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Dabangg 3
...is an all too formulaic one-way street that holds no surprises at all. It goes nowhere we haven't been before.
Dec 2019
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Baadshaho
There is no dearth of surface gloss in Badshaho. A peep behind the glossy curtain reveals an overcooked but bland curry western that deserves instant banishment to the wilderness it has emerged from.
Sep 2017
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Padmaavat
The problem lies not in Padmaavat being a costume drama, but in the fact that there is too much costume, too little drama.
Jan 2018
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Thackeray
...a cinematic lionising of a political career that thrived on exclusionary, majoritarian muscle-flexing. Not a great idea in these fractious times. As provocative as the politics it celebrates, Thackeray is a film that is best left alone.
Jan 2019
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Running Shaadi
...a film that never finds its feet. So let alone break into a steady trot, it can barely get out of its cramped crouch.
Feb 2017
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Khiladi 786
...has nothing new to offer. It is cut from the same cloth that has yielded many of Akshay Kumar's recent vehicles. These films have sought to cash in on his rough and rowdy screen persona.
Dec 2012
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Student Of The Year 2
This is brainlessly breezy fare wrapped in gloss that wears off quickly. It is sad to see such silly stuff being palmed off as teen entertainment.
May 2019
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
...its attempts to pass off lunacy as a humour simply do not have the force to hold such a long film together.
Jun 2013
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Ujda Chaman
If the boorish behaviour of the young and restless is for the purpose of dramatization, it does not work one bit. It robs Ujda Chaman of any possibility of being realistic and relatable - and, of course, of every driblet of decency.
Nov 2019
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Haunted
...mist, screeching doors, books that fall by themselves and blaring background music that insists that you be scared. I was trying not to laugh out loud.
May 2011
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Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Watch Ramaiya Vastavaiya only if you have the stomach for unbridled lunacy.
Jul 2013
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May 2010
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Bol Bachchan
...is a comedy so absurd that it could reduce you to tears of despair. Conversely, if you have the stomach for such rampant silliness, it might propel you into paroxysms of delight. The call is entirely yours.
Jul 2012
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Vishwaroop II
It repeatedly fires blanks - noisy but of no use. Has a movie sequel ever been so pointless?
Aug 2018
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Super Nani
A preachy and mawkish drama about a woman neglected, scorned and tormented by her own oafish family, Super Nani makes its pro-women's empowerment statement with the finesse of a bulldozer run amok.
Oct 2014
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Teraa Surroor
...is pretty much like Himesh’s singing: it’s a drone that gets grating after a point.
Mar 2016
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Luv Ka The End
I walked out of the movie depressed. If this is really what the youth wants, we should be afraid, very afraid.
May 2011
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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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Veerappan
...does not shy away from making a great deal of noise, but the film is more akin to soggy gelatin sticks delivering a damp squib than a big explosive device triggering an earth-shattering bang.
May 2016
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Jan 2010
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Ghayal Once Again
...looks every inch like a film that has arrived at least 25 years too late even though it does reflect the undeniable fact that corruption is still a way of life in this country.
Feb 2016
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Aiyaary
...wants to be a daring thriller that calls out smarmy politicians and arms dealers. But it only fires blanks.
Feb 2018
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Saaho
...may, like so many other shrill, gory actioners of the recent past, end up make pots of money. But that will not take away from the fact that it is egregiously turgid.
Aug 2019
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F.A.L.T.U
...the film is so staggeringly moronic that you walk out completely exhausted.
Apr 2011
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Commando 2
It's a lot of sound and fury that's not worth your money, hard-earned or otherwise.
Mar 2017
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Junglee
It would of course be too much to expect subtlety and other niceties from a turgid movie that cannot even do justice to the pack of pachyderms that it employs in order to acquire heft.
Mar 2019
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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