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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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Coolie No.1
...goes to show that stepping into the shoes of a unique superstar like Govinda might just not be Varun's cup of tea… yet.
Dec 2020
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Ghayal Once Again
Perhaps it is Deol insisting that even if 2016 gives you all the multiplex films, my cinema from the 90s can co-exist?
Feb 2016
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The Body
For all its seemingly palpable tension, its weak and predictable screenplay leaves The Body... weighted and cold.
Dec 2019
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The Dirty Picture
...is just so needlessly smutty, when it sets out to do just the opposite. It's bump and grind without enough perspective.
Dec 2011
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102 Not Out
...is hopelessly in love with the old school, and while that is not always a bad thing, it is also written in unimaginative, derivative ways.
May 2018
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Arjun Patiala
...it misses the mark by quite a bit, as Diljit's unassuming demeanour and charming effervescence can only take you so far.
Jul 2019
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Notebook
It soon becomes clear that Notebook — for all its postcard framings and poetic peg — is still very much about one thing: introducing two new faces to the world, and serving as their showreel.
Mar 2019
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Laal Kaptaan
...crucial balance between gravitas and fun is woefully amiss in Navdeep’s latest work, a galloping period western, weighed down by its broad historical sweep and dreary philosophizing.
Oct 2019
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Jabariya Jodi
Hindi cinema needs to get real about getting real. It is exploitative to borrow a milieu and short-change its people. Such meanness belongs in politics, not art.
Aug 2019
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Katti Batti
Only this film about a malformed man-child had a chance if it was a coming of age story. But here only we age as the film stutters to its end.
Sep 2015
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Romeo Akbar Walter
Purportedly based on a real man, the film has little interest in truthfully engaging with its subject, clearly driven by the singular ambition of cashing in on patriot season.
Apr 2019
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Don 2
For all the sketchily etched sub-plots, and the contorted trails of the fabric of the story, it’s threadbare enough to be entirely banal.
Dec 2011
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Bhaag Johnny
To be fair, the initial portions are tight. Unfortunately everything is textured in the most generic.
Sep 2015
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Ki & Ka
A large part of Ki & Ka in fact resembles something that's been long overcooking inside Chetan Bhagat's head.
Apr 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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Oct 2013
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Heroine
...the most damning aspect of the film is that neither Kareena Kapoor’s character nor her portrayal of it elicits our empathy.
Sep 2012
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May 2019
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Ujda Chaman
The result is a tone that’s constantly wobbly, from jokey to insensitivity.
Nov 2019
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One Day
...lacks the finesse to shoulder this wafer-thin plot, which crumbles even further due to some amateurish staging.
Jul 2019
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Kahaani
The only thing worse than the storyline of this film is the pop version of 'Ekla Cholo Re', which is part of its soundtrack.
Mar 2012
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Wazir
Bad films only leave a bad taste in your mouth. But films like Wazir that had great potential upset your stomach.
Jan 2016
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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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Radhe
Any Prabhudheva movie is a challenge to rote plot summaries; even then, Radhe takes the cake. There’s no logic between, under, over or in the middle of scenes.
May 2021
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Ghanchakkar
A laboured comedy and lukewarm thriller come together to make an irritating two hours.
Jun 2013
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
The first film was a promise that good comedy is probably returning to Bollywood after decades. Then it regressed to a place of discomfiting familiarity. Not even a 90s earworm and Jimmy Shergill can save it.
Aug 2018