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Poster Boys
While the premise is wafer-thin, the frothy plot after a few minutes becomes tedious. But it is the base writing credited to Bunty Rathore and Paritosh Painter that keeps the momentum of the narrative well-greased. With puns, film referenced dialogues, fast-paced dumb repartee and farcical situations the film is a hilarious ride.
Sep 2017
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Poorna
...is a large-hearted film: more a heartfelt portrait of courage than just another routine underdog film. Small gripes shouldn't offset its overall impact. It is considerable.
Mar 2017
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Policegiri
Everybody involved with this film deserves a break. The audience certainly does.
Jul 2013
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PK
...comes as close to storytelling perfection as any mainstream Hindi movie has done in living memory.
Dec 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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Pink
...works because the grimness of the material doesn't weigh on the telling. This isn't a laboured lecture on women's rights.
Sep 2016
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Photograph
The languid grace and unswerving geniality inherent in the making stand out. They enhance the radiance of the overall cinematic composition and make Photograph a film that will stay etched in our memories awhile.
Mar 2019
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Phoonk 2
...characters are supremely dim-witted and even the frights are too few and far between. One of the pleasures of these type of horror films is guessing which character will be bumped off first and how. But Gadagkar’s killings don’t show any flair or imagination. The horror is more Ramsay variety.
Apr 2010
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Phobia
...is a canny flick that places known genre conventions in fresh light, the kind that bestows new life on them.
May 2016
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Phillauri
...is an unconventional Bollywood entertainer that is watchable all the way. It does not rely on star power. It draws its strength instead from an off-kilter screenplay
Mar 2017
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Phillauri
...Anushka Sharma, who has also produced this film, is one of our most intriguing actresses. She's fine in her part, and often beguilingly pretty, yet the film wastes her. The fundamental problem with Phillauri, I believe, may be one of miscasting.
Mar 2017
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Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
...is the kind of dim-witted comedy that might leave the hardiest of Bollywood junkies in tears.
Sep 2013
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Dec 2010
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Aug 2015
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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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Patiala House
It is an old-fashioned Hindi movie with big drama, solid dialogue-baazi and moments that are genuinely moving and rousing.
Feb 2011
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
This iteration of Pati Patni Aur Woh manages to convey two truths: one, Bollywood's fictional heroines have evolved much faster than their male counterparts and two, film comedies that Mumbai churns out these days are no patch on the ones that the industry produced in earlier decades.
Dec 2019
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Pataakha
Take it or lump it, Pataakha packs exaggerated flourishes of the kind that aren't all that common in Bollywood films that aren't strictly driven by mainstream impulses.
Sep 2018
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Parmanu
...is as a flat as a pancake, a hopelessly limp exercise with creaky nucleus that is buried under a mound of forced tropes before it can get going.
May 2018
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Pari
...is an uneven film that could have benefitted from the intervention of a more assertive editor. While it is replete with twists, these throw the audience off rather than aid in enhancing clarity.
Mar 2018
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Parched
The sheer verve that the writer-director packs into her compelling tale of three women and a child bride battling rural India's gender gridlock gives the film a distinctive texture and quality.
Sep 2016
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Pankh
...is frankly ugly and beyond a point, absolutely tedious. Sanjay and Sudipto want to be edgy and dark but the writing isn’t sophisticated enough to support their ambitions.
Apr 2010
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Panipat
It will take three hours of your life and a whole lot of patience to sit through this laboured film. Think twice.
Dec 2019
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Jan 2020
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Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas
...lacks the freshness that one would expect from a film with a new romantic pair. The reason is obvious: the plot is as old, but not as sturdy, as the hills.
Sep 2019
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Pagglait
It goes about its business with refreshing - and telling - calmness and makes its point clearly and unpretentiously.
Mar 2021
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Pagalpanti
...does deliver something akin to the madhouse that it promises but its loony-bin approach to hilarity is too dated to be effective.
Nov 2019