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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
What’s commendable here is that Khaitan knows he is dealing with a film we all love and makes up for the borrowing by adding a lot of witty touches and subtly changing everything that doesn’t work today.
Jul 2014
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Hamari Adhuri Kahani
It is an old school romance with all the garnishing of poetic dialogues and moral moorings and the good thing is the pain seeps through the surface of this modern-day fable.
Jun 2015
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Newton
It’s a short, straightforward and simple film but far from simplistic. Director Amit Masurkar uses humour to make his point than get all moralistic, being quietly effective rather than shrill.
Sep 2017
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Satyagraha
Despite the terribly staged chaos in the climax, Satyagraha is a film to watch not because it is relevant but also because it is a responsible review. Of passion. Of paths we choose. And the politics around.
Sep 2013
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Haraamkhor
A distanced view of a taboo relationship goes off the rails in search of a neat resolution.
Jan 2017
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Trapped
With him the film takes the audience to the edge of the seat and also makes it face its own weaknesses and resourcefulness in crises.
Mar 2017
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Sniff
The one complaint I had with Gupte’s previous outing, Stanley Ka Dabba, was that, like so many of our children’s films, it came with a message attached. Sniff is not weighed down by that. It’s the reason why I am happy with it, but many a righteous adult might end up considering it simplistic and slight.
Aug 2017
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Pizza
After a long time, we have a horror film that is not bursting with cheese or sleaze.
Jul 2014
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
The film starts off quick and fast, drops pace in the middle to again pick up speed later.
Dec 2019
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Jawaani Jaaneman
...is fun but complaisant, reinforces the age old cliches associated with singledom.
Jan 2020
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Fukrey
...may not be laugh-out-loud funny as Delhi Belly, but the charming subtleties, detail to character and credibility of milieu makes it one hell of a ride.
Jun 2013
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Anaarkali Of Aarah
A unique, well observed, raunchy musical that reiterates that no means no.
Mar 2017
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Sui Dhaaga
Sharat Katariya’s brushstrokes in 'Sui Dhaaga' may have got much more broad than in his previous outing but you still end up caring for his characters
Sep 2018
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Mar 2013
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Sep 2013
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Apr 2014
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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
A welcome reminder of simple joys and sorrows of life, watch it with somebody you love.
Feb 2015
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Dishoom
The many chinks in Dishoom’s armour notwithstanding, on this prolonged, dismal monsoon day the film’s infectious cheer seems just what the weather ordered. Whether it lasts beyond the season will be another story.
Jul 2016
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Student Of The Year
...if you are game to accept St. Teresa as a new version of St. Xavier’s that Karan created 14 years ago, it is not a bad ride.
Oct 2012
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Fan
...SRK couldn’t have found a better vehicle than Fan, both as an actor and as a celebration of the highs and the lows of his own stardom.
Apr 2016
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Saand Ki Aankh
...the bad prosthetics do irk and irritate at the start, but slowly you begin to overlook the cakey make-up on the faces of Pednekar and Pannu and begin warming up to the place, its people, stories, struggles and, most of all, a matter-of-fact rustic sense of humour.
Oct 2019
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Love Wrinkle-free
...an edible experience for those who are bored of the routine menu at the box office!
May 2012
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Sep 2014
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Neerja
...the larger emotional swell and sentiment of the film makes one overlook things.
Feb 2016
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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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Raees
Quite like Big B’s Vijay, Raees is anti-establishment, an outlaw and also a Robin Hood figure...
Jan 2017
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Soorma
After all, sports films meant to be electric and rousing. However, it’s this gentle ordinariness and Shaad Ali’s restrained approach that make Soorma appealing.
Jul 2018
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Titli
Through the film you can feel the claustrophobia of the world that Titli is set in and it's a feeling that lingers on, long after you have left the theatre.
Oct 2015
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Poorna
Despite the low budget Poorna does a fair, if not extraordinary, job of bringing mountaineering on to the big screen.
Mar 2017