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Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga
A sincere film straight from the heart that takes too long to get going.
Mar 2013
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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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Saala Khadoos
...is unable to rise above the predictability and time-worn clichés of an average sports movies.
Jan 2016
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Rustom
...there is nothing remotely credible or engaging in the thriller. The film, in fact, feels like a parody of the several murder mysteries and court room dramas we have seen down the ages.
Aug 2016
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Feb 2017
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Feb 2015
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Rowdy Rathore
The film wears the kitsch-as-entertainment badge on its heart to unleash the cheesiest, corniest and campiest of cliches.
Jun 2012
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Rough Book
...maybe a well-intentioned film that tries to talk about education’s descent into business in the country. But it is impossible to take it seriously.
Jun 2016
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Romeo Akbar Walter
Fashioned along the lines of the childish, old-fashioned B-grade Bollywood-Hollywood thrillers, RAW is all about the hidden transmitters and surveillance rooms and gratuitous third degree torture in ISI detention centres, laughable polygraph tests and sundry similar procedurals and investigations.
Apr 2019
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Rocky Handsome
An adaptation can always be done with one’s own distinct touch. But Rocky Handsome is happy and satisfied in living off borrowed aesthetics even while clinging to its Indian self for all the wrong reasons. It ends up being neither here nor there.
Mar 2016
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Nov 2016
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Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans
Well-produced B-movie where the visual effects team that makes tigers act is let down by the acting prowess of humans.
Nov 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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Rangoon
...is an ambitious but overblown, overlong jumble because Bhardwaj decides to take on too many strands. And he doesn’t knit them well as a whole.
Feb 2017
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Rang Rasiya
Engaging in parts, the lack of material on the subject and the contemporary relevance of the points it raises makes us ignore the flaws in storytelling.
Nov 2014
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Raman Raghav 2.0
...is a taut thriller, full of energy and brimming over with tension.
Jun 2016
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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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Rajdhani Express
Decent plot let down by a half-baked script, poor staging and a terrible lead in Leander Paes.
Jan 2013
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Raja Natwarlal
Ultimately, con films work if your suspension of disbelief is rewarded at the end. Here one returns with mixed feelings.
Aug 2014
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Raid
In spite of these right noises things still don’t turn out rousing enough on screen. A messy climax and clumsy reveal further seal the deal.
Mar 2018
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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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Radhe
...is dreary and listless, with no attempt to do anything innovative within the purview of star-led masala entertainers.
May 2021
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Race 3
...I got in this family saga of globalised NRI goons is some stale taste of sheer inanity and randomness.
Jun 2018
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Race 2
If Race spoofed the structure of Wild Things to ridiculous levels, Race 2 spoofs Race.
Jan 2013
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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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Raaz Reboot
Nothing changes in the fourth of the Raaz franchisee. If at all the chills and thrills seem to run dangerously out of steam and some scenes turn out unintentionally funny.
Sep 2016
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Raanjhanaa
This should do to Dhanush what Saagar did for Kamal Haasan and what Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa did for Shah Rukh Khan. India will fall in love, again.
Jun 2013
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Raag Desh
...the tension, excitement and exhilaration in a story so potent is diluted by a choppy narrative that is reminiscent of a soporific history class.
Jul 2017