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Amavas
Many horror tropes later, you realise that it's the slow pace of the film that's the real killer.
Feb 2019
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The Fakir Of Venice
What could have been a fabulous satire on the world of art ends up being tedious because it is directed badly, except for a masterclass in acting by Annu Kapoor.
Feb 2019
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Thackeray
...is surprisingly well made. Nawazuddin Siddiqui makes for a great Thackeray, but the script sticks to the major events of his political life, leaving you wishing the film had shown him more human than hero of the masses.
Jan 2019
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Manikarnika
The trouble is, they try to Bollywoodise it. There's so much glamour and chest thumping patriotism that unwittingly the audience begins to discover flaws.
Jan 2019
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Why Cheat India
The film tackles the problem of rampant cheating in these exams but it gets so preachy about a failing system and talks so much, you cannot help but yawn...
Jan 2019
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Bombairiya
It's chaotic, funny but has too many threads which make this non-linear film a tiring watch after a while.
Jan 2019
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Evening Shadows
You want to say nice things because the issue of gay rights is important, but this film is riddled with cliches about a patriarchal family where the gay son has not come out. It's a tedious watch.
Jan 2019
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The Accidental Prime Minister
The film is shabbily made even though they get lots of cast to look like people in real life, and skims the events in Dr, Singh's work life. Is this a propaganda film?
Jan 2019
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Jan 2019
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Simmba
Ranveer Singh crackles in the title role of Simmba and wins us over in this simple tale of bad cop turning into gold. Eminently watchable!
Dec 2018
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Dec 2018
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Kedarnath
Credit goes to the young girl who shows flashes of her beautiful mum's talent (Amrita Singh) and brings a little something of her own on screen. There's talent here, and it is enough to take your mind away from the horrendous cliches that make the movie.
Dec 2018
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2.0
Hokey science, meet Rajinikanth. This odd film ODs on special effects but is neither an Akshay Kumar film, nor is it a Rajini film.
Nov 2018
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Pihu
It becomes an exploitative film when the filmmakers put a child in harm's way, making everyone in the audience hold their breath.
Nov 2018
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Mohalla Assi
If only the quirkiness wasn't tiresome and the film offered something concrete to share with.
Nov 2018
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Thugs Of Hindostan
This attempt to pirate the Caribbean franchise fails so badly, it does not blow up, the audience kicks itself to death.
Nov 2018
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Tumbbad
The writing is practically flawless, the music is haunting and the performances jaw-dropping good. Brilliant watch.
Oct 2018
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Jalebi
I could easily make jokes at the expense of Jalebi's name, talking about how the actual sweet dish is bad for your health but worth the risk but this film doesn't even deserve that much effort.
Oct 2018
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Helicopter Eela
What could have been a humongous parenting film, is just so frivolously written, that even moments of greatness are reduced to froth.
Oct 2018
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LoveYatri
The film is a mashup of Namaste London and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam but has none of the chemistry, the joy or the spontaneity. It is a manufactured paint by numbers, charmless love story.
Oct 2018
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Andhadhun
It's fun. It's different. It's dark as dark can get. And the performances are all ace. But you begin to say, 'Oh no, not another twist!' in the meandering second half. The end? Worth waiting for.
Oct 2018
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Sui Dhaaga
If there has been a Hindi film this year that has managed to keep me constantly smiling like an idiot yet always on the verge of tears the way this Sharat Katariya film does, I do not remember it.
Sep 2018
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Pataakha
Hair pulling and name calling gets boring after an hour. And the story remains stationary until the last ten minutes, and the end is so obvious, you just groan as you exit the theater.
Sep 2018
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Batti Gul Meter Chalu
The Erin Brockovich style class action story goes nowhere, and we see courtroom antics that are so bad, you wish you were watching a TV show with your mum.
Sep 2018
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Pakhi
This film is a tragedy of such epic howlarious proportions. None of the cast know how to act. And all that attempted exploitation in the name of true story of a ten year old is so bad you want the film to be relegated to the bottom of a well.
Sep 2018
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III Smoking Barrels
Three stories from the North East part of India will try and help you understand the unique social and political place they hold in the universe. The third one though outshines the other two and should have been a standalone film. It's about elephant poachers. The first two stories then look trite and unwatchable.
Sep 2018
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Manto
This film neatly weaves the stories he wrote into the life he lived and leave us wondering: is he the better storyteller or is God? Not commercial at all, but what a brilliant cinematic experience.
Sep 2018
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Love Sonia
Perhaps the foreign audience is gullible and offered funding to what was supposed to be 'realistic depiction of the horrors of human trafficking' and they should be disappointed with this skin flick.
Sep 2018