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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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404
A tighter script and crisper running time could have vastly improved 404's chances, although the film manages to stay a few steps ahead of the usual over-long Bollywood product.
May 2011
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May 2011
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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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Luv Ka The End
If the film hits its target audience – undiscerning teenagers – then the poorly written characters and the script contrivances shouldn't matter.
May 2011
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Haunted
...all familiar elements of the horror film genre. They are present in spades in Haunted, but they tickle the funny bone rather than send shivers down your spine.
May 2011
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Shor In The City
The movie is low on major plot developments but it's packed with nicely observed details and memorable characters.
Apr 2011
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Chalo Dilli
...loses the chance to create dramatic tension between the ill-matched leads.
Apr 2011
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Game
...a movie has to be much more than the sum of liquor-ad lighting, sharp clothes and tourism brochure locations.
Apr 2011
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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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7 Khoon Maaf
The story could have been passionate, funny, creepy or even schlocky. Bhardwaj opts for tepid.
Feb 2011
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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
...has everything you can expect from a Bhandarkar production: tacky production values, barbs at the wealthy and Westernised, caricatured gay characters.
Feb 2011
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Yeh Saali Zindagi
Mishra wants to be cool and quirky, like Guy Ritchie, but to paraphrase New Yorker critic Anthony Lane, he forgets the first rule of cool: don’t try to be.
Feb 2011
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Rakht Charitra 2
The law of diminishing returns catches up with Ram Gopal Varma's Rakht Charitra 2...
Dec 2010
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Phas Gaye Re Obama
...not all of Kapoor's jokes score laughs. Also, one does wish that the movie were paced faster.
Dec 2010
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Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
The film captures the bravado of the revolutionaries, but not their unique madness.
Dec 2010
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Guzaarish
...Guzaarish points to a limited imagination that is so much in thrall to European costume dramas it lacks a soul of its own.
Dec 2010
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Oct 2010
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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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Dabangg
...has some smart writing, many riveting action sequences and quite a few yawn-inducing moments.
Sep 2010
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We Are Family
...a pedestrian local rehash of a movie that was already silly to begin with.
Sep 2010
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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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Udaan
...flies on many counts. The movie tackles its themes with sobriety and honesty.
Jul 2010
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Lamhaa
In attempting to explore the issues facing the Kashmiri people through the prism of a thriller, Dholakia misses the wood for the chinars.
Jul 2010
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Tere Bin Laden
...a flair for irreverence, sharp political humour and deliberate tackiness.
Jul 2010
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Red Alert
...an earnest movie that is low on melodrama but equally lacking in dramatic tension.
Jul 2010