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Chef
...holds no secret sauce of its own, but perhaps we shouldn't be that surprised. There is only that much you can do with a reheated film.
Oct 2017
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Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu
A film like this required more inventive and flamboyant writing.
Nov 2010
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Dangerous Ishhq
Karisma makes a fair fist of it. The plot is a problem. It is all over the place.
May 2012
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Lekar Hum Deewana Dil
A tiresome tale of a pair of barely-out-of-their-teens lovers who elope before they are ready for the resultant ordeal, Lekar Hum Deewana Dil is a runaway mess.
Jul 2014
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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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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
...in its bid to be dark, cool and edgy, it cannot shrug off its air of puerility. If not pure bunkum, it strays dangerously close, like Icarus, to slipping off its orbit completely.
Jun 2018
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Kedarnath
The special effects aren't up to scratch nor is the screenplay, but do watch the film for Sara Ali Khan.
Dec 2018
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Bharat
...is a full-on crowd-pleaser for the massive fan base out there seeking recompense for the Tubelight and Race 3 reverses. But for the rest, Bharat is a ponderous trudge.
Jun 2019
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Chala Mussaddi - Office Office
...does not rise to any great heights, it is certainly not for want of trying. In fact, the film tries too hard – too hard for its own good. The final result is a hopelessly flaccid pastiche of situational gags that relies solely on broad strokes of humour.
Aug 2011
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Gold
...dragged down by a storyline that puts too much store by the anticipated crowd-pulling power of a Bollywood A-lister.
Aug 2018
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Game
There's lot of strutting and style and high-tech sleuthing. But there isn't a story that makes sense.
Apr 2011
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Happy New Year
There is no dearth of gloss in Happy New Year, but everything else in the film, including the content and its treatment, are allowed to go for a toss.
Oct 2014
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Rocky Handsome
...a slick, stylistically derivative neo-noir thriller that is surprisingly humdrum.
Mar 2016
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Mar 2021
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Nov 2009
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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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Toilet
The intent of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha may be commendable. The execution is hugely hamfisted. When a Bollywood filmmaker assumes the role of a cheerleader for a government campaign on whose efficacy the jury is still out, you know you've been had.
Aug 2017
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Fukrey Returns
For a film that aspires to be a full-on laugh riot, Fukrey Returns is a bit of a trudge.
Dec 2017
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Zero
...its astral ambitions are thwarted by a lack of imagination and genuine understanding of the minds of people struggling to ward off undeserved ridicule and earn rightful recognition.
Dec 2018
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Welcome to New York
...is far too haphazard to hold together as a cohesive film over its entire runtime.
Feb 2018
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The Zoya Factor
...could have been a thoroughly enjoyable comedy. It ends up being a scrappy, erratic knock where a few crisp strokes are hopelessly outnumbered by a host of ungainly heave-hos. The film does not hit the sweet spot often enough to translate into either a truly rousing cricket film or a memorably moving love story.
Sep 2019
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Angrezi Medium
...the screenplay, credited to four writers (too many cooks...?), muddles things up, which is more frequently than is good for the film, it definitely isn't good news, no matter what medium one chooses to deliver it in.
Mar 2020
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
...attempts to impart valuable lessons but the comic sugar-coating just doesn't crackle enough.
Mar 2010
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Mahabharat
There is a laboured attempt here to prove that animation has come to animated life in Indian cinema. Sadly, it ends up proving only the opposite. We've a long way to go.
Dec 2013
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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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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
... a pulpy, uneven romantic caper that strives to pass itself off as a mellow tale of patriarchy, love, honour and ambition set in small-town India and couched in doses of humour. Neither the mush nor the air of mirth can pull it out of the trough it digs for itself.
Mar 2017