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Dhobi Ghat
...is uneven, particularly in the writing. It's neither totally impressive nor totally dismissable.
Jan 2011
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3 Idiots
...the thread of laughter is strong and glowing, but sadly is the movie’s only saving grace because for most part it is absolutely clueless what to do with its soul.
Dec 2009
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Lahore
...this Indo-Pak treatise may have been wah-wahed at film festivals, but all said and seen just about makes it to a notch above the average.
Mar 2010
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Veer
The director does have a signature of sorts (hyper-commercial with a penchant for kitschy sets and sweeping outdoor locales). Here that is wasted on a period piece that has little else to hold it together but Salman Khan’s physique and hair extensions.
Jan 2010
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Dabangg
...even in the name of a mindless, 'paisa vasool' entertainer (!?), first-time director Abhinav Singh Kashyap's Dabangg just doesn't give you sufficient bang for your bucks.
Sep 2010
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Rocket Singh
...has an assured air about itself and yet the form and content never quite seems to match.
Dec 2009
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Rocket Singh
...laboured, old-fashioned harangue about why honesty is the best policy...
Dec 2009
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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
...the other guys and gals merely evoke indifference. If their love stories work out, fine, if not, yawn the yawn. Like it or not, the effort appears to be a technically slipshod quickie.
Jan 2011
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Khatta Meetha
...could well be considered by the Guinness Book of Records for the LOUDEST movie ever made in heaven or earth. Forget mirth, this self-styled comedy pumps up the volume so high that the cacophony could possibly be heard in Patagonia and Perth.
Jul 2010
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Feb 2010
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Jhootha Hi Sahi
...the casting of Pakhi as the heroine is the enterprise's fatal flaw. She isn't right for the role which required far more vulnerability.
Oct 2010
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Jul 2010
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Karthik Calling Karthik
Farhan Akhtar, almost in every frame, has a likeable screen presence and acts competently. Still KCK adds up to little more than a wrong number.
Feb 2010
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Mar 2010
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Jan 2010
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Guzaarish
...never quite comes to grips with its theme of mercy killing. Or emotional healing.
Nov 2010
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Jail
Bhandarkar’s Jail is a faded tapestry of characters, location and situations that hang about aimlessly without striking any real conversation among themselves or with us.
Nov 2009
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May 2010
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7 Khoon Maaf
...granted Bharadwaj opts for a low-lit East European cinema style, and occasionally comes up with a striking visual (a white cat in snow). The trouble is that he doesn’t pay half as much attention to the human element. The emotional quotient remains relentlessly surfacial.
Feb 2011
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Break Ke Baad
For a cushily-budgeted project, the narrative is toothpick thin. How you long for a twist or two in the plot pourri. Consequently, there is precious little by way of a conflict or substantial content.
Nov 2010
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Kites
Save yourself your multiplex money, fly a kite instead. Much more entertaining that.
May 2010
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Tees Maar Khan
How you miss Farah Khan's feather-light touch. Here every point and joke is bludgeoned into you as if you were too dimwitted to catch the PJs. For heaven's sake, please don't treat the audience as toddling ninnies.
Dec 2010
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Phoonk 2
...doesn’t scare you out of your pantaloons. It merely employs some select words in the dialogue that could send you over the moon. Swoon.
Apr 2010
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Dum Maaro Dum
...artsy-tartsy in terms of its ferris-wheel cinematography and MTV-cutting but devoid of substantial or even credible content in its screamplay.
Apr 2011
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We Are Family
...is an endurance test to sit through. It’s no longer all in the family – meaning warmth, love, sharing, caring - it's all about gross manipulation to coerce the audience to shed a tear or twenty.
Sep 2010