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Jism - 2
This film is designed to be Sunny Leone’s ticket to a place in the Bollywood sun, but it isn’t quite love-all in her favour. Yet, Jism 2 has enough soul not be swamped by a curvaceous body. It is more than just another 'booby' trap of a film.
Aug 2012
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Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
... is this a film? Not by a long shot. Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai is more an endurance test, a lumbering mess that wanders all over the place both literally and figuratively, hobbling along in no particular direction.
Mar 2017
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Oct 2015
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Jawaani Jaaneman
Saif will draw you into Jawaani Jaaneman. Alaya will keep you glued even when the pace of the film seems to flag a bit.
Jan 2020
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Jalebi
...undermined considerably by the erratic quality of the acting from a cast led by two first-timers, Varun Mitra and Digangana Suryavanshi, and a still-raw Rhea Chakraborty.
Oct 2018
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Jal
...a work of remarkable resonance. The sheer visual mastery of Malik's directorial debut takes your breath away.
Apr 2014
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Jail
Bhandarkar’s cinema has often been called hard-hitting but the trouble with Jail is that it simply doesn’t hit hard enough.
Nov 2009
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Jai Ho! Democracy
...the enormously accomplished actors struggle against the tedium of repetitive jokes about the banality of parliamentarian exchanges.
Apr 2015
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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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Jagga Jasoos
If Jagga Jasoos, for all its deviations, passes muster, it is largely due to a pivotal star turn that is worth its weight in gold and the heartily surreal touches that Basu imparts to this colourful, imaginative fantasy.
Jul 2017
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Jabariya Jodi
...a film that appears to have been made under duress by a group of people playing blind man's buff, is a big splotch of utter nonsense.
Aug 2019
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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Watch Jab Tak Hai Jaan not just for the obvious sentimental reason but for the fact that it shows, for one last time, what Bollywood will miss now that the undisputed master of romantic sagas is no more.
Nov 2012
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Jab Harry Met Sejal
...is cinema's equivalent of a shiny bauble that glitters wholly in vain. Watch it only if you fancy a vicarious romp through Europe with an off-colour megastar trying hard to get going.
Aug 2017
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Ittefaq
Despite the relatively brisk running time and a double murder at its heart, the case runs cold and Abhay Chopra's film emerges unforgivably dull.
Nov 2017
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
...never achieves full lift off. There are too many dull stretches. The film has the texture of a clunky television sitcom.
May 2010
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Issaq
...an unconvincing story of ill-fated love. It is not at all easy to sit through.
Jul 2013
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Island City
Laced with sly wit and captivating storytelling feints, Island City touches heights that Hindi films do only once in a blue moon. It is absolutely unmissable.
Sep 2016
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Ishqiya
I know its only January but I think its safe to say that Ishqiya is the most crackling film you’ll see this year. It’s feisty and sly and very, very sexy.
Jan 2010
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Ishaqzaade
If only Arjun Kapoor's dialogue delivery had greater punch and Parineeti Chopra could pull off the emotional moments without going shrill, Ishaqzaade would have been a markedly better film.
May 2012
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Feb 2017
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Inkaar
For a film that is remarkable in many significant ways, it ultimately disappoints because, despite showing the nerve to deal squarely with a demanding subject, it eventually chickens out of the prospect of going the whole distance to a coherent and radical conclusion.
Jan 2013
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Indu Sarkar
...demonstrates that it doesn't matter who is in charge if the thinking is oppressive. It serves also as potent warning to those in power now and in the future, threatening their legacies. Behave yourselves or else Madhur Bhandarkar will make a film about you.
Jul 2017
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Jul 2017
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Indoo Ki Jawani
...is steadfastly unamusing because the heroine's youthful exuberance is never allowed to rise above the juvenile.
Dec 2020
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Aug 2014
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I Me Aur Main
...a rather listless drama about grown-ups who still have much growing up to do. Eventually it amounts to much ado about nothing.
Mar 2013
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I Am Kalam
...shows how beautiful small can be, especially when the heart is in the right place and the mind is clued in.
Aug 2011