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Jabariya Jodi
The humour is as forced as the romance, and the biggest question goes unanswered: what is the movie really trying to say?
Aug 2019
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Jab Harry Met Sejal
If the baseline for Jab Harry Met Sejal is ‘what you seek is seeking you’, then it’s time for Imtiaz Ali to seek a new canvas, because the idea of characters travelling in order to find answers within themselves seems to be suffering from acute jetlag.
Aug 2017
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Ittefaq
...a film that is both a sleek and original thriller as well as a throwback to older Bollywood suspense dramas.
Nov 2017
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Irada
...advocates solutions that ordinary viewers will be hard-pressed to replicate, but its concerns are timely, its character sketches memorable, and its empathy unmistakable.
Feb 2017
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Indu Sarkar
...is a valuable addition to a slim catalogue of films about the excesses of the period even though it lacks the political insights of the better works about the Emergency.
Jul 2017
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India‘s Most Wanted
The overheated and undercooked film doesn’t have enough substance to justify its flourishes.
May 2019
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Hunterrr
...is a comedy about sex rather than a sex comedy, presented with plenty of verve and wit, but also the indulgence of a first-time director.
Mar 2015
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Housefull 3
The filmmakers have aimed to deliver a puerile movie, and, in fact, will be offended by any discussion about Housefull 3 that does not involve its box office prospects.
Jun 2016
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May 2018
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Hindi Medium
It’s well-intentioned, often very funny and superbly performed, but ultimately a lesson in overreach.
May 2017
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Hichki
Fortunately the story is strongly underlined by the instances of the resourcefulness of the students and the idea that education should not be a one-size-fits-all concept.
Mar 2018
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Hero
An ineffective remake of a 1983 box office hit mislabelled as a classic, Hero is yet another instance of the resilience of the ancient Indian tradition of nepotism.
Sep 2015
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Helicopter Eela
The start-stop narrative, which feels jerky and disjointed, contains the ghost of a screwball comedy.
Oct 2018
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Hawaizaada
...would have worked nicely as a work of fiction about two individuals who dream of putting the allegories and myths on which they grew up into practice, but Puri wholly believes in his flight of fancy.
Jan 2015
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Hate Story IV
The scenes between Tasha and the expressionless hunks lusting for her are about as erotic as watching a light bulb being changed.
Mar 2018
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Dec 2015
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Haseena Parkar
In its attempt to valourise Haseena as an innocent victim of destiny, the movie misses the opportunity to add another chapter to the ongoing saga of Dawood Ibrahim and his clan.
Sep 2017
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Haraamkhor
Haraamkhor’s characters are supposed to have shades of grey, but their blandness can never be mistaken for maturity. About the most shocking thing about this major-minor affair is its sloppiness.
Jan 2017
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
The frenetically paced plot makes even less sense the second time round, and the humour is more scattershot and even desperate in places.
Aug 2018
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Happy Hardy And Heer
Director Raka does his best within the circumstances, cutting to a song whenever possible. It’s a wise choice, since the only sources of energy is Reshammiya’s pulsating soundtrack, which has the potential to survive the movie’s life cycle.
Feb 2020
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
Set in a world overflowing with characters perpetually on the prowl for a good joke, Happy Bhag Jayegi survives its manufactured premise.
Aug 2016
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Hamid
The movie balances simplicity and profundity, and would have benefited from a leaner running time to better convey its ambitious exploration of loss and abandonment in a region stereotyped as a paradise on earth.
Mar 2019
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Hamari Adhuri Kahani
Suri’s ability to pass off superficial observations on life and its attendant miseries has paid off in the past in Aashiqui 2 and Ek Villain, but the emotional landscape of Hamari Adhuri Kahani’ completely defeats him.
Jun 2015
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Halkaa
Halkaa’s good intentions are never in doubt, nor are the efforts of the filmmaking team in illuminating a dark reality of Indian cities. But far greater subtlety, and a more realistic assessment of the problems faced by slum dwellers in building toilets, were needed to have made Pichku’s mission credible.
Sep 2018
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Half Girlfriend
Bhagat’s novel suffered from the writer’s inability to imagine Riya as anything more than a half person. The film too abounds with many such half persons...
May 2017
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Gurgaon
The movie works best in fits and starts, especially when it lets itself by guided by its richly layered atmospherics.
Aug 2017
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Gully Boy
Dreams and reality fuse seamlessly in Gully Boy, Zoya Akhtar’s most heartfelt and accomplished movie yet. Akhtar’s fourth feature is headlined by an outstanding Ranveer Singh, packed with well-picked actors and neatly-etched characters, and filmed with infectious passion.
Feb 2019
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Guest Iin London
When a movie uses flatulence for humour, it is clear that the bar is set very low.
Jul 2017
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Guddu Rangeela
...starts off on a wholly different note from the one on which it ends.
Jul 2015