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The Legend of Michael Mishra
This film is a shoddily packaged cock-and-bull yarn that makes as little sense as an alligator waltzing on an autobahn.
Aug 2016
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Budhia Singh
...is by no means a perfect film, but it is an honest, heartfelt and highly effective tribute to a coach and his ward who were bafflingly stopped in their tracks.
Aug 2016
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Dishoom
The audience sits through the cacophony hoping for a genuine knockout blow to be delivered somewhere down the line. It never materialises. Dishoom doesn't land a single half-decent punch.
Jul 2016
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Madaari
... makes the right noises about the state of the nation and its people owing to the machinations of avaricious and insensitive politicians and crony contractors. However, the methods that the film uses in order to do so are rather fanciful, if not outright harebrained.
Jul 2016
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Sultan
...is a case of a superstar vehicle latching on to the current trend of sports films but failing to achieve the requisite grounding in the rough and tumble of the wrestling pits to evolve into a convincing drama.
Jul 2016
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Shorgul
Explosive theme, damp-squib filmmaking: that, in a nutshell, is the story of Shorgul.
Jul 2016
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Junooniyat
It isn’t that the pursuit of cloying sentimentality does not sometimes yield pleasantly surprising results. But don’t expect any such miracle from Junooniyat.
Jun 2016
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Raman Raghav 2.0
Anurag Kashyap is back where he belongs and there is nothing remotely velvety in the director's felicitous return to his creative comfort zone.
Jun 2016
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Udta Punjab
...is not family entertainment, but it is an undeniably magnificent - and purposeful - commercial Hindi film. Do not miss it.
Jun 2016
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Dhanak
Kukunoor enhances the magic of the parable by throwing in delightfully quirky encounters that veer into the heart of fairy-tale terrain without ever losing a sense of reality.
Jun 2016
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Jun 2016
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TE3N
The slow-burning drama about crime, tragedy, guilt and retribution has the potential to repay the patience of those that don’t switch off their brains when watching a film.
Jun 2016
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Housefull 3
...mindless tale, often hitting dead-ends from where there can be no return to sanity.
Jun 2016
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Veerappan
...does not shy away from making a great deal of noise, but the film is more akin to soggy gelatin sticks delivering a damp squib than a big explosive device triggering an earth-shattering bang.
May 2016
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Phobia
...is a canny flick that places known genre conventions in fresh light, the kind that bestows new life on them.
May 2016
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Waiting
An understated and superbly acted film about loss, grief and the human need to cling on to the physical presence of loved ones, Anu Menon's Waiting is at once heart-wrenching and uplifting.
May 2016
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Sarbjit
...is a film trapped in no man's land. Based on a newsy real-life story, it takes cavalier liberties with reality. The result is a disappointment of monumental proportions.
May 2016
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One Night Stand
No matter how hard the director tries to liven up the proceedings, the absence of genuine substance prevents One Night Stand from rising above the irretrievably banal.
May 2016
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Traffic
...thanks to its sharply chiselled screenplay and near-perfect casting, this racy and gripping film leaves nothing at all to chance.
May 2016
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Fan
...works for the most part because it has the fabulous SRK act as a 'young' star-struck boy. His energetic performance is worth the price of the ticket - if not more.
Apr 2016
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Apr 2016
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Ki & Ka
With its promising premise undermined by erratic execution, Ki And Ka is only intermittently watchable.
Apr 2016
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Rocky Handsome
...a slick, stylistically derivative neo-noir thriller that is surprisingly humdrum.
Mar 2016
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Kapoor & Sons
...is intense and incisive in its observation of human inadequacies but is always entertaining.
Mar 2016
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Teraa Surroor
...is pretty much like Himesh’s singing: it’s a drone that gets grating after a point.
Mar 2016
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Jai Gangaajal
...is likely to be a letdown for those who expect it to be a worthy follow-up to Gangaajal.
Mar 2016
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Zubaan
...stretches itself too thin at times in trying to raise its narrative tempo. In its quieter moments, however, it does manage to get its voice heard.
Mar 2016
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Tere Bin Laden Dead Or Alive
For want of the inspired writing that launched the franchise, it rests mostly on deadwood ideas that are as insubstantial as they are prone to rapid disintegration.
Feb 2016
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Aligarh
...a human drama with universal resonance. It encapsulates the plight of all dissenters.
Feb 2016
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Bollywood Diaries
If only the disparate elements were better dovetailed into the larger picture it seeks to paint, Bollywood Diaries might have had more to write home about.
Feb 2016