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Dabangg 3
...has a wisp of a story told in a tawdry, slipshod way. It depends entirely on the goodwill and popularity of the original and the star power of Salman Khan to sail through.
Dec 2019
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Dabangg 2
If Abhinav Kashyap tried his best to keep things realistic before going all out loud and turning it into a spoof of a Rajni film, Arbaaz Khan, the director of Dabanng 2 has no pretensions of objectivity or sanity.
Dec 2012
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Sep 2014
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Daas Dev
...does have force and vigour, it’s been told with a lot of energy and drive. Wish it could have got visceral enough.
Apr 2018
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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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Creature
...a kind of kindergarten for the seekers of chills and frills that feeds on the appetite of the galleries for shock and sleaze.
Sep 2014
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Crazy Cukkad Family
...apart from some acute observations and a few acerbic lines that highlight the increasing materialism in the society, the film fails to bring anything fresh to the table.
Jan 2015
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Apr 2015
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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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Commando 3
Here’s yet another shamefully opportunistic film that plays on the bad Muslim-good Muslim divide.
Nov 2019
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Commando 2
...is an action film that decides to wear another mask; of topicality, social consciousness and patriotism, all for the heck of it. In the process the film loses its own identity entirely.
Mar 2017
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Coffee With D
Sending up the media? Spoofing the underworld? Whatever it is that the filmmaker wants to do, it just doesn’t spark any interest in the viewer.
Jan 2017
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Cocktail
...once you are done with gushing about the picturesque locales, the hollowness of the subject dawns on you and it is not a good feeling. All the gloss and sauce fail to make us feel for any of the characters because their transitions don’t pass muster.
Jul 2012
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Citylights
If you have watched the original try it to see how Manila could easily be Mumbai and if you haven’t, go get illuminated about the ground realities beneath your feet.
May 2014
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Citylights
A decent, harmless but toothless remake of the brilliant Filipino film Metro Manila.
Jun 2014
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Chhapaak
It’s this sparseness, minimalism and austerity in the telling and an essential quietude that lend Chhapaak an emotional force of its own though some may end up finding it measured to a fault.
Jan 2020
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Chennai Express
By the end, the hollowness becomes too glaring to be covered by Shah Rukh’s presence or Deepika’s charm.
Aug 2013
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Chef
Like with its tone, emotions, characters and performances the film stays consciously aloof in handling food as well.
Oct 2017
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Chauranga
...is a lot more muted and quiet in its rage. But the thread of protest runs through it nonetheless...
Jan 2016
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Chalk N Duster
Nothing irritates more than sanctimony and this film is so packed with piety that it looks set to get tax exemption and mandatory school screenings to boot.
Jan 2016
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Chakravyuh
...is one of those films that makes us wish Jha had treated this like an arthouse film and taken the effort to humanise every character in a way we would empathise with their motivations and kept it real. But the way it plays out, it’s been done to death.
Oct 2012
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Sep 2014
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Bumboo
A wannabe Bheja Fry, this crass, scatalogical humour-infested stagey remake is just about funny enough to make you source out the French original Lemmerdeur "A Pain in the Ass".
Apr 2012
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Bullett Raja
Dhulia here is not paying tribute to the B movie in his own distinctive style. He is announcing himself to be a B movie maker with Bullett Raja. Or maybe he tried tribute but has been unable to lend this an iota of creativity or class.
Nov 2013
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Budhia Singh
...manages to break away from a whole lot of principle arcs and formulae even while remaining squarely within the conventions of a typical Indian sports film.
Aug 2016
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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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Boss
Yet another tribute to the escapist entertainers of yore? Ok then, this kind of lazy filmmaking deserves to be hit. With a scale.
Oct 2013
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Bombay Velvet
The film is every cinematic cliché and so much more. It is every crime movie you have already seen but so much more.
May 2015
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Bombay Talkies
It’s cinema that’s not afraid to come out of the closet. Filmmaking that is brave enough to wipe off the make-up. Storytelling that’s brutally honest. Treatment that is refreshingly candid.
May 2013