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Jal
...would have made a much more powerful literary piece than it makes a film. As a story on celluloid, it is simply a dead bore.
Apr 2014
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Jail
...formulaic, below average Bollywood headache, slowed down to lugubrious dullness.
Nov 2009
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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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Jai Ho
As for Khan, there’s nothing new to see here. But that’s probably the point. For a man who’s pushing 50, he’s looking spry and seems to be having fun playing to type, though the absurd amounts of money his movies rake in obviously help.
Jan 2014
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Mar 2016
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Jagga Jasoos
...isn't a particularly bright caper. It's about seeking nirmal anand whose playful ingenuity is held together by a bag of unending tricks that lend the trip wind in its wings and cheer in its will.
Jul 2017
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Jackpot
Only go for Jackpot if you sat right until the end of the titles of Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag and yelled encore.
Dec 2013
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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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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
...a middling effort. But then, sometimes, all we need is a Khan-song.
Nov 2012
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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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Jaanisaar
...a cautionary tale of a film with a half-baked script and pretend patriotism.
Aug 2015
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Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai
The only way you can mildly amuse yourself with this sham is a) Do not ask questions. b) Do not think. c) Ignore the stereotypes...
Apr 2010
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Jaana Pehchana
It is these good-as-gold characters with outdated values in their simplistic uncomplicated world which make the film unbelievable.
Sep 2011
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Ittefaq
...is a whocareswhodunit but what it does have, as compensation, is the shock and suggestiveness of pulp served hot.
Nov 2017
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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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Island City
...is quite unlike any recent Hindi film. The complex narratives, laced with humour and satire, keep us enthralled while also presenting the deeper issues of life.
Sep 2016
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Isi Life Mein
The movie has its own highpoints but it's pretty much like watching Balika Vadhu for two hours.
Dec 2010
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Ishqiya
Rarely are grace and profanity cited in the same breath. Debutant filmmaker Abhishek Chaubey's Ishqiya, however, is a privileged exception.
Jan 2010
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Ishqeria
Ishqeria was supposed to release in 2014, but somehow, it didn't. It would have been best if Ishqeria hadn't released at all.
Sep 2018
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Ishqedarriyaan
The trouble with Ishqedarriyaan is that it isn't even bad enough to be good. It's just plain old dull.
May 2015
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Ishkq In Paris
...a bad film brought further down by a bunch of Bollywood cliches and a fading Preity Zinta.
May 2013
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Ishk Actually
Obtuse, dispassionate and inert, Ishk Actually is one of the drabbest films I’ve seen all year.
Oct 2013
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Ishaqzaade
There is much craft on display, and some lovely moments, but the immense promise shown by the first half turns out as hollow as a politician's. Soaked in sloppy sexism...
May 2012
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Irada
Blame it on the director for Irada's sloppy editing, the film fails to hold your undivided attention.
Feb 2017
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Inkaar
...what could have been an engrossing take on modern-day relationships in a frantic, workaholic culture is single-handedly destroyed by warped publicity and ridiculous conclusions.
Jan 2013