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The Xpose
Entertaining pulp fiction that turns spoof-ish, thanks to the convenient twists.
May 2014
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Hawaa Hawaai
...may seem predictable but it’s the treatment and storytelling that make it rise above the sports movie template. Sheer poetry.
May 2014
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Kaanchi
The best movie Subhash Ghai has made in 15 years is Iqbal. Handing Nagesh Kukunoor the cheque as producer is probably the only thing he has got right since directing Taal in 1999.
Apr 2014
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Samrat & Co.
The plot is so convoluted for the sake of mystery that the makers themselves lose count of who did what and why after a while.
Apr 2014
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2 States
It is a pretty decent translation that will work for fans of the book and those who haven’t read it but given the potential of the material, it falls a little short.
Apr 2014
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Apr 2014
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Main Tera Hero
Varun Dhawan is a star who shines and rises above the mediocrity of the material and he makes most of Main Tera Hero almost watchable.
Apr 2014
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Jal
The director and cinematographer don’t seem to be on the same page. It seems they are selling the same product to two different consumers.
Apr 2014
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Mar 2014
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O Teri
Umesh Bhisht does to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron what RGV did to Sholay. Kills it and drags the corpse around. It’s no fun to watch.
Mar 2014
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Lakshmi
A gritty film that works largely because of the subject and sensitive treatment if you have the stomach for gore.
Mar 2014
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Queen
Book yourself a ticket. Kangana makes for a great companion. You are guaranteed a good time.
Mar 2014
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Mar 2014
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Highway
He has not reached the destination but Imtiaz makes a brave attempt to extricate himself from the sanitised Highway of Bollywood.
Feb 2014
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Gunday
If only the director had the guts to channel all the sexual tension into a Brokeback Mountain-esque love story instead of this faux bromance. Unfortunately, the characters are completely in denial of this chemistry and stick to the unwritten rules of the System.
Feb 2014
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Hasee Toh Phasee
...the fine little details, the quips and the quirks and the twist to the cliché make it a fairly watchable film.
Feb 2014
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Heartless
A vehicle to relaunch his son, the director spends a lot of raw stock in showcasing his skills. The problem is he is short on content and a large portion of the film is reduced to a show reel of Junior Suman interspersed with songs that are shot like music videos.
Feb 2014
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One By Two
Great characters, quite a few moments of quirk and some good lines let down by shoddy storytelling.
Feb 2014
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Miss Lovely
Strictly for those who love to experiment with their cinematic diet with an open mind.
Jan 2014
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Dedh Ishqiya
...is that rare kind of film that borrows from the Westerns, as much as it does from Indian cinema and even Urdu literature. It’s a curious mix — the best of the West and the East, the old and the new, the classy and the cheap — done seamlessly and effortlessly.
Jan 2014
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Mr Joe B. Carvalho
It is supposed to be a satire; it is supposed to be a theatre of the absurd but unfortunately all that remains an idea on paper. On screen it is relentless torture.
Jan 2014
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Mahabharat
Mahabharat deserves a liberal reading but apart from Karna’s episode Amaan has remained true to the traditional rendering of the epic and there is hardly any effort to delve into the moral dilemmas of the characters.
Dec 2013