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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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Lakshmi
...says nothing new, but stuns you into silence with its emotional and intellectual clarity.
Apr 2014
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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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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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Shanghai
The plot is implausible but the superb acting and understated tone make it eminently watchable.
Jun 2012
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Chalk N Duster
A moving film about teachers that could have done without its melodramatic scenes.
Jan 2016
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Mar 2012
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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
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Gully Boy
...is a refreshingly different film on a subject not normally trodden by mainstream cinema.
Feb 2019
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
...this movie is a hoot, and keeps you entertained, and amused, through most of its duration.
Dec 2019
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Airlift
This is not an accurate portrayal of the Kuwait evacuation, but worth a watch all the same.
Jan 2016
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Budhia Singh
...he director’s inclination to present young Budhia Singh (Mayur Patole) more as a victim than a hero, turns this movie into a reasonably good watch.
Aug 2016
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Sulemani Keeda
Sincere and touching in parts, this film could have soared with a stronger screenplay.
Dec 2014
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Talvar
This is an engagingly written and well made film that draws you in and keeps you watching.
Oct 2015
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Parched
...is a nice looking film that is reasonably well acted, but it is too self consciously written and visualized to be credible, as intended, for an argument on the empowerment of women in rural Rajasthan.
Sep 2016
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Shor In The City
The relief in watching Shor in the City is partly in the reprieve from the Golmaal variety of comedy. You don't have to guffaw like a retard. You can chuckle quietly.
May 2011
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
The casting, the art direction and the cinematography of the film is painstakingly done and evokes admiration. The disastrous pacing, however, lets it down badly.
Apr 2015
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Saala Khadoos
A deglamorised portrayal of boxing lends this film a touch of authenticity.
Feb 2016
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Kick
With some mildly thrilling sequences and Salman Khan as superhero, this film will find its takers.
Jul 2014
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Masaan
Even though a Benaras in transition comes alive in this film, it isn’t all that emotionally wrenching.
Aug 2015
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Dhobi Ghat
The city of great texture and matching indifference is poignantly captured by Kiran Rao in a sparkling debut.
Jan 2011
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Sonchiriya
Though not as impactful, dramatically, as other socio-politically inclined bandit movies in its genre, ‘Sonchiriya’ is cinematically well crafted.
Mar 2019
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Margarita With A Straw
...a brave film that tells us that physical disability and sexual desire are two different things, neither of which can be slapped with labels like ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’.
Apr 2015
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Drishyam
Not a very subtle film even if reasonably entertaining, Drishyam does ask a few questions of the current criminal justice system.
Aug 2015
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Mar 2020
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Aug 2013
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Zero
On the level of cinematic realism, the plot of ‘Zero’ is plainly batshit crazy. But the film has an enthralling visual display, has a few short and gripping star turns, and throws up some fascinating analogues.
Dec 2018
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Bombay Velvet
In trying so hard to achieve a snazzy feel, this film only comes across as phoney.
May 2015