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102 Not Out
Based on a Gujarati play of the same name, Umesh Shukla’s film is unable to leave its inherent theatricality behind. It gets unchanging in terms of the give and take between the duo and leaves the viewers static too. It stirs nothing within, leaving you unmoved.
May 2018
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Student Of The Year 2
Despite the fresh, young faces at the centre, a staleness looms large over SOTY2.
May 2019
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Indu Sarkar
If the film is Bhandarkar’s effort to cash in on the nationalist wave of the current times, it surely will bag some brownie points from the current government.
Jul 2017
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Love Aaj Kal
In the faux intensity and pointless philosophising of his newer lot of films the soul goes entirely missing and a turgidity underlines the telling.
Feb 2020
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Jun 2014
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Murder 3
As for Vishesh, he hasn’t delivered anything special but has assembled enough to create ground for another Murder!
Feb 2013
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Helicopter Eela
...is a loud, tone-deaf mother-son coming-of-age saga that lacks insights and observational humour.
Oct 2018
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Hero
Could have been a frothy entertainer for teenagers but the bubble bursts mid-way.
Sep 2015
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Rustom
...there is nothing remotely credible or engaging in the thriller. The film, in fact, feels like a parody of the several murder mysteries and court room dramas we have seen down the ages.
Aug 2016
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3
The film is a thriller crafted as a drama, which dilutes its pace and rhythm. Whatever little momentum the thriller aspect of this film creates, is washed out by the lacklustre drama that constantly interjects the narrative.
Jul 2018
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Bombairiya
This kind of multiple stories device has been used time and again in cinema to great effect. Bombairiya, however, is a call to give it a long, if not permanent, rest in Bollywood. Its use in the film feels entirely needless...
Jan 2019
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Dear Dad
...Arvind Swamy’s pleasing presence and earnest effort notwithstanding. Whatever is there to the plot is too shallow to keep it afloat for even 90 odd minutes.
May 2016
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Shimla Mirchi
...with its over-the-top narrative clichés, would still be counted among the most avoidable films, even if it were to release in the 90s.
Jan 2020
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Action Jackson
While most of it, especially the second half, is so deliciously bad that it is good, the first feels a little heavy and staid featuring what looks like leftover footage from R. Rajkumar, especially with a Shahid cameo.
Dec 2014
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Azhar
Such is the eagerness to justify him that Tony D’Souza makes it seem as though the whole bad world is out to get him.
May 2016
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Begum Jaan
...is shrill, shouts at the viewer in every frame. No wonder even perfectly fine actors end up overdoing things.
Apr 2017
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Jun 2017
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Mohalla Assi
Despite being based on a strong piece of writing, it feels utterly weak and washed out.
Nov 2018
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Bang Bang!
...it is all sound and style with a shallow core and makes no bones about it.
Oct 2014
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Thackeray
The film is not just a justification but a no holds barred celebration of the ruthlessness.
Jan 2019
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Sarbjit
...the director doesn’t seem to know how to calibrate emotions well. He goes overboard with melodrama, is so overtly manipulative that it leaves the various portrayals seem like cardboard cut-outs than throbbing with real life.
May 2016
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Shorgul
...brave, politically potent references can hardly substitute for good characterisation and some decent writing.
Jul 2016
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Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain
The subject could have been relatable to a wide Indian audience who are bound in an arranged marriage, but Mishra is neither convincingly awkward as a repentant husband nor staunchly belligerent as a patriarchal one.
May 2018
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Toilet
If there were any doubts that Akshay Kumar is the poster boy of this regime they can be laid to rest with Toilet: Ek Prem Katha.
Aug 2017