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Jaanisaar
...Ali falters in picking his lead protagonists and herein lies the difference between Jaanisaar and his magnum opus Umrao Jaan. This canvas looks appealing but it doesn’t converse with you beyond a point.
Aug 2015
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Saala Khadoos
...is unable to rise above the predictability and time-worn clichés of an average sports movies.
Jan 2016
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Kerry on Kutton
For all its merits, it ultimately feels like an empty film that depends more on the quirks of the characters than the characters themselves.
Jul 2016
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Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi
It is entertaining as an episode for a daily soap but Kuku Mathur doesn’t fit the bill of a multiplex ticket.
May 2014
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Dharam Sankat Mein
Humorous in parts, the film tries too hard to strike home the point.
Apr 2015
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Fatso
Using magical realism Kapoor deals with deep-seated human quandaries in a light-hearted fashion but ultimately fails to realise the potential of the subject.
May 2012
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D-Day
A gripping, racy, well-paced thriller that is populist, reductionist and politically naive.
Jul 2013
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Dil Dhadakne Do
...the core of a Rajshri family drama with layers of stylish froth in the form of a lavish cruise ride.
Jun 2015
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Kajarya
There are many stories that lie hidden in the depressing newspaper headlines. The art is in giving them a compelling, emotional shape on screen. Madhureeta Anand succeeds but marginally so in Kajarya.
Dec 2015
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Hichki
...the film doesn’t go past the facile commentary; a very deliberate righteousness and piety, ingrained in the narrative, detract rather than reinforce the significant issue of inclusion.
Mar 2018
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Maximum
There are a couple of gripping moments but they come in too late, way after our interest in the film is long dead.
Jul 2012
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Shab
The filmmaker embellishes Shab with generous dollops of mainstream Bollywood grammar, while you keep wishing he breaks free and implements a restrained approach, like with his earlier works. But what you end up with instead is a farrago of unrealised ideas, where no particular story shines through.
Jul 2017
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Kadvi Hawa
...is essentially a short story on screen with a proverbial twist in the tale. Panda, however, plays it too slow for its own good — long sequences, seemingly static scenes. It gets protracted and plodding.
Nov 2017
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Veere Di Wedding
...at a time when the gender question is in such a serious churn and feminism debate at its sharpest, Veere’s light-hearted and giddy take would seem entirely out of depth.
Jun 2018
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Kedarnath
A protracted climax and worn-out clichés come in the way of what could have been an interesting cinematic exploration of a social fabric in turmoil.
Dec 2018
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Citylights
A decent, harmless but toothless remake of the brilliant Filipino film Metro Manila.
Jun 2014
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Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans
Well-produced B-movie where the visual effects team that makes tigers act is let down by the acting prowess of humans.
Nov 2014
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Ki & Ka
A perennially righteous film that reinforces the very stereotypes it was promising to break.
Apr 2016
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Gold
...Akshay Kumar is insisting on being the Neo Mr Bharat, film after film, that is now beginning to bore and grate. Someone please rescue him from being the inspirational conscience keeper of contemporary shining India and take him back to entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.
Aug 2018
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Coolie No.1
There’s no harm in remaking an old blockbuster for a newer audience but it may have benefited from a more contemporary absurd comedy.
Jan 2021
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Ishaqzaade
Writer-Director Habib Faisal succeeds to a great extent in crafting an unpredictable first half full of spunk and spirit, but plays it boringly safe in the second, offering no new solutions or fresh perspectives in a story that has been done to death.
May 2012
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Tevar
...there are loopholes and creative licence is exploited but it is good fun on the run till it enters its final lap. After experimenting with the template, Amit suddenly runs out of ideas and decides to sum it up in conventional fashion.
Jan 2015
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War Chhod Na Yaar
This silly, simplistic and conveniently resolved war comedy will make you smile a few times.
Oct 2013
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Brothers
The problem is, be it emotion or action, Karan is in no hurry to say cut. At times it works for the emotion to seep in but many times over elaboration dilutes the punch.
Aug 2015
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Ajji
The only thing new here then is turning an arthritic grandmom into the avenging angel. Ajji is no more than Mom and Maatr at their most excessive; it just locates the same rape narrative at the other end of the social spectrum.
Nov 2017
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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
Somewhere Motwane gets too self-aware and conscious—be it the genre of superhero cinema he is playing with or the issue of corruption itself. The point gets belaboured and the film too protracted.
Jun 2018
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Zero
The characteristic outstretched arms of SRK get smaller, as does his height, the creative ambition gets bigger but the film stays resolutely middling when it could have been much more.
Dec 2018
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Super 30
A salutary cause and an inspirational story about the triumph of the underdog doesn’t necessarily make an engaging film.
Jul 2019
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Street Dancer 3D
The dance here looks like action set-pieces, bodily contortions and jumps and leaps in the air. Similar and repetitive at that, and stretching way too long over 150 minutes.
Jan 2020