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May 2015
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Aligarh
A touching portrayal of sexuality beyond straitjacketed labels, this film is a complete triumph.
Mar 2016
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Finding Fanny
With its truthful depiction of individual foibles and local Goan charm, this film is a winner.
Sep 2014
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
Rarely, if ever, as in this epic, has Hindi cinema transported you to a world that is real and surreal at the same time.
Aug 2012
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Haider
Wrought with great intellectual and technical finesse, this film is pure poetry in motion
Oct 2014
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
An extraordinarily eloquent film that has Salman Khan playing a worthy role instead of burnishing his brand image as an action hero.
Jul 2015
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Gangs Of Wasseypur
A startingly original film with entertaining conversations and settings.
Jul 2012
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Piku
Should you want your mind to be broadened by a road movie that gives you an excremental vision of life, Piku is the one to watch.
May 2015
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Fugly
A film that underlines the ugliness of Delhi’s underbelly, but fails to make a cinematic impact.
Jun 2014
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Mulk
This is the essence of freedom that film makers still have; to make movies that reflect on how life should be, and not necessarily on how it turns out.
Aug 2018
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Tanu Weds Manu
A predictable triangle, you would think. But then a few things are said, and a few scenes elaborated, in ways so startling, so moving and so well acted, that set pieces dissolve.
Mar 2011
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Queen
...held together by a delightful performance by Kangana Ranaut that you shouldn’t miss.
Mar 2014
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Badlapur
An intelligent narrative style with fine wholesome performances makes this film a great watch.
Feb 2015
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
A spectacular film about friendships from a truly talented young director.
Jul 2011
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Khoobsurat
This film combines a delightful re-creation of old-world charm with emphatic performances.
Sep 2014
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Sep 2015
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May 2013
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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
With its female lead as a secret weapon, this film evokes an era long gone.
Mar 2015
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Kabir Singh
Gender prejudice or ideological persuasion notwithstanding, it is undeniable that the dialogue written for Shahid, and the skill with which he projects it on screen, makes this movie very watchable.
Jun 2019
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Band Baaja Baaraat
...gets the sound of go-getting Dilli pitch-perfect but slips up on the romance front.
Dec 2010
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Lakshmi
...says nothing new, but stuns you into silence with its emotional and intellectual clarity.
Apr 2014
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Tamasha
Overstretched, boring and a little too pretentious, this Imtiaz Ali film is a letdown.
Dec 2015
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Mukti Bhawan
So in spite of its beauty, this is a morbid film which depresses, to a much greater degree than it enlightens.
Apr 2017
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Aug 2013
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Phobia
... a fascinating play of images that gather momentum to end up with a shocker, more terrifying than anything supernatural.
Jun 2016
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Dedh Ishqiya
...makes excellent use of an old genre in Hindi cinema. The ‘muslim social’ was dead and buried by the early 90s, but it is suddenly and most entertainingly revived here...
Jan 2014
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Pink
...this a thinking, actors film with shades of grey that are brought out in a slow and absorbing way.
Sep 2016
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Udta Punjab
So we applaud the film for its good intentions. But as drama, the movie is written and designed too predictably.
Jun 2016
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Miss Lovely
A masterly noirish re-creation of C-grade smut that takes a hard look at exploitation in cinema.
Jan 2014