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Mausam
As manipulative masala tearjerkers go, it's a film that tries relatively earnestly and certainly one that occasionally looks striking, but disappoints overall.
Sep 2011
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Force 2
The fundamental flaw in a film like this -- other than the repetitive wowlessness of it all -- is the fact that by creating too dry and no-nonsense protagonists instead of fleshing them out as characters, you end up failing the genre.
Nov 2016
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Made In China
Alternating between pedestrian comedy and overwrought drama, Made in China's biggest problem is its inclination to repeatedly digress, resulting in fleeting interest in its helter-skelter proceedings.
Oct 2019
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Boss
Given the low benchmark of this genre, it’s akin to praise when I say Boss is neither as absurd as Rowdy Rathore nor as ghastly as Policegiri.
Oct 2013
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Aisa Yeh Jahaan
Despite strong performances, Aisa Yeh Jahaan fails to engage due to its shaky storyline and scattered plot.
Jul 2015
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Mar 2018
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Mr. Singh Mrs. Mehta
If extra-marital liaisons are your preferred choice of film viewing then make sure you watch this.
Jun 2010
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Teen Thay Bhai
Loud and inert at the same time, Teen Thay Bhai is a film to be shunned simply because of how cruelly it treats three actors we should treasure.
Apr 2011
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Jai Ho! Democracy
...a movie purporting to be a political satire but set on a flimsy premise.
Apr 2015
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Jab Harry Met Sejal
In essence, Jab Harry Met Sejal's titular characters wander aimlessly from one place to another from inside a bubble, holding on to a dream that's playful yet unreal, surprising but hollow. Had Imtiaz treated it like one and not surrendered to predictable fantasy, I'd still admire his audacity.
Aug 2017
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Fukrey Returns
...the gags, contrived around comically hostile interactions and burdened by a steady supply of predictable rejoinders, fall completely flat.
Dec 2017
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Mar 2019
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Tum Milo Toh Sahi
It's not just the basic premise that is flawed. There has been a zero attempt towards authenticating the script.
Apr 2010
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Zubaan
The whole film emerges, sadly, like one of those ads where you can half-hum the song but you forget what it was for.
Mar 2016
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Madaari
It was a film that needed defter handling. Stronger performances. Better editing.
Jul 2016
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Sep 2017
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Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
Pedestrian wit works best around actors who don't just go with the flow, but shape it to suit their comical timing. That's the difference between performers and parrots. But the underwhelming leads of Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety don't seem to know the difference at all.
Feb 2018
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Vishwaroop II
An auteur, who is 'half-made,' is only as good as a politician and Vishwaroop 2, eerily enough, feels like a movie made by a politician -- with one-upmanship, quick fixes, and self-memorialisation aplenty.
Aug 2018
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Saand Ki Aankh
If your tolerance for such movies is high, if you think there's a particular sort of joy to be discovered in revisiting stereotypes you have already formed in your head, then dipping into Saand Ki Aankh wouldn't hurt you.
Oct 2019
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
...the overall effort to lightly poke fun at the Indian diaspora is amusing and appreciated after so many self-important and overwrought works on the subject. But the film's bad moments outweigh the good.
May 2010
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Tamasha
The dread in Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha feels real. The silliness, however, comes across as too orchestrated.
Nov 2015
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Tubelight
If Tubelight had a real story and wasn't just flip-flopping between monotonous episodes of fluky coincidences treated like divine intervention and cursory battle scenes devoid of danger, urgency or tension, it might have earned some points for heft and affability.
Jun 2017
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Malaal
What could have been a nice revisit to innocent coming-of-age romances turns out to be a boring affair.
Jul 2019
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Panipat
...has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha manoos.
Dec 2019
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Murder 3
Those looking for more than (badly-acted) thrills, Murder isn’t likely to be your choice of franchise anyway.
Feb 2013
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Club 60
...starts off on a promising note but its downward spiral comes faster than one could apprehend.
Dec 2013
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Monsoon Shootout
Had director Kumar given his characters more time and writer Varma fleshed them out Monsoon Shootout would have been a wonderful cinematic experience.
Dec 2017
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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