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R... Rajkumar
...is downright crass, irresponsibly insensitive, extremely disturbing and in very poor taste.
Dec 2013
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Queen
Book yourself a ticket. Kangana makes for a great companion. You are guaranteed a good time.
Mar 2014
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Qarib Qarib Singlle
...is a happy confluence of many things besides an absolutely entrancing, candid and un-self-conscious Khan who makes acting seem utterly easy and effortless.
Nov 2017
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Qaidi Band
Not only does Qaidi Band stay voluntarily far from scratching the surface of the issue but is unable to be a compelling watch either. For a real, troubling issue the solution offered is an unconvincing fairytale one.
Aug 2017
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
Carrying forward the flavour of the original, it is a film that many men make in their minds!
Oct 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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Prakash Electronic
Things happen rather randomly on screen—the twists, turns, misunderstandings and reconciliations—and somehow something like a film gets cobbled together.
Jan 2017
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Poster Boys
Not offensive so much as infantile. And every single character is a cartoon.
Sep 2017
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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
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Policegiri
Sanjay deserves a better image-boost and we need a break from the clones of Dabangg.
Jul 2013
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PK
If you’ve been thirsting for movie magic, there is so much to love about PK, especially in the fun-filled setup of a first half — one so exciting that you are most likely to forgive what doesn’t quite work in the second.
Dec 2014
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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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Pink
...it’s good to have a film stating categorically, even if a trifle simplistically, that a no is a no is a no.
Sep 2016
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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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Pihu
Deliberately designed, repetitive, predictable and emotionally manipulative, Pihu is cinema at its most duplicitous.
Nov 2018
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Jun 2017
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Photograph
...I was also left feeling a sense of void and dissatisfaction, in that it barely scratches the surface of what could have been a far deeper engagement.
Mar 2019
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Phillauri
Even the ghosts are sporting a tinge of nationalism in Bollywood films these days.
Mar 2017
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Sep 2013
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Phantom
On the surface the way Kabir and his writers build up the narrative is dull and tedious and with no humour to spice up the mood, the spy games fail to spur the imagination.
Aug 2015
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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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Pataakha
...has everything that makes it a perfect fit in Vishal Bhardwaj’s oeuvre: literary adaptation, feisty women, rustic hinterland, unapologetic use of dialect and free-flowing gaalis. Yet, the film doesn’t feel contrived or formulaic.
Sep 2018
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Parmanu
...has all the ingredients to be a propaganda film – from “desh ke liye shaheed (martyred for the nation)” dialogues to caricaturish portrayal of the enemy (American CIA and Pakistani ISI) to obscurantism and oversimplification of a complex mission.
May 2018
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Pari
The oppressive fear built at the start collapses when the filmmaker explains it all.
Mar 2018
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Parched
The film is an unconvincing indictment of patriarchy that feels staged; its parts don’t quite add up to a compelling whole.
Sep 2016
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Panipat
Gowariker may have taken liberties with history, but doesn’t play around with the form. He sticks to the tried and tested, the long and langourous and old-fashioned. However, he is unable to achieve the epic sweep despite the declamatory dialogue, opulent costumes and the big song-n-dance set-pieces.
Dec 2019
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Panga
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari directorial is about how love, marriage and children need not come in the way of a sportswoman’s success, but what sets it refreshingly apart is a wonderful sense of humour.
Jan 2020
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Paltan
J.P. Dutta’s brand of war films has a set recipe: take a stale base of background stories, layer it with some moments of valour, sprinkle some sappy songs and toss it all up with a healthy serving of heavy-duty dialogues.
Sep 2018
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Pagglait
...has a unique way of tackling social issues that have always been a matter of concern in a social setting increasingly plagued by crippling orthodoxy. Only now, its depiction has become more genuine, and make its viewers contemplate the hard realities of the Indian experience.
Mar 2021