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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
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Love Sonia
When I walked out of Love Sonia this Monday night, I walked out with a hushed audience that seemed too overcome by the raw power of the film to even pause for applause -- and so they made their way to the exit very slowly, very silently.
Sep 2018
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Love Sex Aur Dhokha
Dibakar Banerjee has taken that much-nudged envelope, ripped it apart, and mailed out a magnificently tawdry postcard. He's made a film which lets Hindi cinema sit back, take a deep glug of adulthood, and wipe Haywards 5000 foam from its 'stache as it leers at the girl in stockings. Bollywood has just grown up the only way it could...
Mar 2010
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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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Love Breakups Zindagi
If you like cute, cheesy, breezy love stories then Love Breakups Zindagi is for you.
Oct 2011
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Love Aaj Kal
A poorly conceived reboot that's overlong, overdramatic and overdone, Love Aaj Kal simply cannot differentiate between pyaar and parody.
Feb 2020
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Lootera
...a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do.
Jul 2013
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London Dreams
A sense of boredom sets in and the film drags. The clichéd climax doesn't bring any sense of relief either.
Mar 2012
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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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Listen... Amaya
Its real strength doesn’t come from production values but two of the most natural actors of Hindi cinema (Farookh Shaikh, Deepti Naval) and a remarkable young woman (Swara Bhaskar).
Feb 2013
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Lipstick Under My Burkha
When the film is not making points, it has some life. When it goes off into conscious revolting, it's just distributing pamphlets.
Jul 2017
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Lingaa
At 175 minutes, Lingaa can get tiresome, especially with the too-long fight scenes, but remains constantly watchable because of the miraculously light way in which Rajinikanth continues to wear his megastardom around him, like a chiffon cloak.
Dec 2014
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Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi
Lack of imagination and an oddball cast lets down Rakesh Mehta's Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi.
Apr 2012
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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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Land Gold Women
The director hopes to show you something you didn't realize was so commonplace even today. And for that reason alone, give this film a chance.
Dec 2011
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Lamhaa
Lamhaa's relevance lies in its ability to give you an overview, even if it's a crammed one, about the ugliness of greed and intolerance through the example of Kashmir. At the same time it's honest and practical enough to end on an unfulfilled, hopeless note.
Jul 2010
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Lakshmi
The worst part of Lakshmi is that it isn’t just a story. When you come out of it, you will forever be plagued by the knowledge that evil does exist in this world and we, as a society, are only enabling it.
Mar 2014
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Lahore
Though limited in its story-telling and undistinguished in execution, Lahore redeems itself somewhat by intently playing on the paradox of pacifist intentions realised in the face of a seriously hostile sport.
Mar 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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Ladies VS Ricky Bahl
An inexplicably sluggish pace and forgettable songs thrown in every few scenes kill any possibility of a narrative rhythm
Dec 2011
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Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laddoo Deewana
If you want to be disappointed, there are better movies to be disappointed by.
Apr 2017
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Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
It'd still have been tolerably okay, if only the jokes were funny.Spoiler alert: They're not.
Jul 2012
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Jan 2016
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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
The idea behind Kya Dilli Kya Lahore is to once again point out the futility of war as well as highlight why human comes before being. And Vijay Raaz accomplishes that to a reasonable extent in his first filmmaking effort.
May 2014
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Kurbaan
Go watch Kurbaan, explore it, find your own points to agree, disagree, endorse, enjoy, debate and be angry about. Either way, you definitely cannot walk out without the film leaving an impression on you. And a strong one at that.
Nov 2009
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Kuch Kuch Locha Hai
It would make perfect sense to give this film a miss, unless you are into bikinis and Gujju stereotypes.
May 2015
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Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz
But the cake, as well as its icing, is Onir's deft direction. The man has got what it needs to make films that are sensible, thought-provoking and entertaining at the same time.
Feb 2018