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Do Dooni Chaar
...is a modest film and I mean that in the best sense of the word. I recommend that you make time for it.
Oct 2010
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Dishoom
The audience sits through the cacophony hoping for a genuine knockout blow to be delivered somewhere down the line. It never materialises. Dishoom doesn't land a single half-decent punch.
Jul 2016
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Dirty Politics
...a messy affair that reeks of all-round mediocrity despite the presence in the cast of actors of the calibre of Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah.
Mar 2015
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Direct Ishq
With a poorly written and predictable story and screenplay, replete with cliches and humour, Direct Ishq gets nowhere even after it is over. Even the love story appears confused. The characters are flimsy, paper thin and trite.
Feb 2016
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Dilwale
The lead pair is all heart. The film they are trapped in is, unfortunately, utterly soulless.
Dec 2015
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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
...has an interesting story but the characters and situations aren't fleshed out enough. There is an inherent clumsiness and in places the film feels long and leaden.
Jan 2011
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Dil Juunglee
Everything about Dil Juunglee is a bit on the wild side, completely arbitrary and illogical.
Mar 2018
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Mar 2018
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Dil Dhadakne Do
It is an overly caramelised and flaky dysfunctional family drama that strives - and fails - to strike a balance between the sly and the syrupy.
Jun 2015
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Dhoom 3
...is fun while it lasts, but it might not leave the viewer with the sense of having watched a film that is truly unique.
Dec 2013
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Dhobi Ghat
...is an acquired taste. Either the film will sink into your skin like a slow ache or it will be bewildering and downright boring.
Jan 2011
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Dharam Sankat Mein
The crisis at the heart of the plot of Dharam Sankat Mein extends well beyond the conflict that the protagonist confronts. It quickly engulfs the film as a whole as it beats about the bush and barely gets its act together.
Apr 2015
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Dhanak
Kukunoor enhances the magic of the parable by throwing in delightfully quirky encounters that veer into the heart of fairy-tale terrain without ever losing a sense of reality.
Jun 2016
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Dhadak
The film saunters rather than sprints. In Sairat, that strategy clicked famously because that film had its heart in the right place. Dhadak doesn't. The result is a grind that pretty frames and fresh faces cannot mitigate.
Jul 2018
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Desi Kattey
...a surprisingly watchable, though at times stretched out beyond belief, yarn yoking crime and sports in a way that we haven't seen in any film.
Sep 2014
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Dedh Ishqiya
Dedh Ishqiya entertains, but does so in a manner that does not trifle with the intelligence of the audience.
Jan 2014
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Dear Zindagi
...pulls at the heartstrings. It is also loaded with genteel humour. But what works above all is that the pop philosophy/psychology that underlines the drama at the film's core isn't the least bit pulpy.
Nov 2016
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Dear Maya
...does not deliver conventional entertainment nor does it favour high drama. If anything, the film's even pitching proves that Sunaina Bhatnagar does not mind taking risks. And that is just the sort of filmmaker that Bollywood needs many more of.
Jun 2017
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De Dana Dan
And I finally understood why the credits in many Priyadarshan films say filmed by Priyadarshan instead of directed by Priyadarshan. Because there is little sense that someone is actually directing this circus.
Nov 2009
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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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Dangal
...is the kind of sports film that usually eludes Bollywood. It knows the rules inside and out and meticulously plays by them without ever succumbing to dreary predictability.
Dec 2016
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Daddy
See it for the austere unflinching portrayal of violence. For sounds and visuals that do not afford us the luxury of aesthetic gratification. And most of all, for Arjun Rampal's powerful performance that creeps up on us without warning.
Sep 2017
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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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Dabangg 2
There can be no denying that Salman Khan is perfectly cut out for the carefree Robin Hood act that he has made his own. Unfortunately, the Dabangg 2 screenplay is devoid of any fresh ideas.
Dec 2012
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Dabangg
There are too many songs and too, too much fighting, which becomes more gory and gratuitous as the film unfolds. Dabangg feels longer than it is and way more exhausting than it should. Still I recommend that you see the film for the sheer pleasure of watching Salman Khan in top form.
Sep 2010
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Daayen Ya Baayen
...a film made with love. Bela has a great affection for her characters. I'm recommending it with reservations. You need a lot of patience for this one.
Oct 2010
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Daawat-e-Ishq
...thanks to the likeable lead pair, the good-natured banter between them and the eventual intent of the film prevent Daawat-e-Ishq from slipping into total futility.
Sep 2014