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Guddu Rangeela
...characters and performances that keep us engaged when the writing loses its bite. Not as jolly as Kapoor’s last outing but has enough meat to last a meal.
Jul 2015
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Dhanak
...one stayed invested and smiled along only because of the adorable actors with Bollywood references adding to the cute appeal. But it needed a lot else.
Jun 2016
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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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Setters
Chaudhary gets the milieu, lingo and the social nuances and hierarchies right and has a fabulous ensemble of actors, some in smaller roles, but the film doesn’t hit a high note.
May 2019
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
You might wish it had a deeper emotional core or some meaning but Kashyap just wants to leave his fingerprints over every frame without judging who’s right and who’s wrong.
Aug 2012
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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
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Aug 2015
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Monsoon Shootout
It’s this Sliding Doors kind of broader structuring, the moody, monsoon-night noirish setting and the brooding air that make the film marginally engaging.
Dec 2017
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Kill Dil
Oscillating between cool and cold, this one will only add to the monthly bill.
Nov 2014
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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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Tumbbad
As the film progresses the explanatory begins to replace the enigmatic while you long for the shadowy, invisible demons of the mind lurking in the moody frames at the start of the film.
Oct 2018
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Shootout At Wadala
...is pulpy, kitschy, Bollywood masala that makes no bones about its intentions: To titillate.
May 2013
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Welcome Back
...package for the audience which loves to switch off brains once the lights get dim in the theatre.
Sep 2015
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Feb 2016
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Jabariya Jodi
The redemption then for Jabariya Jodi is fleeting and in spurts. Thanks to a cracking supporting cast, the film isn’t entirely an oppressive watch.
Aug 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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Oct 2015
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Lakshmi
A gritty film that works largely because of the subject and sensitive treatment if you have the stomach for gore.
Mar 2014
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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
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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
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Good Newwz
A damper of morality and manipulation after an uninhibited and irrepressibly refreshing start.
Dec 2019
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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
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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
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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
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Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
Won't mind the experience if somebody else is paying for the ticket!
Feb 2012
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Jul 2014
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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
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Jun 2019
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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