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Gurgaon
...is a felicitous first film that bears the stamp of cinematic craftsmen who know their art inside out.
Aug 2017
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I Am Kalam
...shows how beautiful small can be, especially when the heart is in the right place and the mind is clued in.
Aug 2011
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Madras Cafe
...a sinewy and riveting espionage thriller that entertains without having to play to the gallery.
Aug 2013
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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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Pad Man
...is a genuinely strong movie, telling an unlikely story in likeable fashion and doing it briskly and smartly.
Feb 2018
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Jal
...a work of remarkable resonance. The sheer visual mastery of Malik's directorial debut takes your breath away.
Apr 2014
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Baar Baar Dekho
It strings together scenes from a situation of marital calamity with an easygoing swagger that Ingmar Bergman would have found distracting.
Sep 2016
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Peepli [Live]
It has its heart in the right place, and it's a heart backed by a ticking mind.
Aug 2010
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The Lunchbox
Gorge into it and savour its lingering aftertaste. The Lunchbox holds riches that aren’t likely to be forgotten in a hurry.
Sep 2013
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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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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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Andhadhun
Watch Andhadhun with your ears, eyes and minds open. You will come away with your senses heightened.
Oct 2018
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
The sequel gets to the point infinitely quicker than Gangs Of Wasseypur did – it is free from the information overload that weighed down the initial 30 minutes of the first part.
Aug 2012
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Titli
A slow-burning, searing crime drama that shuns the conventional trappings of the genre, first-time director Kanu Behl’s Titli is a remarkably sure-footed film.
Oct 2015
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Shanghai
...a no-frills but searing political thriller that is under-wired with intelligence and nerve, both cinematic and ideological.
Jun 2012
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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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Sanju
...is the film that it is because of the infectious energy Ranbir Kapoor injects into the film. An absolute must-watch.
Jun 2018
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Article 15
...is an important addition to a very small number of Hindi films that have successfully tackled weighty social issues through the means of a more popular idiom.
Jun 2019
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Neerja
Defying every norm laid down in the mainstream Bollywood rule-book, Neerja coaxes a riveting two-hour drama out of a real-life tale of extraordinary courage.
Feb 2016
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Newton
It is only rarely that wit and wisdom come together in a Hindi film as felicitously as it does here.
Sep 2017
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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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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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Pink
...is an evocative film about women, brimming with messages relevant for society, and keeps you riveted to the screen.
Sep 2016
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Vishwaroop
...trust producer-director-actor Kamal Haasan to serve up the good old filmic formula in a well-mounted cinematic package that lends the largely predictable material an impressive veneer.
Feb 2013
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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
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Udta Punjab
...is not family entertainment, but it is an undeniably magnificent - and purposeful - commercial Hindi film. Do not miss it.
Jun 2016
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
It is an infectiously buoyant, emotionally engaging and superbly acted drama that could disarm even the most inveterate of cynics.
Oct 2016
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Filmistaan
This quirky charmer from first-time director Nitin is fresh in vision and enchanting in execution.
Jun 2014