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Shuttlecock Boys
Celebrates the spirit of enterprise but doesn't offer any surprises. It stays more banal than cutting-edge.
Aug 2012
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Jul 2013
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Jul 2013
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Shamitabh
It all ends at the hospital, as most of Balki’s films do. Coming out of the theatre, I couldn’t help but think of his morbid fascination with sickness, disabilities and abnormalities. Sadly, the film feels more manipulative than sensitive. And also extremely boring.
Feb 2015
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Shamitabh
Debutant Bejoy Nambiar, working with a plot that has traces of Anurag Kashyap's unreleased film Paanch, directs this thriller with a deftness of touch.
Jun 2011
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Shahid
Portrays the psyche of the Indian Muslim in the changing, increasingly polarised India with warmth and simplicity.
Oct 2013
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Shagird
Nana Patekar plays to the gallery and brings a smile to the audience's faces but the movie soon turns into gimmickry than fun.
May 2011
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Rowdy Rathore
Follows Dabangg’s footsteps in offering us a mix of action and comedy but falls way short of gaining the latter’s iconic stature.
Jun 2012
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Rockstar
...the setting, imagery, costumes, get overwrought and orchestrated, the emotions become magnified. What Imtiaz forgets is that simplicity can sometimes talk much more.
Nov 2011
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Ready
There are films that're so bad they turn out to be quite good—all for poking fun at. But this one is impossibly bad.
Jun 2011
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Raman Raghav 2.0
...it’s a difficult film to watch, not entertaining or edifying in any way.
Jul 2016
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Ram-leela
A fervour and fanaticism so pounding that it utterly tires one down, rather than offering any highs.
Nov 2013
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Feb 2013
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Raaz 3
Bad music, corny lines and some unintentionally funny moments come together rather well. It is unrelentingly creepy.
Sep 2012
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Raaz 3
Fails to offer a persuasive portrayal of individuals and relationships, the largely ineffective acting making a further hash of an already tenuous narrative.
Jun 2010
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Queen
...a squarely mainstream film. Simplistic? Undemanding? Perhaps. But ultimately it is immensely warm and winsome, pressing just the right emotional buttons.
Mar 2014
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Queen
The first half is quite a laugh riot, but the narrative gets too scattered in the second.
May 2011
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May 2015
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Piku
Although it sags towards the end, Peepli Live is carried on the shoulders of its talented cast...
Aug 2010
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Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
...there is not enough dramatic tension which underlined the narratives of the ’70s and ’80s, no real big scenes to remember forever.
Aug 2010
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Not A Love Story
It does, seemingly, have a real story to tell and a pertinent point to make but in the end is an opportunity lost.
Aug 2011
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No Problem
...the characters, plot, gags, jokes, dialogues, just about nothing makes you smile, leave alone laugh. Besides, some significant scenes get uncomfortably racist and downright sexist.
Dec 2010
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No Problem
There are some fine, stand-out moments. What detracts are some obvious filmi touches.
Jan 2011
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No Problem
Gupta has the onerous task of telling a story (Jessica Lall murder case) which most of his viewers would already know. Nonetheless, he manages to keep the familiar quite engaging.
Jan 2011
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NH10
The film loses out on complexity by opting for a way too easy narrative: the rural brutes vs us, the city slickers.
Mar 2015
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Murder 3
Every member of the cast hams much too much and tries hard at seeming mysterious.
Feb 2013