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Daas Dev
...must rank among the better screen adaptations of Devdas, not the least because of its daring, free-wheeling departures from the norm laid down for cinema derived from literary sources.
Apr 2018
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Sep 2014
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CRD
...is a classy, satisfying, magnificently inventive package. It heralds the birth of a filmmaker who clearly has the makings of a path-breaker, if he already isn't one.
Sep 2017
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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
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Coolie No.1
...does not take into account that the world has changed since the David Dhawan-Govinda combo churned out hit after hit with their mad capers. The formula that yielded dividends all those years ago no longer does.
Dec 2020
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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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Coffee With D
...is like an unfinished unpolished version of what could have been a rollicking run-in into a ruminative session between Indian's biggest fugitive and loudest journalist. If only it had allowed more leg-space to lunge in the lap of the ludicrous.
Jan 2017
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Cocktail
...has just the right mix of fizz and flavour to allow the occasional and inevitable crinkles of triteness to flow well below the surface.
Jul 2012
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Click
How hard can it be to make a reasonably diverting horror film if all you’re doing is copying? Well, if you’re Sangeeth Sivan, the answer is: very hard.
Feb 2010
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Citylights
It is a film that shocks, provokes and seeks to prick our collective complacency and apathy. That obviously adds up to infinitely more value than the price of a multiplex ticket.
May 2014
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City Of Gold
...had the potential to be a far better film than it is...But the director is unable to find the right narrative tone for this difficult material.
Apr 2010
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Chittagong
...certainly isn't a drab and dreary history lesson. It manages to be a gripping human drama without being either a sweeping Hollywood-style adventure or a Bollywood-inflected patriotic saga cranked up to a defeaning pitch for easy consumption.
Oct 2012
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Chitkabrey
Chitkabrey, which redefines cock-and-bull with gay abandon, is quite a test. Go for it only if you are a sucker for tedium.
Aug 2011
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Chillar Party
It squeezes in a quiet message even as it portrays the world purely from the gawky-eyed point of view of children. The film strikes a perfect balance between the two poles of the script. Well, almost.
Jul 2011
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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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Chhapaak
...has several parts that are delicately crafted. But the aggregation of the elements that constitute film does not somehow yield something greater than the sum of the parts. Nonetheless the parts that work do make Chhapaak essential viewing.
Jan 2020
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Chennai Express
...a full-on masala film that is completely unapologetic about its intentions. And that is its USP.
Aug 2013
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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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Chef
...serves up a feast garnished with subtle spices. Its aroma is mild and delicate, but the after-taste lingers on for long.
Oct 2017
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Chatur Singh Two Star
This is a film that proffers madness without the slightest semblance of method. It's just as well that there are two stars in its title. It doesn't deserve any.
Aug 2011
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Chance Pe Dance
...tries to combine a dance movie with a Bollywood-cinderella story and comes up empty-handed.
Jan 2010
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Chalo Dilli
...strains hard to be uplifting and poignant but it doesn't quite make it.
Apr 2011
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Chalk N Duster
For intention, Chalk N Duster might get full marks, but the execution is so hopelessly ham-fisted that the film can only be described as an absolute botch-up.
Jan 2016
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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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Calendar Girls
Slapdash and sanctimonious, Calendar Girls is a stunner, but for all the wrong reasons. It is stunning in its sheer stupidity.
Sep 2015
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Bullett Raja
It takes guts to turn the conventional formulistic cinema about male bonding and revenge into a tightly wound intelligently scripted and judiciously executed drama of political subterfuge in Uttar Pradesh...
Nov 2013