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Bombay Talkies
This is a beguiling, beautiful and befitting homage to 100 years of Indian cinema. It's also proof that different stories in an episodic film could comfortably have directors with different sensitivities staring in the same line of vision.
May 2013
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Gully Boy
It’s ambitious but accessible, mainstream yet not machine-made. The mix is overpowering — the sound of the movies, the voice of the streets.
Feb 2019
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Queen
There are some films that you simply don't want to end. And when they do, you want to spring out of your seat and give the darned thing a standing ovation. "Queen", directed by Vikas Bahl is that rarity.
Mar 2014
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Delhi Belly
...the urban, money-is-everything, foul-mouthed India has been captured with aplomb.
Jul 2011
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Hasee Toh Phasee
...the film and every rich resplendent moment in it, belongs to Parineeti Chopra. She irons out all the rough spots in the storytelling, hides all the wrinkles in the jaded plot and makes her character seem far more empathetic than it would have been in a lesser actress' hands.
Feb 2014
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Neerja
After Airlift, we have another director’s film this year and this one is even better.
Feb 2016
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Feb 2016
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Madras Cafe
This is arguably the best political thriller that Bollywood has so far given us.
Aug 2013
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Barfi!
Every once in a while, along comes a movie that urges us to look beyond its trappings. To lose ourselves in the lives of its characters, and the simple, but powerful, emotions that touch their lives.
Sep 2012
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Raajneeti
...an important film in today’s times. It is not to be missed by connoisseurs of good cinemas well as those who forever complain that Hindi cinema offers nothing different.
Jun 2010
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Sonchiriya
Devious and unforgiving, Abhishek Chaubey’s filmmaking lugs Sonchiriya into uncharted mainstream territory. Its reflective pace might puzzle a few, especially audiences unaccustomed to revisionist cinema, but I’m hoping for the humour to sell.
Mar 2019
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Thappad
Taapsee is at her best fusing fortitude with doubt. She unfurls the timidity of her character without making her sympathetic.
Feb 2020
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Nov 2010
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Mar 2017
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Dec 2009
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Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
...is definitely one of the best romantic comedies I’ve seen, and I’m not talking about just Indian ones.
Feb 2012
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Kaamyaab
Modestly made, it’s a gentle, light-hearted stroll through Bollywood, a tribute to the numerous nameless faces surrounding its hallowed stars...
Mar 2020
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Andhadhun
The trailer had promised intrigue and duplicity, and the film delivers profusely on both fronts.
Oct 2018
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2 States
...creates a world where characters don't shout to be heard. They just belong to a world where being proper, politically or otherwise, is not always a pre-condition.
Apr 2014
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May 2015
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Krrish 3
Rakesh Roshan combines the breathtaking SFX with a high level of emotion and drama. The result is quite often exhilarating and spectacular.
Nov 2013
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Beyond The Clouds
...sheds light on how far one is willing to go for the sake of those they hold dear. It scores superlatively on all the facets cinema ought to be judged on.
Apr 2018
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Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
...director Vasan Bala retreats to that primal feeling of fantasy, and performs a touching reversal: he stacks up the imaginary outtakes of his own childhood and returns them to where they belong — in a movie.
Mar 2019
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Jai Ho
Sohail has spun a credible and often compelling anti-corruption yarn that succeeds in justifying the need for Salman's stardom to monopolise the entire length and breadth of the footage. His rhetorical rowdyism brings the house down.
Jan 2014
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Chillar Party
...may be a small film. But as cinema goes, in its adroitness, it is much more mature than 99 percent of the films ever made in India. And that, you'll reckon, is no 'small' achievement.
Jul 2011
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Kai Po Che!
Abhishek Kapoor’s adaptation shows what fine acting, good direction, and a well-crafted screenplay can do with a novel that I cannot imagine having been well-written.
Feb 2013
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Manto
It makes brave pronouncements on artistic freedom, religious violence and abject nationalism without losing sight of its investigative rigour— the film illustrates; it does not preach. Such mindfulness is often absent in our cinema, a medium so susceptible to rage, but Manto stands apart as a poignant exception.
Sep 2018
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Dec 2009
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Kaalakaandi
One can always fault the film for minor flaws here and there. But one cannot deny that Kaalakaandi remains a thoroughly entertaining creation.
Jan 2018
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
...a vivid, vibrant, dramatic, savagely tragic and unexpectedly humorous sequel with gutsy passionate performances.
Mar 2013