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Mardaani
Director Sarkar receives high quality assistance from his principal technicians, who combine to keep Mardaani simple and focused on its clearly delineated plot all the way through.
Aug 2014
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Jugni
What the beautifully nuanced Jugni film has is a meaningful, if somewhat thin, plot peopled with eminently relatable characters.
Jan 2016
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Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
...stays strictly within the limits of acceptability in dealing with a thorny theme that could easily have plunged into overt awkwardness. Lightheartedness is the cloak it wears to conceal its uneasy patches. That it succeeds in that endeavour more often than not is a measure of the director's ability.
Sep 2017
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Kaalakaandi
...may not be for all palates, but the film has enough spice for those in the mood for an off-the-beaten-track Bollywood experience.
Jan 2018
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Dabangg
There are too many songs and too, too much fighting, which becomes more gory and gratuitous as the film unfolds. Dabangg feels longer than it is and way more exhausting than it should. Still I recommend that you see the film for the sheer pleasure of watching Salman Khan in top form.
Sep 2010
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Yeh Hai Bakrapur
You may not be overwhelmed by Vishwanathan's satire. But you won't come away without a smile and smirk in this sly look-see at rural India where every second citizen is a certifiable attention-seeker.
May 2014
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Feb 2017
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Manmarziyaan
...laced with humour and warmth, is a love story with flashes - only flashes, not a sustained flow - of inspiration.
Sep 2018
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Milan Talkies
...manages to skirt around major bumps on the way. There are some no doubt, but the film never veers off its chosen course. If you let it grow on you, you will end up liking it.
Mar 2019
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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
...has an interesting story but the characters and situations aren't fleshed out enough. There is an inherent clumsiness and in places the film feels long and leaden.
Jan 2011
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Feb 2014
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Hamari Adhuri Kahani
...is an anachronistic, tragic romance that touches an emotional chord, yet, makes you dismiss it as a regressive piece of art. The direction appears confused, with a present-day setting, while the treatment of the plot and characters belong to a bygone era.
Jun 2015
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Thugs Of Hindostan
...it is ultimately too tacky and unconvincing to lay legitimate claims to being India's answer to Pirates of the Caribbean. It isn't even a poor copy.
Nov 2018
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May 2019
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Maximum
...is a case of too much blood and blabber being wasted on a tale that has been flogged to death to such an extent that it is probably now a veritable carcass rotting in the Bollywood sun. No amount of social and political layering can dispel the rancid odour.
Jun 2012
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Gour Hari Dastaan
One, lead actor Vinay Pathak is clearly miscast. And two, the pace of the narrative is painfully ponderous.
Aug 2015
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Karwaan
...had the potential to be a fun ride. Unfortunately, much of it remains unrealized.
Aug 2018
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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
The film may be erratic in parts, but its entertainment quotient is delightfully high for a film tackling a clash between conservatism and freedom, between tradition and modernity.
Feb 2020
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Director Ayan Mukherji, who gave an impressive account of himself in his debut film, Wake Up Sid, appears to have allowed the skills that he displayed the first time around to go into deep slumber.
May 2013
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Well Done Abba
...is heart-felt and intermittently funny but not flat-out delightful like Benegal’s last film Welcome to Sajjanpur. You need oodles of patience to enjoy this one.
Mar 2010
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Daayen Ya Baayen
...a film made with love. Bela has a great affection for her characters. I'm recommending it with reservations. You need a lot of patience for this one.
Oct 2010
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London Paris New York
...yet another rom-com, which tries to be different, but doesn’t really succeed.
Mar 2012
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Bobby Jasoos
...may not be evenly engaging, but it stays uncompromisingly true to its essence.
Jul 2014
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Tamasha
An off-the beaten track love story that does not go far enough with its surprises, Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha is a film that flatters to deceive.
Nov 2015
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
...never achieves full lift off. There are too many dull stretches. The film has the texture of a clunky television sitcom.
May 2010
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Maximum
...lacks the nuanced detailing and the urgent pacing that should have automatically sprung from a theme yanked out of the internal files of a highly politicised police force.
Jun 2012
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Besharam
...rambunctious and robust, does not offer much by way of narrative novelty. But like Dabangg, it sets a crackling pace and does not flinch from the prospect of going over the edge in its pursuit of cheap thrills.
Oct 2013
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Saala Khadoos
...despite the many promising situations that it rustles up along the way, there is little room in the well-intentioned yet rough-hewn drama for genuine surprises.
Jan 2016