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Special 26
A fairly compelling, charming and stylish heist film that slows down only because of the songs thrust into the narrative.
Feb 2013
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Bahubali
Known for thinking out of the box in the mainstream space, here again Rajamouli rises above the generic conventions.
Jul 2015
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Ek Tha Tiger
...surprisingly director Kabir Khan has come up with a new recipe for the current Tiger of the box office. Kabir wants to put his stamp without stamping on Salman’s toes.
Aug 2012
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Tiger Zinda Hai
I think I just found my guilty pleasure film of 2017; right at the end of the year.
Dec 2017
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Gali Guleiyan
The film is a fine study of deteriorating places, people, relationships, families, neighbourhoods, communities and human minds with the one aerial shot at the end capturing it all economically.
Sep 2018
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Sep 2013
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Mardaani
Apart from the characterisation what really works for the film is the taut screenplay.
Aug 2014
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Jan 2015
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
A sweet gift from Salman this Eid that loudly underlines the acceptance of others.
Jul 2015
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Dear Zindagi
At one level then film feels like a mass therapy session in which the audience could find itself getting co-opted and put on the couch. The reaction to it then would be dependant on an individual’s own life experiences.
Nov 2016
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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
...if you are willing to discount all that extra footage, you might actually end up rooting for Shirin, Farhad and their cutesy love story.
Aug 2012
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Jolly LLB 2
What Jolly LLB 2 essentially shows is how the marriage of opposites—the mainstream dramatic tropes and a realistic tapestry—can be the formula to go for, for Bollywood.
Feb 2017
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Piku
...the film makes interesting comments on the prejudices that we carry about communities and careers.
May 2015
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Wish Sooraj reflected a little more on the darkness beneath the light but overall it is a family get together that you don’t mind attending in festive mood.
Nov 2015
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Mukti Bhawan
It’s all about death yet a steady strain of humour makes the film whimsical than morbid. Like life there is no clear compartmentalisation between pleasure and pain, happiness and grief, celebration and mourning.
Apr 2017
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Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
The many characters, families and relationships, their quirks and quarrels feel relatable, played as they are by an ensemble of actors who seem to be born to their roles.
Sep 2017
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Moh Maya Money
...starts off as unsteadily as it ends but comes with a lot in the middle to chew on.
Nov 2016
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Khajoor Pe Atke
Underneath the amateurish execution, sentimentality and clichés, lies an enjoyable fare best relished for the comic timing of its actors.
May 2018
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Aug 2012
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Gurgaon
There are twists and turns, hidden skeletons and revelations aplenty to keep the audience guessing but all made to unfold in a restrained way, lending poignancy to the intrigues and deceptions.
Aug 2017
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Mukkabaaz
A rare sports film which steps away from jingoistic chest thumping to stare hard at the casteist and corrupt face of sports management in the country.
Jan 2018
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Vicky Donor
Shoojit Sircar's Vicky Donor comes as a pleasant surprise - he deals with taboos combining hilarity and heart.
Apr 2012
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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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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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Aurangzeb
If you want your rich masala fare sans the unnecessary garnishing, Aurangzeb is worth paying a visit!
May 2013
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
...there are gaping plot-holes and slapdash contrivances galore but some genuine fun and many smart lines to balance things in favour of this Indo-Pak interaction of a different kind.
Aug 2016
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Feb 2017
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Karwaan
Even as the film makes the audience laugh uproariously it keeps them grounded in its own whimsical way with some sobering, everyday wisdom and bitter-sweet insights into loss, longing and life.
Aug 2018
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Defying the law of diminishing returns, it is a double delight from Kangana.
May 2015
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M.S. Dhoni
It would have been interesting to see Dhoni’s engagement with what it has become over the years—a world of big money and bigger misdemeanours. However, the film lets him remain in an idealistic bubble.
Sep 2016