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Tevar
This movie could have worked if it would have been released in the 90’s but now the plot seems a little off-track.
Jan 2015
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Tera Intezaar
Tera Intezaar also shows photographs and tells us that they are paintings. But why is that a surprise? They just used a camera, threw in some money, and called it a movie.
Dec 2017
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Mar 2016
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May 2015
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
If you are looking for a great romantic comedy, this is not the one, but watch it for Madhavan and his chemistry with Deepak.
Feb 2011
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Tanhaji
There are a lot of things going for Tanhaji, but, deep inside, it is unsettling to see such polarising historical dramas.
Jan 2020
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Dec 2012
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Super 30
...is not quite the masala potboiler it wants to become. The emotional beats are grand but disingenuous, while the wit is hollow.
Jul 2019
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Sultan
A little bit of imagination could have pulled Sultan to greater heights, even as it remains a genre exercise.
Jul 2016
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Sui Dhaaga
In spite of mediocre humour and the predictable conclusion, Sui Dhaaga is a story worth investing in for all the fine instances of pathos.
Sep 2018
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Student Of The Year 2
...in trying to tell a rags-to-riches story in a franchise that solely celebrates the latter, he belittles the spirit of genuine sports films worth their salt. As a love story, too, the film is bereft of spark, with tired tricks and predictable arcs promptly giving away who will go with whom.
May 2019
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Oct 2012
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Student Of The Year
What I dislike most about 'Student of the Year' - and there are many things I dislike – is that it endorses teens behaving like they’re in their twenties.
Oct 2012
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Street Dancer 3D
...Remo returns to what he does best — assemble one dance-off after another to string together a film that has its heart in the right place.
Jan 2020
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Stree
The subtext is heavy, but not heavy-handed. The film swings intently between humour and exposition: there’s depth to be explored, but also fun to be had.
Aug 2018
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Stree
...the freshness of the movie rests entirely on the presentation, sub-plot and humour. And 'Speedy Singhs' scores on all three counts.
Sep 2011
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Soorma
Here is one of the best stories celebrating will, talent and love for the game. But did you do it against Pakistan? No? Please close the door on your way out. Next candidate please.
Jul 2018
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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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Simmba
...is a decent enough commercial film when not angling for resonance — with some of the funnier lines really popping on screen — but its self-serious orations on the topical issue of rape make a parody of the whole situation.
Dec 2018
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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Audiences going for Hindi cinema’s first queer romance will be disappointed. Yes, you get a kiss between the male leads (two, in fact), but no real insight into their relationship.
Feb 2020
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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
With just enough sentiment, and maybe a little too much slapstick, Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi, makes for a pleasant enough weekend watch.
Aug 2012
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Shikara
...is tentative in its politics, earnest in its design, and ultimately moving in its human scope.
Feb 2020
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Shanghai
In a film that has more heavy breathing and silence than dialogue, it’s a remarkable feat of Banerjee’s to portray the corruption everyone takes for granted as such a frustrating, and yet comical, thing that affects us only when it confronts us.
Jun 2012
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Dec 2020
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Setters
...is a Neeraj Pandey movie directed by someone else (Ashwini Chaudhary), one that features Shreyas Talpade and Aftab Shivdasani in place of Akshay Kumar and Manoj Bajpayee.
May 2019
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Section 375
...as the politics of Section 375 gradually comes into view, it loses all claim on even-handedness. This is a film too smug about its own neutrality, using it as a front to sneak in a damaging conclusion.
Sep 2019
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Satyameva Jayate
For a film thumping its own patriotism, Satyameva Jayate unites us through only one common emotion: boredom.
Aug 2018
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May 2017
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Sanju
While the subject is starkly different, Hirani's sticks to the treatment that comes naturally to him. This is a film that is intensely Bollywood and in love with the industry, the approach is a strange concoction of melodrama, parody and comedy.
Jun 2018