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Kochadaiiyaan
...would've definitely looked magnificent in live action form than in the half baked animated format that only looks colourful, but not legendary.
May 2014
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May 2014
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Children Of War
This isn't really a film. It's a work of art, tempestuous and terrific.
May 2014
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May 2014
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Manjunath
Thank god for Manjunath, who is not a man but a metaphor for that rapidly evaporating cult of idealism that we thought died with Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
May 2014
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Yeh Hai Bakrapur
You may not be overwhelmed by Vishwanathan's satire. But you won't come away without a smile and smirk in this sly look-see at rural India where every second citizen is a certifiable attention-seeker.
May 2014
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Hawaa Hawaai
...if it is genuine entertainment that you are looking for, your search ends here.
May 2014
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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
As a director Vijay Raaz, is not in search of solutions to the age-old cross-border conflicts. There is a deliberate staginess to the proceedings, a pronounced verbosity that never gets cumbersome, because, like I said, the writing has a distinct and distinctive 'quoting' edge without getting show-offy.
May 2014
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Revolver Rani
A Kangana Ranaut film seems to be increasingly acquiring the proportions of a genre unto itself. It needs neither saleable male co-stars nor the tried-and-tested conventions of Bollywood blockbusters.
Apr 2014
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2 States
The unabashed shallowness of a Chetan Bhagat book meets the inane glitter of a Karan Johar-Sajid Nadiadwala production in 2 States.The result is the creation of a third state – the state of overpowering indolence.
Apr 2014
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Bhoothnath Returns
The film’s good intentions and the generally competent and controlled execution are marred by a screenplay riddled with inconsistencies.
Apr 2014
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Main Tera Hero
...is a laugh riot, unapologetically mindless but infectiously boisterous and off-the-wall.
Apr 2014
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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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Youngistaan
...politics need not be a drab colourless vocation. It can be a bastion for the young. And it can be a great deal of fun!
Mar 2014
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O Teri
The film, all 107 minutes of it, is a full frontal assault that gives the audience no options at all. The only emotion it arouses is disgust.
Mar 2014
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Lakshmi
...a powerfully told inspirational tale that doesn’t brush the brutal reality of sexual exploitation under the rug.
Mar 2014
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Gang of Ghosts
It deserves a quick, unceremonious burial. Moral of the story: Never rake up ghosts of the past.
Mar 2014
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Bewakoofiyaan
...scores with its disarming simplicity. Even as it doesn’t soar to dizzying heights, it is never less than watchable.
Mar 2014
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Gulaab Gang
Women who weave their own pink saris and are determined to put all pigs in their place, even if they are in the make-believe world of Gulaab Gang, should be the last people to enforce a stereotype that Hindi films have perpetuated for decades.
Mar 2014
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Total Siyapaa
An audacious comedy that dares to poke fun at a border issue, the film is stylised and is attentively staged.
Mar 2014
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Shaadi Ke Side Effects
...is recommended because, despite its flaws, it is passable fun while it lasts.
Feb 2014
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Highway
Writer-director Imtiaz Ali has hit a road less taken. The result is a stylish two-hander that is defiantly unconventional, if not entirely satisfying.
Feb 2014
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Gunday
The eye candy on liberal display in Gunday isn’t buttressed with enough narrative energy. It really is difficult to keep a two-and-a-half-hour film from losing its wheels when its engine room is bereft of the propellant of genuine inspiration.
Feb 2014
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Feb 2014
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One By Two
There is no dearth of perspiration in screenwriter Devika Bhagat’s directorial debut. She packs quite a lot into the film. Yet it feels wafer-thin.
Jan 2014
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Miss Lovely
Dark, disturbing and disorienting, Miss Lovely is the sort of film grips viewers by the gullet and drags them into a claustrophobic crevice.
Jan 2014