause that this film picks up to endorse. But the superficial focus on the humanitarian act only draws attention away from it.
May 2016
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Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan
Usually, if anyone dares to criticize the craft behind 'well-intentioned tributes', the perpetrator's lack of patriotism and respect is invoked. However, today I am fighting for freedom: from mediocrity, and from oppression in cinema halls.
Feb 2015