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Housefull 3
...mindless tale, often hitting dead-ends from where there can be no return to sanity.
Jun 2016
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Saat Uchhakkey
...is far too undercooked a broth to pass for what it wants to be - a zany, off-the-beaten-track entertainer.
Oct 2016
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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
...peddles old wine in what clearly looks like a bottle recycled without much imagination.
Feb 2015
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Teen Patti
...is a train-wreck of a movie. It's incoherent, lengthy and worst of all, agonisingly pretentious.
Feb 2010
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The Shaukeens
This film is a disaster all right, but it is mitigated somewhat by a quirky if uneven subplot that has Akshay playing himself and poking constant fun at the work that he has done thus far as a Bollywood actor.
Nov 2014
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Gabbar Is Back
Clearly, nobody put the makers of this film through the paces. They might have then known how to make the best of their limited cinematic resources and craft something less mucky.
May 2015
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Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laddoo Deewana
...is a tedious rom-com that fails to shrug off its loopy quality despite a few entertaining performances
Apr 2017
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Race 3
...with the lead actor strutting around like a clueless stuntman in the midst of flying bullets and exploding cars, all the high-voltage action is about as exciting as a three-hour-long sitting at the dentist's.
Jun 2018
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Kabir Singh
...is a hugely problematic film. The bloated, overlong love story seeks to lend a veneer of normality to acts of dreadful delinquency and sickening misogyny by painting an empathetic portrait of a wayward doctor who lets heartbreak get the better of him, in the process endangering the life of a patient every time he picks up a scalpel to perform a surgery.
Jun 2019
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Street Dancer 3D
It is an edifice built on a weak foundation: yes, a mound of rubble is what Street Dancer 3D as it collapses under its own weight. It whips up, in an unseemly fit of frenzy, a purported celebration of dance. Cinema is given short shrift in the bargain.
Jan 2020
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Sanam Re
The befuddling, undercooked storyline is sure to leave most viewers wondering where it actually begins and where it ends. Sanam Re is a juvenile jumble that is undecipherable.
Feb 2016
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
...the hilarity quotient is low. The precursor had delivered on at least a part of the promise inherent in the quirky premise. This one goes through the motions without ever coming close to finding a genuine rhythm.
Aug 2018
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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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Ghanchakkar
The fundamental concept of Ghanchakkar is intriguing all right, but it simply isn’t sturdy enough to bear the weight of an entire two hour-plus film.
Jun 2013
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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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Race 2
To be fair, some of the implausible action sequences are startlingly good. However, they do not add up to a convincing enough whole that can paper over the holes in the narrative.
Jan 2013
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Jun 2016
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The Accidental Prime Minister
...carries an upfront disclaimer that asserts that it is intended only for entertainment and admits that creative liberties have been taken in the interest of dramatisation. The film, however, is neither hugely entertaining nor engagingly dramatic.
Jan 2019
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Nov 2013
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Haseena Parkar
Nothing, therefore, can salvage this insipid biopic from the morass of mediocrity.
Sep 2017
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War
...is all sound and fury, a glossy globe-trotting thriller that goes haywire at every turn.
Oct 2019
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Knock Out
...a mediocre filmmaker isn’t one who steals blatantly. He is one who steals blatantly and still can’t come up with a half decent film.
Oct 2010
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Teen Thay Bhai
...a film so bewildering and tonally inconsistent that as you watch, you can only wonder: what were these people smoking?
Apr 2011
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Apr 2016
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Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
...is a massive, uncontrollable cinematic blob that runs its tiresome two-and-a-half-hour course without ever getting its perspectives in order.
Nov 2017
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Helicopter Eela
The problem with Helicopter Eela is that it allows the drama to trump its comic potential. A little more wit and humour and a little less earnestness might have given the film the wings it wants.
Oct 2018