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Guzaarish
The film tries far too desperately to evoke what Bollywood calls the 'feelgood' factor, but ends up evoking more apathy than empathy. Guzaarish starts off slow and beautiful, but gradually, sadly congeals into a wet mess.
Nov 2010
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Nov 2013
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Bhangra Paa Le
It’s a fairly ambitious if unoriginal premise let down by staid vision, spiritless writing, middling choreography and music.
Jan 2020
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London Dreams
You may like London Dreams for its beautiful frames, some paisa-vasool moments between Salman and Devgn, a good background score and catchy songs. For the rest, you need willing suspension of disbelief. And large doses of it.
Nov 2009
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Apr 2017
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Fanney Khan
...is in the same space as Tumhari Sulu and Secret Superstar where starry-eyed aspiration and gullible hearts of gold go but nowhere as grounded in reality.
Aug 2018
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Kalank
...is stuck in a bizarre time warp of real world and surreal treatment. What ensues is not particularly poignant, but breathtaking to behold.
Apr 2019
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Jan 2010
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X: Past is Present
A big part of the disappointment of watching X is in knowing that there were real flashes of brilliance in the script that did not materialise on screen.
Nov 2015
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Raees
...takes you for a boring ride, trying to soak the gangster's character in filmi spiel that is so typical of Bollywood's masala films when the film's creators realise that the plot is absolutely lame.
Jan 2017
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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
...wishes to lend itself as a significant voice of change and support towards the LGBT community, but its woefully apologetic tone regarding individual choices repeatedly negates it when characters -- both traumatised and enlightened -- spew things like, 'Yeh janam se hi aise hai' or 'I wish I was normal'.
Feb 2019
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Yeh Saali Aashiqui
...I have to give it to Yeh Saali Aashiqui for showing such raging ambition and commitment to go bonkers all the way.
Nov 2019
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Kaagaz
...completely relies on Pankaj Tripathi's unassuming talent and sarcastic might to pull it off.
Jan 2021
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Karthik Calling Karthik
Films like Karthik Calling Karthik are all about winding up right. This one fails to make a connect. Pity, it could have been that all important call you've always been waiting for.
Feb 2010
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Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu
...an interesting watch for those who enjoy slice-of-life films.
Nov 2010
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Fuddu
...may not be a great film but it’s better than all those Bollywood movies which make oodles of money but have no story.
Oct 2016
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Help
...could have been more convincing and edgy just by doing away with the unnecessary songs.
Aug 2010
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Dec 2010
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Gulaab Gang
...for a film that is about women who have risen above their harrowed circumstances to help society, Gulaab Gang film has a glaring, irredeemable flaw. The makers claim it is a work of fiction. Yes, there are fictional elements but the kernel and the tale, clearly, is Sampat Pal Devi and her Gulabi Gang. She deserved a bow.
Mar 2014
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Kaabil
...doesn't pull off anything extraordinary with its visually challenged contrivance except whip up as many puns possible. From blind date to blind justice, it's all there.
Jan 2017
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Ribbon
Though the movie piques your interest in bits and pieces, especially in the second half, the abrupt end will leave you disappointed.
Nov 2017
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Beyond The Clouds
What works in this manufactured moral tale is Ishaan Khatter's unripe intensity.
Apr 2018
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The Power
...just as it happens with any masala film, this one also goes haywire in the second half.
Jan 2021
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Teen Patti
The script doesn't evolve, it just jumps jerkily from one level to another so that the director can take her story to a predictable end.
Feb 2010
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Break Ke Baad
...the prospect of zero individuality in a creative medium is hardly a deal breaker. And it's definitely not cool anymore.
Nov 2010
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Apr 2011