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Befikre
The film goes much further afield in search of true love and loses its way. If you dig that feeling, Befikre might be right up your boulevard.
Dec 2016
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Batti Gul Meter Chalu
...makes the right noises for the most part. If only it took less time and fewer detours to get to the point, it might have dodged its frequent blackouts.
Sep 2018
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Batla House
...stray flashes apart, the dramatised true story drifts too far from the heart of the matter without delivering the expected drama.
Aug 2019
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Bareilly Ki Barfi
...is definitely worth a watch provided you do not expect the world from it. It is happy to be what it is: a modest barfi from nondescript Bareilly.
Aug 2017
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Bank Chor
Even a substandard or cliched basic plotline could have been sidestepped were only the gags smart enough, or, at least, that there were enough of them. This one spends too much time not going for the laughs. It starts off being about blank chors, and ends up a bank bore.
Jun 2017
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Banjo
...is a stodgy, sluggish film that makes a great deal of noise about giving true performers their due. It barely gets its noble point across.
Sep 2016
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Bangistan
True to its title, Bangistan makes more than its share of noise. But this mildly wacky satire on the futility of religious bigotry does not make too much sense.
Aug 2015
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Bang Bang!
...is strictly for Hrithik Roshan fans and for those that do not want an action flick to be anything more than just that.
Oct 2014
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Bala
...benefits no end from the quality of the performances as well as from its empathy for the idiosyncrasies of small town folk, but it is the writing that is its Samson's hair: the film's power flows principally from it.
Nov 2019
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
...runs with this wafer-thin premise with such unbridled enthusiasm and vigour that you might be forgiven for wondering if the future of the universe hinged on it.
Jul 2015
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Bajirao Mastani
There isn't a dull moment in this colourful and dramatic film that embraces excess with unabashed abandon.
Dec 2015
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Bajatey Raho
Off-key and overly contrived, it is a pretty ordinary effort that is not even mildly engaging.
Jul 2013
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
... a pulpy, uneven romantic caper that strives to pass itself off as a mellow tale of patriarchy, love, honour and ambition set in small-town India and couched in doses of humour. Neither the mush nor the air of mirth can pull it out of the trough it digs for itself.
Mar 2017
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May 2010
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Badlapur
...might not be in the Ek Hasina Thi and Johnny Gaddar league, but it is a happy sign that Sriram Raghavan has left Agent Vinod behind.
Feb 2015
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Badla
...the quality of the acting and the technical finesse on show - Avik Mukhopadhyay's unobtrusive yet effective camerawork is especially noteworthy - make Badla an unmissable film.
Mar 2019
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Badhaai Ho
Director Amit Ravindernath Sharma's Badhaai Ho deserves unstinted kudos. It not only dares to tackle a tricky theme, it does so with laudable finesse.
Oct 2018
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Baby
...a superficial cinematic condensation of the shrill television images, newspaper headlines and communally-charged political posturing that we are subjected to day in and day out. Who needs more?
Jan 2015
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Babumoshai Bandookbaaz
...hurtles towards an insipid, unintelligible climax, which includes a bout of Russian roulette between two adversaries. It is, in the end, much ado about nothing because the outcome of the life-and-death contest is as predictable as everything else in the film.
Aug 2017
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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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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
...Rajamouli is an exceptional storyteller and craftsman. He packs just enough into this magnum opus for it not be dismissed merely as a hollow extravaganza. It is in excess that the strength of Baahubali 2 lies and it makes no bones about it, take it or lump it.
Apr 2017
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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
This is the rare sequel that is better than the first. Rajamouli's original Baahubali was engaging and effective but significantly overstuffed, with waterfalls and a weird romantic track and far too many songs for the genre, while this film is a lot more assured about both narrative and tone.
Apr 2017
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Bahubali
Scale of ambition: gargantuan. Quality of VFX: out of the ordinary. Content: only occasionally gripping. Final impact: pretty strong.
Jul 2015
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Mar 2020
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Baaghi 2
It is a long, painful film capable of giving audiences post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mar 2018
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Baaghi 2
It is, in the end, a bloody mess. Tiger roars vigorously, but he can only add to the wild cacophony.
Mar 2018
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Baadshaho
There is no dearth of surface gloss in Badshaho. A peep behind the glossy curtain reveals an overcooked but bland curry western that deserves instant banishment to the wilderness it has emerged from.
Sep 2017
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B.A. Pass
...combines the bone-dry quality of a chiselled short story and the stark directness of a minimalist tragedy to deliver a taut, gripping film about the hell that a big city can be behind the bright neon lights and the living room glass cabinets stacked with flashy dolls.
Aug 2013
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
...attempts to impart valuable lessons but the comic sugar-coating just doesn't crackle enough.
Mar 2010