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Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
...has a sharp beginning, a sagging middle and an inconclusive end that promises a sequel.
Aug 2010
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Ragini MMS
...does more to keep viewers on the edge of their seats than drive them away.
May 2011
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Kahaani
Sujoy Ghosh is capable of delivering a tight script. He shows us that you can make a Hindi movie without songs and nobody will miss them.
Mar 2012
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Dabangg
...has some smart writing, many riveting action sequences and quite a few yawn-inducing moments.
Sep 2010
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Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande
...patchily written and too long for its own good. But it is also attempts to tackle the issue of the acquisition of farm land with some degree of seriousness.
Aug 2011
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Ra.One
...there's ultimately no escaping the poorly drawn characters, Khan's weird mannerisms and the surfeit of references to the male nether regions.
Oct 2011
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Kites
Character development is sacrificed for Hallmark moments between the leads, which are just about the only entertaining bits in the film.
May 2010
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama
Director and writer Luv Ranjan seems to have a string of bad breakups. Only that can explain why the villains in his debut movie are the girlfriends – who are difficult, demanding, unfathomable and annoying.
May 2011
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Anjaana Anjaani
...treats suicide and people who want to kill themselves as one big joke. The movie could have been a black comedy, but the writing simply isn’t sharp enough. There is no character development worth its name.
Oct 2010
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7 Khoon Maaf
The story could have been passionate, funny, creepy or even schlocky. Bhardwaj opts for tepid.
Feb 2011
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Nov 2011
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Bullett Raja
The acting is inconsistent, the screenplay patchy, the background score jarring and the editing jumpy.
Nov 2013
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Kick
The setting seemed ripe for an entertaining no-brainer, but Kick will remain as forgettable as most money-spinners lately.
Jul 2014
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Ready
...an inoffensive but unmemorable comedy that rests entirely on Salman Khan’s very broad shoulders.
Jun 2011
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Department
...the movie is a self-consciously parodic version of the cops-and-gangster genre that Varma has mined successfully in the past as a director and producer.
May 2012
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Bol
Rather than schadenfreude, the emotion likely to linger on after the film is over is empathy.
Sep 2011
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The Xpose
...the film fails spectacularly is in its inability to come together as either an unapologetic camp-fest or serious murder mystery, trying to walk the fine line unsuccessfully. As a movie set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, it’s neither outrageous, nor sardonic, and definitely not cheesy enough.
May 2014
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Tanu Weds Manu
The baraatis are more interesting than the bride and the groom in Tanu Weds Manu...
Mar 2011
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I Hate Luv Storys
...stretches on and on and, despite its best intentions, says nothing new about Bollywood’s treatment of love and relationships.
Jul 2010
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Bheja Fry 2
Ballary depends too heavily on the lead character and soon runs out of ideas.
Jul 2011
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Jun 2012
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Shabri
There's the same catatonic acting, the staccato dialogue delivery, the bursts of violence, the over-loud background score, the strange camera angles, the crooked cops and larger-than-life thugs. Perhaps it's time to give the Mumbai gangster genre a rest.
Sep 2011
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Student Of The Year
...is a debutantes’ ball which prolongs the inevitable and where there is little fun to be had.
Oct 2012
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Rocket Singh
...emerges as a gentle, inoffensive, occasionally smile-inducing but slow paced film that stays firm on the same level, bereft of any crests or troughs. It’s flat and fails to come to life.
Dec 2009
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Aug 2014
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Red Alert
...an earnest movie that is low on melodrama but equally lacking in dramatic tension.
Jul 2010
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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Mapuskar directs his actors with confidence and boldly shoots the films in real locations, but the movie needed to have been crisper and quicker, more Ferrari than Ambassador.
Jun 2012
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3 Idiots
...delivers several neatly written comic scenes and feel-good moments, but the movie isn’t as crisp and sure-footed as his Munnabhai films.
Dec 2009
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Chalo Dilli
...loses the chance to create dramatic tension between the ill-matched leads.
Apr 2011