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Ram-leela
...SLB's most commercial work till date, has nice doses of raunch and ras (juice).
Nov 2013
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My Name is Khan
Karan Johar comes of age. He tells a complex story with sparkling simplicity, without forgetting that cinema is primarily meant to entertain.
Feb 2010
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Thappad
...the film drives home a solid point and leaves you with enough to ponder upon.
Feb 2020
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Krrish 3
For sheer vision, bravado and superlative execution, this one soars to new orbits.
Oct 2013
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Sep 2013
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Satyagraha
Showing true Satyagraha has no short-cuts, it also shows solutions glimmering ahead, as ephemeral, yet powerful as a rainbow cleansing the dust.
Aug 2013
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Pink
...is a powerful statement on the existing feudal mindset of a majority of India, where men and women are judged by a different yardstick.
Sep 2016
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3 Idiots
Hirani carries forward his simplistic `humanism alone works' philosophy of the Lage Raho Munnabhai series in 3 Idiots too, making it a warm and vivacious signature tune to 2009.
Dec 2009
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Oct 2015
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Evoking a new-age Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Rai keeps things tight, light, yet layered - and handles two leading ladies, one of whom deserves an extra half-star.
May 2015
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Newton
Amidst laughing, it'll leave you thinking, which - and we need to be reminded of this - is what good cinema should do. Both your funny bone and your grey cells will thank you for watching it.
Sep 2017
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The Japanese Wife
If you really care about aesthetics and have been hungering for something that will satiate your finer sensibilities -- battered by now, by the relentless onslaught of kitsch -- you must grab a dekko...
Apr 2010
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Singham
...over-the-top retro kitsch, spilling over with high-voltage stunts, slow-motion action cuts and fiery dialogues delivered in high decibels. It is meant for all those action buffs interested in time travel to the angry young 1970s and 1980s when cinema was larger-than-life and totally unrealistic.
Jul 2011
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Baby
Balancing characters, conspiracies and cities, director Neeraj Pandey admirably keeps Baby rich, yet tight, researched, non-sentimental and steely-eyed.
Jan 2015
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Aligarh
...stays with you much after you see it, especially for Bajpayee and his nuanced portrayal of a man brutally put to shame by an intrusive and insensitive society. It's subtlety, redefined.
Feb 2016
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Panga
The humor and emotionally charged moments are deliciously balanced and the outcome is motivating and exhilarating. This ode to motherhood and chasing one’s dreams is a must watch.
Jan 2020
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
...pulsates with the storyteller's sheer passion all the way to the finish line.
Jul 2013
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2 States
If you are in a mood for a Bollywood family saga with measured melodrama and the right amount of naach-gaana, visit 2 States.
Apr 2014
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Bajirao Mastani
Bajirao-Mastani resembles Jodhaa-Akbar with teeth that bite, Mughal-e-Azam with shades of philosophical grey.
Dec 2015
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Toilet
So whether you have pressing matters to attend to or not, please take a detour to this toilet. Each of us needs to raise a stink about what our countrymen do in the open.
Aug 2017
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7 Khoon Maaf
Serious, sensitive and stirring, 7 Khoon Maaf is a whole new cinematic experience.
Feb 2011
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Thanks Maa
...is a film that will make you cry and laugh, even as it fills you with admiration and warmth for the next decrepit kid you see on the red light, running nose et al.
Mar 2010
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Robot
...primarily designed as an unadulterated tribute to the charisma of Indian cinema's ageless superstar, Rajnikanth. And it's completely, wholeheartedly, joyously desi.
Oct 2010
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Gully Boy
The problem with the film though is it’s length, which stretches to two-and-a-half hours, but the emotional deftness and clap-worth dialogues add the right amount of gusto and keep you totally engaged. This is a film that deserves an encore.
Feb 2019
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Well Done Abba
The film is a sheer delight, with the events unfolding in a breezy, comic vein which keeps the ribs relentlessly tickling. But what's more alluring are the colourful characters and the multi-layered approach to the problems of a village which becomes a microcosm of the entire nation.
Mar 2010
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Rockstar
Savour a beautiful experience. Watch Rockstar and wait for Imtiaz Ali's next from his compendium of love.
Nov 2011