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Ek Paheli Leela
The painfully pointless Ek Paheli Leela is a full-blown cinematic conundrum whose depth is inversely proportional to the geneorus decolletage that is on show.
Apr 2015
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Dharam Sankat Mein
The crisis at the heart of the plot of Dharam Sankat Mein extends well beyond the conflict that the protagonist confronts. It quickly engulfs the film as a whole as it beats about the bush and barely gets its act together.
Apr 2015
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Yahaan Sabki Lagi Hai
...is about people screwed up as much by the system as by their own follies, but the final impact of the film is not as gloomy as the title might suggest. Give it a shot.
Mar 2015
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Hunterrr
... is way off the mark. It isn't utterly pointless, but it is neither hugely engaging nor particularly insightful.
Mar 2015
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NH10
...an adventurous Bollywood film that breaks the shackles of convention and is none the worse for it. Eminently watchable.
Mar 2015
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Dirty Politics
...a messy affair that reeks of all-round mediocrity despite the presence in the cast of actors of the calibre of Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah.
Mar 2015
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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
...peddles old wine in what clearly looks like a bottle recycled without much imagination.
Feb 2015
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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
It is crafted with a string of wonderfully well-written scenes that flow seamlessly into each other, eventually culminating in a heart-warming climax.
Feb 2015
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Badlapur
...might not be in the Ek Hasina Thi and Johnny Gaddar league, but it is a happy sign that Sriram Raghavan has left Agent Vinod behind.
Feb 2015
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Qissa
'Unique' and 'distinctive' are two words that repeatedly spring to mind as the contemplative, splendidly well crafted Qissa unfolds on the screen.
Feb 2015
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Roy
A film lavished with dollops of visual style and aural sophistication, Roy would have been a runaway cinematic delight if only its makers had coupled its impressive surface gloss with a modicum of substance.
Feb 2015
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Shamitabh
Dollops of stylistic flourishes and narrative sleights are added to the mix and stirred with utmost vigour. The result of the exercise is too uneven to be consistently enjoyable.
Feb 2015
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Hawaizaada
The film alternates between the tedious and the excessively outlandish as it negotiates its way through a terrain that is riddled with psychological craters and historical inaccuracies.
Jan 2015
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Rahasya
This is a dark, desperate, sinister, gutsy and gripping thriller which may not tilt you to the edge of the seat. But you do want to know who killed the teenaged girl Ayesha Mahajan.
Jan 2015
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Baby
...a superficial cinematic condensation of the shrill television images, newspaper headlines and communally-charged political posturing that we are subjected to day in and day out. Who needs more?
Jan 2015
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Dolly Ki Doli
There is much to like in Dolly Ki Doli. Or, let us put it this way: there isn't much to dislike in Dolly Ki Doli.
Jan 2015
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Alone
...delivers enough surface-level chills and thrills to please diehard fans of this form of entertainment. But those that expect paranormal thrillers to open the doors to deeper layers of experience will find in this film nothing that could capture their imagination.
Jan 2015
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Crazy Cukkad Family
It does have its moments. But the laboured humour and the emotions that underline it get so corny at times that it comes pretty close to flying off the rails.
Jan 2015
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Tevar
...a film that is more fizzle than sizzle, with too much gratuitous violence marring the broth.
Jan 2015
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Ugly
This may not be Anurag Kashyap’s best film, but it is infinitely and indescribably better than all the muck that mainstream Bollywood passed off for entertainment this year.
Dec 2014
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PK
...comes as close to storytelling perfection as any mainstream Hindi movie has done in living memory.
Dec 2014
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Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain
It has its shares of flaws and lows, but Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is still a must-see film for the courage of its conviction, if for nothing else.
Dec 2014
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Action Jackson
The film proffers the worst of everything – obnoxious characters, mindless situations, juvenile action sequences, raucous music, bizarre dance routines and pathetically cheap gags – with nary a sign of any redeeming feature that could lessen the blow.
Dec 2014
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Ungli
...when a film is more interesting for what it isn't than for what it is, giving it a miss might be the most prudent option.
Nov 2014
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Happy Ending
In the rather patchy but inoffensive Happy Ending, the narrative style is bright and breezy enough to help them paper over the flaws in the screenplay.
Nov 2014
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Kill Dil
It simply doesn't have enough soul and substance to be able to go all the way to the finish line with its grand design in one piece.
Nov 2014
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Nov 2014
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The Shaukeens
This film is a disaster all right, but it is mitigated somewhat by a quirky if uneven subplot that has Akshay playing himself and poking constant fun at the work that he has done thus far as a Bollywood actor.
Nov 2014
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Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans
...suffers from an over-written, excessively punctuated plot that groans and heaves forward wheezing with baggage fatigue.
Oct 2014