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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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Bol Bachchan
If you liked Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Golmaal, which you sure did, you would want to protest this assault on one of the effortlessly funny films of all time. Here, the effort shows in every scene.
Jul 2012
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Jul 2014
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Blood Money
A sincere Kunal Khemu aside, this is a cheesy, predictable, over-the-top adult-rated modern-day adaptation of Hansel and Gretel.
Apr 2012
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May 2019
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Bittoo Boss
...is the poor man's Band Baja Baraat but with a voice of its own. What's admirable is it wears that poor man's badge with pride.
Apr 2012
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Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain
Kumar’s approach is neutral as he recreates the sensory experience of that ill-fated night. Unlike Carbide he doesn’t devalue death.
Dec 2014
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Apr 2014
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Bhoot – Part One
Vicky Kaushal and jump scares manage to hold things together well till the Dharma vessel derails in the second half.
Feb 2020
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Oct 2012
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Bhoomi
Sanjay Dutt hasn’t lost his acting chops yet, rather seems to be maturing well. But why did he have to pick up a film this regressive for a return?
Sep 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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Jun 2019
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Bhaiaji Superhittt
Bhaiaji Superhit also tells the audience to be wary of incorrectly spelt titles that are a camouflage for utterly exasperating, excruciatingly boring films.
Nov 2018
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Farhan’s terrific, the film melodramatic, mostly good but should have been rightly called ‘Chal Milkha Bahut Time Hai’ given its slow, indulgent pace.
Jul 2013
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Beyond The Clouds
Majid Majidi tries to combine his minimalistic approach with Bollywoodian melodrama with disappointing results.
Apr 2018
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Besharam
An old-fashioned masala film that winks at the seventies and the eighties but ends up looking dated.
Oct 2013
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Behen Hogi Teri
The possibility of an interesting film gets lost in an overcooked script shorn of any remarkable situations and humour.
Jun 2017
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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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Befikre
What the film does try is to remain unpredictable and breezy in its expression of it. It tries to hold back from wallowing in the traditional, even as it posits the time-honoured and conventional as a solution.
Dec 2016
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Batti Gul Meter Chalu
The well-intentioned, cause-driven ‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’ is more boring than engaging.
Sep 2018
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Batla House
A needlessly convoluted and garbled interpretation of the Batla House encounter case which sides with the cops.
Aug 2019
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Barkhaa
Overwrought and laboured, the idea to reignite a good old flame fails lacks both passion and pain.
Mar 2015
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Bareilly Ki Barfi
The mediocre music and song-n-dance routines bring in the typical filmi touch to the film trying hard to fight it but still wanting to remain within it. Although a likeable film, BKB is one that could have but doesn’t quite fly.
Aug 2017
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Bangistan
The film, however, is most disappointing when it takes a sudden tonal shift from a silly satire to a preachy appeal for world peace.
Aug 2015
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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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Sep 2014
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Bala
While nailing the finer and linguistic details, Ayushmann Khurrana’s latest falls into the old traps of predictable character arcs, shallow ‘woke’ arguments and didactic climax
Nov 2019
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
A sweet gift from Salman this Eid that loudly underlines the acceptance of others.
Jul 2015