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Super 30
...it tells a true story but it never rings true. Nothing in the film is less convincing than the lead performance. The idea to bronze up Hrithik Roshan so that he can impersonate Anand Kumar is anything but super: it is a formula that equals zero.
Jul 2019
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Bodyguard
...if you value the mop on your scalp and the grey cells in your head and want to guard yourself against this potentially mind-numbing body blow, give it a miss.
Sep 2011
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Shakeela
...it ties itself up in knots in trying to get the point across. Neither Richa Chadha nor Pankaj Tripathi can clean up the dreary mess.
Dec 2020
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Holiday
...lacks the sustained intensity and urgency of an edge-of-the-seat spy thriller.
Jun 2014
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
The overwrought PRDP might not be that bad, but it is syrupy to the point of being unendurable. Only for Salman Khan fans.
Nov 2015
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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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Anaarkali Of Aarah
..is the kind of film that you want to applaud, especially on account of the concerns that it articulates. But it leaves you deeply dissatisfied. It could have done with much more passion and flair. It is worse than a misfire. It doesn't fire at all despite the magnificently full-blooded pivotal performance from Swara Bhaskar.
Mar 2017
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Panipat
It will take three hours of your life and a whole lot of patience to sit through this laboured film. Think twice.
Dec 2019
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Teri Meri Kahaani
Whose story, make that stories, and to what real end? That is the question that Teri Meri Kahaani leaves the audience with. The answer isn’t even worth looking for.
Jun 2012
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Singham Returns
...unfolds with relentless vehemence, the question that pops into mind is: who will fight for our freedom from the weekly assault of bad cinema? Don’t expect the film’s director and action designer Rohit Shetty to be of any help in this regard.
Aug 2014
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3
Pretty much like the political prowess that the film's fading, flailing feudal figures and their cohorts exercise, the potential of the premise to deliver surprises has, on the evidence of this outing, waned significantly.
Jul 2018
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Raaz 3
Vikram Bhatt springs a spook spree that offers viewers the irresistible bait of horror and sex. You wait for the horror to get sexy. Instead the sex gets progressively horrific.
Sep 2012
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Boss
The humour is cringingly coarse, the stunts are completely over the top and the emotions never ring true.
Oct 2013
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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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Behen Hogi Teri
The quality of the acting is uneven, especially when compared to the steady performance from the unwavering Rao. Watch Behen Hogi Teri only if you think a one-man show is good enough to offset the drudgery of a two-hour trudge through a maze of inanities.
Jun 2017
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Made In China
The film isn't happy being just a comedy. It arrogates to itself a serious, larger purpose and takes a shot at earnest drama centred on performance anxiety. When sex and guilt go hand in hand, the film tells us, quacks and charlatans have a field day. On paper, the notion is great. On the screen, the result isn't.
Oct 2019
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Hum Tum Aur Ghost
...muddled script, which veers between rom-com, drama and high emotion, in the most meandering way possible.
Mar 2010
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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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Mubarakan
The rigmarole is enjoyable up to a point but once the idiocy quotient peaks, the overlong Mubarakan goes somewhat haywire. Yet, if it isn't as insufferable as other average Bollywood romantic comedies, a part of the credit goes to the actors.
Jul 2017
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Blank
All the spiffiness, sadly, stays on the surface, leaving Blank groping for purpose.
May 2019
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Housefull
There is no craft or narrative or characterisation to speak of. Random events and characters, lies and misunderstandings serve to create a low-IQ comedy.
Apr 2010
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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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Noor
With Noor, for example, I cannot for the life of me figure out why the film's heroine wants to be a journalist.
Apr 2017
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Kaccha Limboo
...could have broken new ground but its insights are few and far between.
Feb 2011
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Sep 2012
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Bang Bang!
...is strictly for Hrithik Roshan fans and for those that do not want an action flick to be anything more than just that.
Oct 2014
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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