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Aarakshan
I wish people would see Aarakshan and instead object to Jha's vision, the execution of his muddled script, which half way through forgets its purpose, and varying degrees of unimpressive performances.
Aug 2011
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Singh Saab The Great
Although I appreciate that the makers of Singh Saab the Great tried to make a socially conscious and relevant film, they got pulled into giving a sermon instead.
Nov 2013
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Indu Sarkar
...is an effective propaganda movie only to the extent that it knows its mission statement and knows whom to shame and whom to take in its stride.
Jul 2017
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Batla House
...shows neither conviction nor courage in dealing with a sensitive subject...
Aug 2019
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Sab Kushal Mangal
Kashyap's adept handling of the film in the first half and most of the second does not justify the manner in which the film ends.
Jan 2020
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Aladin
What Ghosh dishes out in its place is some half-hearted hocus-pocus, a clumsy mix of old world lore with contemporary indifference, sloppy trips to the flashback and awkward bursts of forced sentimentality.
Nov 2009
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Ajab Gazabb Love
...overwhelming mediocrity -- of characters indulging in over-exaggerated buffoonery, foolhardiness and distasteful humour.
Oct 2012
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Singh Is Bliing
...it’s high on pedestrian humour where people shriek in pain after being knocked down by a car or coconut and absconding lions send humans in a tizzy.
Oct 2015
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Maatr
...would like to believe its relevance comes from true events that headline news channels regularly, but its typically Bollywood tropes to attain justice modelled on the likes of Aakhri Raasta and Mohra is not half as engaging.
Apr 2017
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City Of Gold
Do watch this film if you enjoy slice-of-life films. But if candy floss cinema is your cup of tea, then it's best you keep away.
Apr 2010
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Feb 2011
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Mod
Wish director Nagesh Kukunoor had someone to tell him that slow and steady doesn't win races any more. You have to be fast and racy.
Oct 2011
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Jun 2013
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Total Siyapaa
...is so insipid, it implores your mind to wander off every few minutes.
Mar 2014
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Love Games
The story takes off in the second half but it misses the mark because of its predictable story, cliched dialogues and all-too-easy screenplay.
Apr 2016
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Akira
Sonakshi moves, feels and looks the part that’s all but empty heft in a script so extraordinarily dated and bereft of punch.
Sep 2016
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Phullu
...unwisely presumes that promoting a humanitarian angle absolves it of mediocrity. For all its do-gooder fixation, Phullu neither has the passion to succeed as a film nor the seriousness of a valuable message.
Jun 2017
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Phhir
Though the suspense is predictable, the audience is kept entertained throughout.
Aug 2011
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Dishkiyaoon
The comic punches in Dishkiyaoon are too few and far between, plot twists make little sense and are saddled with glaring loopholes.
Mar 2014
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Welcome Back
...is dumb yet entertaining, utterly silly but made with a kind of absurd, warm energy.
Sep 2015
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Saala Khadoos
Between its many, many confused, underdeveloped, raucous ideas, hides the film Saala Khadoos set out to be. Too bad it never made it to the screen.
Jan 2016
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Veerappan
It may well be a misfire, but Veerappan shows that at least RGV has his eyes open while squeezing the trigger. The dacoit is still at large.
May 2016
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Firangi
Firangi's persistence to club romantic overtures, non-cooperation movement mania, 19th century naiveté and con-adventure spunk in its 160 minutes running time proves to be its undoing. That's just too much to take in a movie that neither wants to be fun or funny.
Dec 2017
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Parmanu
...can scream 'desh' all it wants and turn up the volume as loud as it likes to make a big deal. But it's ultimately a cursory glance at a tough tactical choice and tame recreation of a controversial reality whose face is a stiff star.
May 2018
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Tumbbad
For the fantasy in Tumbbad to work, the reality had to seem equally frightening and crazy; but because the realities surrounding the parable are trimmed away before their emotional peaks are hit, the scares never quite reach us.
Oct 2018
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Hum Tum Aur Ghost
The premise of the film has its heart in the right place. But the script doesn't evolve from one scene to the other.
Mar 2010
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Love U...Mr. Kalakaar!
The script remains as tied down by convention as the one-dimensional characters and limps forward towards a predictable climax.
May 2011