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Chatur Singh Two Star
The film fails miserably in its intent if the intent were to spoof Bollywood, as it only does that for the sake of punchlines and does not explore it better.
Feb 2018
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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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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
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Aiyaary
It's a bloated, prolonged mess of misplaced purpose that digresses from military misdeeds to animal cruelty.
Feb 2018
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Pad Man
...dramatises his reality to accomodate romance and distinction with a calculation that is one of the weakest aspects of an otherwise constructive narrative.
Feb 2018
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Padmaavat
As the film progresses, you tire of the been-there seen-that spectacle. You want a story. You want good dialogue, not the corny words you are hearing. You want an emotional connect. You want a tighter film. Sadly, with Padmaavat, that's not what you get.
Jan 2018
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My Birthday Song
...comes across as an honest effort and a huge relief for movie enthusiasts.
Jan 2018
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Jan 2018
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Mukkabaaz
My worry is that many who are not fond of Kashyap's usual complex sensibility would like this latest move: They'll applaud the fact that he's going for the tear glands with brass knuckles on.
The tragedy of Mukkabaaz is not that it aims low; the tragedy is that it aims low and hits.
Jan 2018
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Tiger Zinda Hai
Safe idealism or simply phony, you decide if you intend to endure 161 minutes of this toothless, tiring, plastic Tiger Zzzzzinda Hai.
Dec 2017
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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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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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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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Tera Intezaar
There is nothing in the film to keep you hooked. No story. No direction. No continuity. No dialogues. Nothing.
Dec 2017
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Julie 2
At no point does Julie 2 rise above being a B-grade flick whose mentality is stuck in the 1990s.
Nov 2017
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Kadvi Hawa
...don't let anybody tell you that Kadvi Hawa is a manifesto for the fight against climate change or that it's an austere, unforgiving, movie. This is an intensely felt, beautifully expressed, sustained piece of cinema.
Nov 2017
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Aksar 2
...is a film that gets you primed in the first half but is a sad squib in the second.
Nov 2017
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Tumhari Sulu
Despite its love for feel-good, Tumhari Sulu isn't stuck in a fool's paradise and confronts the conflicts thrown in its path.
Nov 2017
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Qarib Qarib Singlle
The subject of Qarib Qarib demanded a director with a natural talent for informality and offhandedness. Which is why Tanuja Chandra may strike you as a curious choice.
Nov 2017
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Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
The melodrama is too much, the pace is too slow and the second half is unbearable.
Nov 2017
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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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Ribbon
Though the movie piques your interest in bits and pieces, especially in the second half, the abrupt end will leave you disappointed.
Nov 2017
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Ranchi Diaries
...unless you’re a movie watcher who can swallow a good chunk while spitting out the rest, you are likely to forget this stretch of Ranchi Diaries five minutes after you have staggered out of it.
Oct 2017
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Tu Hai Mera Sunday
...is pitched as a story about ‘coming together.’ But Milind Dhaimade’s true strength, perhaps, is in taking a microcosm, splitting it, and analysing its small segments. It’s when he tries to bring everything together, that his energies get dispersed.
Oct 2017
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Chef
Grown up angst is a valid and neglected aspect of our storytelling. Except Menon’s digressing exploration of it feels more dull than delicious.
Oct 2017
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Judwaa 2
Judwaa 2’s balloon of recycled gas soon goes phus and what’s left is tedious buffoonery of the brainless, for the brainless and by the brainless.
Sep 2017
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Bhoomi
...Bhoomi’s blood-splattering, bone-crunching vigour is as unwelcome as the rest of this ghastly movie.
Sep 2017
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Haseena Parkar
Shraddha tries hard to rescue the film, but the script totters so badly in the second half that any salvage seems impossible.
Sep 2017
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Newton
The picture wants you to craft change, but it first wants you to give up on your fantasies of quick and easy change.
Sep 2017