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Happy Husbands
...a film with its heart in the right place (an extra half star for tis) and even though it doesn't quite cut it on a technical level, it is reasonably engaging cinema with soul.
Aug 2011
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
Keeping much of the original’s spirit intact, even surpassing it in many ways.
Mar 2013
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3
...high ambition and low vision result in amplifying tracks that worked in the past, even if they come at the cost of a disjointed story.
Jul 2018
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
...not necessarily a film for everyone. Neither will it blow you away in any way. Still, it is one more inclusion in the list of audience-specific new-age genre films and deserves your attention.
Oct 2011
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Sadda Adda
Should you watch Sadda Adda? Well if you're willing to endure 90 minutes of twaddle for 25 minutes of goodness, go right ahead.
Jan 2012
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Sab Kushal Mangal
...insults the audience’s intelligence. It wallows in mediocrity and believes that non-Metros (where they hope this film will have a good run) are stuck in the 1980s to lap up anything that’s lobbed at them.
Jan 2020
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Saat Uchhakkey
If you have the capacity to endure much gaalis (almost every dialogue ends with a ‘BC’ or equivalent) and have an appetite for Priyadarshan-like no-brainers, here’s 140 minutes of just that.
Oct 2016
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Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga
...a laudable effort in the genre but has too many factors working against it.
Mar 2013
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Saand Ki Aankh
The story of these geriatric grannies who refuse to be determined by their circumstances, age or social barriers, and dare to stray beyond their defined perimeter to break through lends an inspiring narrative. In this regard, Saand Ki Aankh touches a necessary nerve.
Oct 2019
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Saala Khadoos
Kongara is conservative with her choices and consequently, the result is stereotypical.
Jan 2016
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Aug 2019
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R... Rajkumar
As a businessman, Prabhu Dheva has mastered the formula. But how long will the audience want to watch the same content - the same old fight and dance - repackaged over and over with different actors? Ask yourself.
Dec 2013
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Rustom
This one's worth a watch only for Akshay Kumar. But if you're looking for laughs, Esha Gupta could help too.
Aug 2016
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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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Running Shaadi
...this one had potential for a crackling comedy. But it fails to capitalise on the quirks as it is too consumed by the basic premise and dives right into the pitfalls.
Feb 2017
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Roy
That the graph remains unhurried, almost meditative in its approach to storytelling, is down to the director's striking sense of imagery and framing (supported by stylish camerawork), his atmospheric and well-planned use of string-heavy background themes, and his extensive treatment of their chatty chemistry.
Feb 2015
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Rough Book
...is tiringly slow, lazily written and offers no novel insight into the acute crisis that our educational system presently faces.
Jun 2016
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Romeo Akbar Walter
Director Robby Grewal hopes to pay a cinematic ode to those selfless soldiers of war who give it their all, even with the knowledge that their efforts won’t be acknowledged. But the film nosedives in striving to meet its unrealistic ambitions.
Apr 2019
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Rocky Handsome
...a film so mindlessly gory that we even forget what triggered it all.
Mar 2016
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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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Rock On 2
...Shujaat Saudagar is fairly immersed in storytelling. But in the second half, the film nosedives like the film's lead, pouncing into the audience during a show.
Nov 2016
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Oct 2010
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Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans
...ends up as an ill-conceived tribute to an animal that deserves a more majestic showcase.
Oct 2014
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Road, Movie
...literally mixes the perils of an untravelled road with the magic of cinema, making it the kind of niche movie one loves at film festivals, but hesitates to buy a ticket for.
Mar 2010
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Road to Sangam
Though its heart is in the right place, Road to Sangam is simplistic and preachy.
Jan 2010
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Right Yaaa Wrong
...a fairly interesting story, except that the average direction and clumsy casting quite lets it down.
Mar 2010
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Ribbon
This is the opposite of a feel-good film. What's particularly unsettling is that it refers to a reality that's closer to home, and not borrowed from an occurrence in an isolated Gurgaon highway or a small-town tragedy.
Nov 2017
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Revolver Rani
...an overwhelming desire to merge elements of tragedy, satire and real-worldly grime makes this a conflicted work of moments and broken promises.
Apr 2014