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Veere Di Wedding
...if you are not looking for radical departures from norm and are happy watching a film that seeks to blur gender expectations without shaking the boat too much, Veere di Wedding could pass muster. Does it give you your money's worth? It does. Does it break new ground? Fat chance.
Jun 2018
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Veere Di Wedding
...lands several blows to the patriarchy while never giving up its masala entertainer roots. It is the kind of film that needs to work because of what it says.
Jun 2018
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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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Veer
If like me, you can find delight in the sheer delirium of a bad Bollywood film, then see Veer, otherwise do catch it on DVD. In a few years, this sensibility and swagger will be extinct.
Jan 2010
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Uri
...sketchy writing is a problem that plagues the film as a whole. But for the presence of Vicky Kaushal, whose character desists from overt chest-thumping, Uri: The Surgical Strike would have been a complete washout.
Jan 2019
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UnIndian
...as a film, has its own share of pitfalls to negotiate. It occasionally resorts to contrived means to get around its loose ends. Yet, in the ultimate analysis, the film never trips irretrievably.
Aug 2016
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Ungli
...when a film is more interesting for what it isn't than for what it is, giving it a miss might be the most prudent option.
Nov 2014
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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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Ugly
This may not be Anurag Kashyap’s best film, but it is infinitely and indescribably better than all the muck that mainstream Bollywood passed off for entertainment this year.
Dec 2014
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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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Tutak Tutak Tutiya
... while the film is engaging and intriguing, it suffers from a fatigued second half and an absurd ending. But nevertheless, it keeps you in splits. A better star cast would have elevated this film.
Oct 2016
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Tumhari Sulu
...isn't a perfect film, but it is definitely well worth a viewing as much for the quality of the acting and for its technical finesse. In any case, a film is easy to fall in love with when Vidya Balan is this stupendous.
Nov 2017
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Tumhari Sulu
...is a special film, the kind where you know what is going to happen and yet texture and detailing give you much to marvel at.
Nov 2017
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Tum Milo Toh Sahi
...the attempt here was a bitter-sweet love letter to Mumbai and its people but the film is fatally undone by the clumsy writing. The screenplay is static and the dialogue, superbly low IQ.
Apr 2010
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Nov 2009
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Tum Bin 2
The audience might not be overly dukhi with Tum Bin 2, especially owing to its commendably sophisticated soundtrack. But this sequel is unlikely to have anybody asking for more.
Nov 2016
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Tubelight
...means well, an anti-war movie that illustrates the pointlessness of battle and the importance of not actively hating those you are at war with, and while its simplistic message is timely and admirable, the film is rendered unwatchable because of the leading man.
Jun 2017
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Tu Hai Mera Sunday
It sets itself a modest target and achieves it without breaking a sweat.
Oct 2017
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Tribhanga
...a genteel, appropriately unfussy ode to women who are unapologetic about what they want, merits three cheers - and more.
Jan 2021
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Trapped
The film is compelling but it could have been more cleverly plotted, though, having said that, I wonder if that would have gotten in the way of how audiences relate to the everyman aspect of the horror.
Mar 2017
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Mar 2017
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Traffic
...thanks to its sharply chiselled screenplay and near-perfect casting, this racy and gripping film leaves nothing at all to chance.
May 2016
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Total Siyapaa
An audacious comedy that dares to poke fun at a border issue, the film is stylised and is attentively staged.
Mar 2014
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Total Dhamaal
...is a great leveller - it reduces all of us, critics included, to dunces, some willing and some not-so-willing. But that would be only if you go anywhere near it. The choice is yours.
Feb 2019
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Toilet
The intent of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha may be commendable. The execution is hugely hamfisted. When a Bollywood filmmaker assumes the role of a cheerleader for a government campaign on whose efficacy the jury is still out, you know you've been had.
Aug 2017
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Toilet
...all hell breaks loose (and hell, loos are broken) as the screenplay is gradually replaced by a government pamphlet. It all becomes painfully predictable, from a media scrum to a nick of time climax, and this film could well have been titled Poop-li Live.
Aug 2017
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Toh Baat Pakki
...feels like eating left-overs that have been reheated too many times. It’s not very appetizing.
Feb 2010
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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