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Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas
...deviates from its simpler instincts and surrenders to tired Bollywood tropes like foul games of politically influential families and the constant reiteration for Ma ka pyaar and prayer.
Sep 2019
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The Zoya Factor
...the Dulquer factor is the only saving grace of this bland confection. His charisma and cricket are up to the mark.
Sep 2019
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Sep 2019
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Dream Girl
...goes in several exciting directions and comes out making light of it. It may not always be the best way to go about things but you’ll come out laughing till your sides hurt.
Sep 2019
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Chhichhore
It’s the writing where Chhichhore shows solid talent.
At all times, its feel-good optimism is much too entertaining to resist.
Sep 2019
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Saaho
After nearly three excruciating hours of clueless chaos and random action between cops pretending to be crooks and crooks pretending to be cops, my spirit is clobbered and crippled. I still have no idea what I just saw.
Aug 2019
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Batla House
...shows neither conviction nor courage in dealing with a sensitive subject...
Aug 2019
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Mission Mangal
...has its heart in place, if not all of its science -- home or rocket.
Aug 2019
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Khandaani Shafakhana
Khandaani Shafakhana’s aspiration to bring sex out in the open through its protagonist Baby Bedi’s efforts at running a sex clinic in a prudish small town is all very noble. But director Shilpi Dasgupta’s flimsy storytelling and comic timing of a subject, in the same space as Vicky Donor and Shubh Mangal Savdhan, neither enlightens nor entertains.
Aug 2019
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Arjun Patiala
In its attempt to take potshots at everybody -- from film directors, producers, reporters, cops and politicians -- Arjun Patiala quite doesn't add up to be the spoof it was meant to be.
Jul 2019
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Judgemental Hai Kya
...is an expedition into the unhinged, unstable, unreliable mind of a woman single-handedly refusing to be dictated by patriarchy. It's also a provocative commentary on society's tendency to label individuals refusing to subscribe to its established norms and decorum.
Jul 2019
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Super 30
Simplistic and lopsided, Super 30 is too fixated on its master to mahatma narrative to graduate beyond so so.
Jul 2019
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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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Article 15
There's so much more an Anubhav Sinha film can tell us about the Indian Character -- if only, he didn't wish to endear himself so completely with the urban audience.
Jun 2019
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Kabir Singh
From treating women like toys, trampling all over their feelings and then acting like a wounded martyr and misunderstood genius wronged by the world, Kabir Singh rounds up every foolish male's ultimate fantasy. Lack of rules can be refreshing, but to watch a sicko getting away after ticking every wrong in the book just rankles.
Jun 2019
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Game Over
...is a nifty piece of work that recognises the durability of meaningful entertainment. Its feminist breakthroughs may not always seem practical, but its 'fight back' gusto had my vote.
Jun 2019
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Bharat
There is a softness in people’s thinking today: characterised by the belief that, to be a hero, you don’t have to be smart -- merely being 'good' would do. While you may scorn at its general shoddiness, it is to this popular thinking that Ali Abbas Zafar’s film panders.
Jun 2019
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PM Narendra Modi
There are a lot of holes to pick if you want to. But, if you’re a Modi fan, you obviously think the other way and will enjoy the movie.
May 2019
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India‘s Most Wanted
It's unbearable, this dullness. You'll find more action in a grocery shop's CCTV footage than in all of India's Most Wanted.
May 2019
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De De Pyaar De
...is full of recycled imagery. It's not a copy, but a lot of its thoughts are dumbed down versions of what you enjoy about similarly themed It's Complicated. Or even Friends.
May 2019
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May 2019
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Setters
Whatever restraint or spark Setters demonstrated in its initial stages is tossed out of the window to crash into an untidy mess of snarling evil and tame virtue.
May 2019
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Blank
The point behind this poorly made wingding is a debut. Karan Kapadia is Dimple Kapadia's nephew and the late actress-turned-costume designer Simple Kapadia's son.
May 2019
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Kalank
...is stuck in a bizarre time warp of real world and surreal treatment. What ensues is not particularly poignant, but breathtaking to behold.
Apr 2019
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The Tashkent Files
...is not meant for those looking for escapist fare; however, those looking for content-driven, hard-hitting films will enjoy the movie.
Apr 2019
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Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aaata Hai?
...labours hard to be metaphoric and of significance.
Apr 2019
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No Fathers In Kashmir
The story poignantly sums up the day-to-day struggles of life in the Kashmir valley, especially of those whose sons, husbands and fathers have disappeared.
Apr 2019