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Feb 2018
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Mukkabaaz
It may appear as a sports film, a boxing film, but Mukkabaaz really is an intense relationship drama, a romance — almost a quasi-Romeo-Juliet — that will not bow down to disability or politics or caste.
Jan 2018
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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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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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Julie 2
...seems too shy to even titillate. Julie 2, in fact, is too shy to be anything. A piece of cinema. An absorbing story of an actress.
Nov 2017
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Tubelight
...feels inconsequential at every step and we are also forced to brave what is possibly Salman’s worst performance in recent times.
Jun 2017
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Half Girlfriend
Mohit Suri is not a bad filmmaker, but some of his decisions here are confounding.
May 2017
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May 2017
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Noor
A compelling micro story about a single character loses its essence by trying to be a macro story about Mumbai, journalism and other words thrown at you with sincerity reserved for banal platitudes.
Apr 2017
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Begum Jaan
There is nothing even Vidya Balan can do to make things interesting here when that happens. And we never get to know enough about the characters to identify with their sense of loss and longing.
Apr 2017
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Phillauri
...definitely deserved a better director. Scenes take too long to get to their logical end. A lot about ones like or dislike of Phillauri may depend on how much one is willing to buy into Dutt's two narratives, bad graphics notwithstanding.
Mar 2017
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Mar 2017
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Machine
There is bad. There is awful. And then there is a film where your eyeballs are behind your eyebrows threatening to launch from top of your head like it's Cape Canaveral.
Mar 2017
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
...is not entirely a misfire. It works to a great extent and its ideas and attempts are noble even if the film as a whole is flawed.
Mar 2017
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Commando 2
Very little thought seems to have gone into Commando 2 in every facet which is commendable because at least that makes it consistent with the idea and execution of demonetization.
Mar 2017
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Irada
...a haphazardly put together incoherent film that makes you wonder about issue based films and how they are made in our country.
Feb 2017
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Running Shaadi
...Running Shaadi's unevenness doesn't allow it to become more than the sum of its parts.
Feb 2017
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Haraamkhor
Haraamkhor is Siddiqui's film. We watch it for him. We watch it for what he can do and what more he is capable of.
Jan 2017
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Befikre
Unfortunately, it is Aditya’s stories that cannot shape shift to fit into post — Dil Chahta Hai, post-Imtiaz Ali, post-Shakun Batra grammar of Bollywood.
Dec 2016
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Mirzya
Mehra is at odds handling a compelling romance that we know in our head but does not always translate in a similar way on screen.
Oct 2016
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M.S. Dhoni
What we get is all peaks and no valleys. An engaging but forgettable T20 instead of a memorable drama filled Test match.
Sep 2016
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Parched
...is a microcosm censused that throws up dark results even if what we get is a funny, light film for the most part focusing on its women, their bonding and friendship.
Sep 2016
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Rustom
...reduces a high profile case that's ripe for extracting drama into a fancy dress walkabout.
Aug 2016
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Aug 2016
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Dishoom
The problem with Dhawan however is - forget good filmmaking - he has miles to go before even reaching Abbas-Mustan level of keeping you entertained.
Jul 2016
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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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Raman Raghav 2.0
The greatest thing that can be said about Raman Raghav 2.0 is that it is not a meaningless exercise in blood and violence. It is well thought out and has some great performances. But it also feels like it could have been fleshed out better.
Jun 2016
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Udta Punjab
One of the finest things about Udta Punjab is it doesn't wish to take any form of high ground. All it does is tell the story of four people in a land where drugs are a real problem. It neither glorifies nor offers moral science lessons.
Jun 2016
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Jun 2016
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Phobia
Nothing in Phobia exists without a reason and is a testimony to how intelligently made it is.
May 2016