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Moh Maya Money
...starts off as unsteadily as it ends but comes with a lot in the middle to chew on.
Nov 2016
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Dear Zindagi
At one level then film feels like a mass therapy session in which the audience could find itself getting co-opted and put on the couch. The reaction to it then would be dependant on an individual’s own life experiences.
Nov 2016
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Tum Bin 2
From the beginning to the sudden twist towards the end and then on to a protracted climax, the film has a "seen that many a times" feel.
Nov 2016
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Force 2
...Abhinay Deo doesn’t want us to put the thinking cap on. He just wants to please us with long chases and car crashes, bullets and blood, the views of Chain Bridge and Hero’s Square in Budapest.
Nov 2016
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Nov 2016
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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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Shivaay
...the film turns out almost three hours long despite just a wisp of a story to tell.
Oct 2016
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Saat Uchhakkey
...would have worked better had it been shorter, sharper with a strong story to tell. If only this film and its maker knew when and where to stop.
Oct 2016
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Mirzya
As in each of his films Mehra is not content with the usual, is highly ambitious with his craft but doesn’t quite hit the target here.
Oct 2016
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M.S. Dhoni
It would have been interesting to see Dhoni’s engagement with what it has become over the years—a world of big money and bigger misdemeanours. However, the film lets him remain in an idealistic bubble.
Sep 2016
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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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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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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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Freaky Ali
...is predictable to the core replete with every cliché of a typical sports film that you can possibly think of and, is marked by old fashioned story-telling and over the top, slapstick humour.
Sep 2016
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Baar Baar Dekho
There are no standout performances, no scenes that can pack in an emotional wallop and the conversational dialogue turns banal beyond a point.
Sep 2016
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Sunshine Music Tours and Travels
Shailendra Singh of Percept that organises Sunburn has just used the film as an excuse for brand promotion, stringing the fest footage with an apology of a story and a non existent script.
Sep 2016
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Missing On A Weekend
...is amateurishly staged and feels too long for its 113 odd minutes. A 30-minute long Crime Patrol episode on TV would have delivered something infinitely more watchable.
Aug 2016
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A Flying Jatt
A clunky script, comic book flat characters and a wafer-thin plot are propped up by needless song-n-dance routines, juvenile SFX and innumerable fights and confrontations.
Aug 2016
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Happy Bhag Jayegi
...there are gaping plot-holes and slapdash contrivances galore but some genuine fun and many smart lines to balance things in favour of this Indo-Pak interaction of a different kind.
Aug 2016
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Mohenjo Daro
Gowariker puts in all the hard work and sincerity in the canvas and the mounting, in the seals and the statues but refuses to take the necessary leap of imagination to give us something fresh, something worth taking note of.
Aug 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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The Legend of Michael Mishra
Clearly there’s a lot that slips between the ambition and intent and the absolutely amateurish execution of it on screen.
Aug 2016
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Budhia Singh
...manages to break away from a whole lot of principle arcs and formulae even while remaining squarely within the conventions of a typical Indian sports film.
Aug 2016
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Dishoom
The many chinks in Dishoom’s armour notwithstanding, on this prolonged, dismal monsoon day the film’s infectious cheer seems just what the weather ordered. Whether it lasts beyond the season will be another story.
Jul 2016
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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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Great Grand Masti
Crudity, vulgarity, titillation, infantility is all one expected but also hoped against hope for it to deliver a few risqué laughs. No such luck. Banal and boring is all you get.
Jul 2016
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Sultan
Wish there was more time and complexity given to Aarfa and her relationship with Sultan. You can sense the gloomy, bleak, problematic layers in it but the film refuses plumb the depths of it. Then it wouldn’t have remained a bhai film.
Jul 2016
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Kerry on Kutton
For all its merits, it ultimately feels like an empty film that depends more on the quirks of the characters than the characters themselves.
Jul 2016