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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
...Khaitan, is careful in gently nudging the societal system than daring to go radically against it – in short he doesn’t believe in upsetting the applecart.
Mar 2017
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Bareilly Ki Barfi
The mediocre music and song-n-dance routines bring in the typical filmi touch to the film trying hard to fight it but still wanting to remain within it. Although a likeable film, BKB is one that could have but doesn’t quite fly.
Aug 2017
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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
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Highway
He has not reached the destination but Imtiaz makes a brave attempt to extricate himself from the sanitised Highway of Bollywood.
Feb 2014
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May 2016
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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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Jagga Jasoos
The Broadway musical format does give Jagga Jasoos some captivating moments but they don’t quite add up to an entertaining film.
Jul 2017
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Agent Vinod
While the basics make sure that Agent Vinod is way better than run-of-the-mill Bollywood, our standards for Sriram Raghavan are sky high. This is a disappointment only because we expect a lot more from the guy who takes his time and dedicates himself completely to films.
Mar 2012
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Mar 2014
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Bajirao Mastani
Sanjay Leela Bhansali returns with another visual spectacle that wilfully takes liberties with the past that it depicts. But it does manage to engage even as it exhausts.
Dec 2015
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
...is the latest in the brand of cinema that isn’t so much as plot driven as it is focused on characters, relationships and interactions.
Oct 2016
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Cocktail
...once you are done with gushing about the picturesque locales, the hollowness of the subject dawns on you and it is not a good feeling. All the gloss and sauce fail to make us feel for any of the characters because their transitions don’t pass muster.
Jul 2012
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2 States
It is a pretty decent translation that will work for fans of the book and those who haven’t read it but given the potential of the material, it falls a little short.
Apr 2014
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Madaari
...refuses to fly despite the ever reliable Irrfan Khan as its pivot and spine.
Jul 2016
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Ok Jaanu
...is an overly faithful, shot for shot remake of ‘O Kadhal Kanmani’ but misses out on the charisma of Dulquer and Nithya.
Jan 2017
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Jun 2013
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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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Babumoshai Bandookbaaz
...it all eventually boils down to yet another bloody revenge drama, in perpetuity at that. In the midst of several characters and strands the film loses an essential sense of cohesion.
Aug 2017
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
If you have a taste for such supreme silliness (honest confession, at times my balmy head certainly does) then you’ll be be smiling, if not laughing out loud. The problem is the lack of consistency, with the sharp lines and quick wit often lapsing into the puerile.
Aug 2018
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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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Oct 2013
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Oct 2015
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A Gentleman
It wants to be a plush action drama, but evidently lacks resources, so settles at being a haphazardly shot ambitious film.
Aug 2017
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Mardaani 2
The film engages with the gender issue in the all too familiar and stereotypical way, barely rising above being a cat-and-mouse thriller.
Dec 2019
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Tanu Weds Manu
...a wedding you don't mind attending because the groom's a really nice guy.
Feb 2011
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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
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Khandaani Shafakhana
...may have a laudable message at its core, but gets bogged down by it’s own overly righteous attempt to “educate” — that sex is not gandi baat, ashleel aur aapattijanak (bad thing, obscene and unacceptable), nothing to be shameful about.
Aug 2019
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Malang
The film is unintentionally funny at points, mildly clever in its second-half and there is a hint of pertinent discussion about encounters and justice within the system but all that is eclipsed by the multitude inane reasoning in the film, that gives you neither sukoon nor mazaa.
Feb 2020
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Apr 2012