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Veere Di Wedding
All four friends are distinguished by their appearances and roles, but they are essentially the same person -- conventional to the core. There's no real rebellion, just a consuming love for fashion and faux feminism where every zinger flying out of their mouth sounds like something you've heard on a sitcom or favourited on your Pinterest wall.
Jun 2018
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Pankh
..is really not a film for the feeble. The director sets out to shock, scandalise, repulse and disgust you. If you are prepared for this then take a chance.
Apr 2010
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Lafangey Parindey
...like its attention-grabbing title, is unapologetically superficial with a brief attention span. It doesn't dwell too long on the possible complications or questions that may arise in its protagonist's lives and conveniently wiggles out of/wraps up any uneasy development.
Aug 2010
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Jul 2012
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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
Because of its poorly paced beginning, ABCD 2 feels a bit of stretch at 154 minutes.
Jun 2015
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Lucknow Central
Writer Aseem Arora's low-hanging ambitions and straightforward conflict between negotiators of harm and reform renders Lucknow Central a surprising watchability.
Sep 2017
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Housefull 4
...if you enjoy comedies that don’t make *any* sense, go ahead for this one.
Oct 2019
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Kaamyaab
...makes you feel sad about the condition of character actors in the movies, but it won't hold you for too long.
Mar 2020
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Bobby Jasoos
Bad songs, bad subplots, shabby direction make Bobby Jasoos a very, very confused film that is slightly better than a bearable watch only because of the strong heroine and the talented cast.
Jul 2014
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Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans
Roar's strengths lie in the novelty of the concept and the judicious use of CGI. Sure, the special effects could have been better but compared to standards set by its contemporaries, Roar doesn't far badly.
Oct 2014
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Drishyam
It’s a depressingly ordinary film, and the allegedly stolen plot -- about a crime being covered-up -- is something we’ve seen many, many times before.
Jul 2015
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The Fakir Of Venice
Director Anand Surapur has a good story to tell, but the treatment feels dated and stretched.
Feb 2019
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
...a lighthearted entertainer that tickles your funny bone several times in the film.
Mar 2010
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Jul 2013
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Bhoothnath Returns
Whatever connect the towering Bachchan makes with his viewer is rudely disrupted to accommodate mediocre songs or misplaced sentimentalism in a prolonged slide show of poignant portraits making Bhoothnath's return quite a drag in the end.
Apr 2014
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Toilet
...Toilet's sanctimonious tone and melodramatic inclinations that takes every possible complexity -- social, cultural or religious -- and shoves it down the viewer's throat in the garb of rushed protests and simplistic resolve.
Aug 2017
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Aashayein
...works like many of Kukunoor's successful films -- Hyderabad Blues, Iqbal and Dor -- unique stories that start with good intentions, but eventually the treatments amount to nothing spectacular.
Aug 2010
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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
...is nothing more than lovely fluff that could have been shorter, snappier but is definitely worth watching once for the man whose name appears against the bright blue sky Mr Yash Chopra.
Nov 2012
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May 2013
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Gold
It is only when Gold moves away from Akshay Kumar's blundering Bangla and hockey humbug to become a story of grace among go-getters that it comes close to becoming the movie it should have been.
Aug 2018
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Shortcut Romeo
...makes up for loose ends and bizarre twists in the plot by means of sheer masala power.
Jun 2013
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Lekar Hum Deewana Dil
...would have done much better for itself had it tried to find its original voice, instead of pandering to a vague idea of what sells when it comes to love stories.
Jul 2014
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Mardaani 2
Between spoon feeding motives and relying on too many contrivances to provide Sunny an easy escape, Mardaani 2 loses on nuance.
Dec 2019
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Madam Chief Minister
...is a sincere attempt to show a woman's rise to ultimate power, but falls short of being a rousing political drama.
Jan 2021
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Dec 2011
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Bhoot Returns
The first half of the film has quite a few nail biting scenes but post interval, the movie gets over on a rather abrupt note. The end credits roll in no time, leaving you with a sense that there's more to the story that's missing.
Oct 2012
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Mardaani
If only the script weighed more in intensity of thoughts than stagy heroics and simplistic resolutions, it could do a lot more for women in the film industry if not society in general.
Aug 2014