-
Bajatey Raho
...is like that song on the radio that you have heard a few times before but don't mind only because it’s better than the songs playing on other stations.
Jul 2013
-
Ribbon
Despite an evident lack of flourishes and drama; a straight, linear narrative; no major ups and downs, nor sideways swings and an unadorned style Ribbon manages to engage.
Nov 2017
-
Raazi
There’s a lot going for Raazi yet there’s a nagging lack of novelty — whether it is the film’s plot, message or Bhatt’s ability to cry.
May 2018
-
Good Newwz
A damper of morality and manipulation after an uninhibited and irrepressibly refreshing start.
Dec 2019
-
Zubaan
...is a film that you stay with till the end even as you rue that it could have been so much better.
Mar 2016
-
Mission Mangal
With the nation’s conscience keeper Akshay Kumar at the helm and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech featured in a special appearance, the idea behind Mission Mangal quite clearly is to ignite our supposedly latent nationalism.
Aug 2019
-
Talaash
If you are willing to settle for the basics of the genre, you will have a great time watching it, especially if you have no idea of what’s coming.If you are searching for meaning, realism, logic or a complex plot, you are barking up the wrong tree.
Dec 2012
-
Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
Won't mind the experience if somebody else is paying for the ticket!
Feb 2012
-
Lakshmi
A gritty film that works largely because of the subject and sensitive treatment if you have the stomach for gore.
Mar 2014
-
Drishyam
Copy it is, but a diminished one for a lot has been lost in translation and one of them is the social connection with the characters, which is the hallmark of the original.
Jul 2015
-
Jun 2019
-
Ram-leela
If you are in the mood for a sensory overdose, this might just be your favourite Bhansali film. Else, just go watch it for the leads. They are scorching hot and super talented. And that just might be reason enough.
Nov 2013
-
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
...comedy is a relatively new territory for Abbas Mustan, the masters of thrillers. They take time but once they connect the effect is suitably rib tickling.
Sep 2015
-
Global Baba
...a biting recreation of the world of god men, perfectly well-timed considering the goings-on around us these days.
Mar 2016
-
My Birthday Song
Some spit and polish and this could have been a rare good Hindi thriller.
Jan 2018
-
Mar 2020
-
10ml Love
The film makes up for all its limitations with a lot of fun and its crisp 90-minute length.
Dec 2012
-
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
-
3 Storeys
Intrigue, trickery, unpredictability and a sting in the tail. Yet this compendium of stories refuses to fly.
Mar 2018
-
Airlift
...would have been a better film without this nationalistic bluster but has a bigger potential at the box office now with the Republic Day just round the corner.
Jan 2016
-
Tanhaji
Little then to get excited about yet another Hindi film that aims to make Indians proud of who we are by taking us back to the past, right to the end of the 17th century, when we used to be the “sone ki chidiya”, till “baahari taaqat” (the foreign invaders) came and split us apart.
Jan 2020
-
Dream Girl
Ayushmann Khurrana’s knack for social satire is marred by a script and aesthetics more suitable for television than cinema
Sep 2019
-
Jul 2014
-
Sep 2018
-
The Attacks Of 26/11
...is probably the most definitive modern Ram Gopal Varma film. It’s the epitome of inconsistency.Of crassness. Of insensitivity. Of horror. Of atheism. Of audacity. Of voyeurism.
Mar 2013
-
Mom
Three months ago, we saw Raveena Tandon trudge the same course in Maatr. The shadow of that film hangs too heavy on Mom. Not only are the titles similar, the films themselves seem like identical twins, with Mom turning out to be the relatively better made of the two. But, only slightly so.
Jul 2017
-
Tumhari Sulu
The story of a homemaker turned night time RJ is full of interesting possibilities but gets stuck in the familiar conflict zone between career and family.
Nov 2017
-
London Paris New York
...makes for a great date as you get a quick walking tour of the cities (cinematography by Sameer Arya), all for the price of a movie ticket and you'll be back in less than 100 minutes.
Mar 2012
-
The Zoya Factor
Despite the film being a rickety ride and Dulquer Salmaan not being utilised to his best potential, the Malayalam star still ends up playing the most rounded role of the lot.
Sep 2019