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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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Mohalla Assi
Despite being based on a strong piece of writing, it feels utterly weak and washed out.
Nov 2018
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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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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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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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Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho
...Kapri, who comes from a journalistic background, has picked from rich sources, but he has not been able to weave the influences into a cogent whole.
Jun 2015
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Miss Lovely
Strictly for those who love to experiment with their cinematic diet with an open mind.
Jan 2014
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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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Oct 2013
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Meri Pyaari Bindu
A lot more charm was needed here but dullness, unfortunately, is all we get.
May 2017
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Mar 2013
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Maximum
There are a couple of gripping moments but they come in too late, way after our interest in the film is long dead.
Jul 2012
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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
...a film that’s clearly having fun, spouting philosophy for a bit, revelling in its energetic singing and uninhibited dancing, sometimes brooding and sometimes talking gibberish. While it’s fun, can’t say it’s consistently funny. Because this is a moody drunkard of a film.
Jan 2013
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Jan 2016
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Masaan
A lyrical indie that wipes off the miasma of morality and caste system in a city on the cusp of change, Masaan is an engaging testament of the times we live in.
Jul 2015
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Mary Kom
Priyanka Chopra rises above a generic script, predictable treatment and an extremely manipulative narrative.
Sep 2014
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Apr 2015
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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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Mardaani
Apart from the characterisation what really works for the film is the taut screenplay.
Aug 2014
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Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
There’s an innocence and transparency, a steadiness of tone and tenor, a perpetual energy and the delectable thread of whimsy that knits the film through and through.
Mar 2019
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Sep 2018
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Manikarnika
A flat retelling of the legend of Jhansi Ki Rani that aims at stoking nationalism but reduces the story to mere platitudes.
Jan 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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Main Tera Hero
Varun Dhawan is a star who shines and rises above the mediocrity of the material and he makes most of Main Tera Hero almost watchable.
Apr 2014
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Oct 2015
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Mahabharat
Mahabharat deserves a liberal reading but apart from Karna’s episode Amaan has remained true to the traditional rendering of the epic and there is hardly any effort to delve into the moral dilemmas of the characters.
Dec 2013
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Made In China
...is an utterly confused film. It is unsure about what it wants to focus on and achieve.
Oct 2019