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M.S. Dhoni
While this would qualify as an average watch, in a cricket-crazed nation like ours, this hagiographic tribute serves as the highlights of an iconic match — packed with best shots, wickets and commentary to match.
Sep 2016
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Angrezi Medium
If only director Homi Adajania would have trusted his material and not underlined and spelt out everything, this could’ve been a sharper and perhaps, more introspective watch.
Mar 2020
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Club 60
Club 60's heart lies in its writing - specifically dialogue - and the stellar show by its cast.
Dec 2013
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
It's good, but I'd much rather enjoy this director's cheeky experiments with characters and convention, over pulp and form. Banerjee is the truth, but must he prove his versatility?
Apr 2015
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The Sky Is Pink
Director Shonali Bose is certain of what she wants to achieve through this story — depict a crushing yet inspiring story of a girl who has accepted that the odds aren’t in her favour and yet, hopes to get even with life.
Oct 2019
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Batti Gul Meter Chalu
...is a film that does seem to have its heart in the right place with the subject it wants to deal with, albeit with a mild case of cardiac arrhythmia – perhaps a little shock is in order to set its pace back in order?
Sep 2018
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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
Director Shelly Chopra Dhar takes an anodyne approach in her narrative. It’s almost as if the pressure of how a lesbian love story would be received curbed her creativity and she picked the safer alternative at every turn.
Feb 2019
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Rockstar
If you need one reason to watch Rockstar, RK it is. With his role, Ranbir Kapoor firmly establishes himself as one of Hindi cinema's finest. Ever.
Nov 2011
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Special 26
Despite its drawbacks, in the end Special 26 is a period heist film that Bollywood can be proud and has a high entertainment-quotient.
Feb 2013
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Manjhi
A 124-minute film about a man trying to pull down a mountain could be like staring at a construction site while stuck in a traffic jam. But this one weaves in enough entertainment and thrill to be a lot more than that.
Aug 2015
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Ghayal Once Again
...if you're a Sunny Deol fanboy, this one ticks all: lung-tearing screams and crushing punches.
Feb 2016
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Dear Zindagi
This one is a mood film. No surprises, no revelations mid-way, but if you have a mushy-minded mate, this would make for quite a date.
Nov 2016
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Batla House
Filmmaker Nikhil Advani and writer Ritesh Shah manage to assemble this story with multiple flourishes that often break the monotony of storytelling.
Aug 2019
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Good Newwz
...the excessive melodrama that dominates the second half, renders this one as a mildly humourous watch with a misplaced moral.
Dec 2019
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404
...a genuine attempt, ambitious in its aspiration but falling short on a few counts.
May 2011
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A Flying Jatt
...repetitive gags, animated flashbacks and a misplaced sense of patriotism numb you to their impact.
Aug 2016
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The Ghazi Attack
The film packs in enough near-collisions, engine failures and torpedo evasions to keep you excited through most of the 125 minutes that make up its runtime.
Feb 2017
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Raid
It doesn’t entirely capture your imagination but doesn’t rob you of your better sense either.
Mar 2018
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Simmba
Shetty navigates a familiar ground here in this formula film mounted on a franchise that has proven its worth in box office gains. It’s not a film that will encourage one to rethink fundamental theories or alter societal thought, even though it aspires to be at one point. But it’s surely a masala entertainer that packs in laughs, drama, dishooms and a lot more
Dec 2018
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Kurbaan
Despite a difficult subject that deals with terrorism and Islam, the director gets the tone and pitch of the film just right...
Nov 2009
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7 Khoon Maaf
...high on style but doesn't quite come together in the end. Still, for the chutzpah on display, it's worth considering it.
Feb 2011
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Soundtrack
I'd have been happy to rate this movie higher had it been entirely original. Even so, the choice of film to remake is commendable simply because it is not your usual cup of tea.
Oct 2011
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Tutak Tutak Tutiya
If you’re one for typical South Indian dubbed films that play on loop on weekends, this one’s for you.
Oct 2016
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Gurgaon
Films have often typecast the original inhabitants of Gurugram like Hollywood films paint Texans: trigger-happy, bigoted millionaires who're as easily amused as they are irked. But this story takes the creative liberty to stretch this perception to amount to exaggeration.
Aug 2017
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Dum Maaro Dum
...tidily brackets itself into a new-age masala film that engages you at a superficial level for a while, but loses its vigour somewhere along the way.
Apr 2011
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Ugly
I disliked what I saw, and I dislike thinking or even writing about its familiar environment. And this vile aftertaste is perhaps Mr. Kashyap's most significant achievement.
Dec 2014
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Moh Maya Money
A mystery this is not as the film follows the inevitable. But how it wraps up may not be anticipated and is worth a watch.
Nov 2016
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Poster Boys
This one's tricky as it has to sensitively portray the plight of the characters while ensuring the screwball humour doesn't take away from the proceedings. On that count, the maker (Shreyas Talpade helming a film for the first time) does fairly well.
Sep 2017
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Hamid
...details Kashmiri cultural ceremonies and presents the Valley through the eyes of a local — something only a few filmmakers who’ve shot in the region have managed. But it also successfully manages to subliminally highlight the local sentiment without turning into a political statement — which is its biggest victory.
Mar 2019
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Thanks Maa
...a brave effort, which deserves your support. Go see it for the street kids, the ones we avoid all day long.
Mar 2010