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May 2010
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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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Gori Tere Pyaar Mein
This is what happens when a production house best known for its stories about the rich and the indolent trains its sights on the downtrodden.
Nov 2013
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Heroine
The saving grace of this film is Kapoor, who holds her own despite an inept screenplay that is keen to sensationalize rather than empathize for the protagonist.
Sep 2012
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AkaashVani
The ending is straight out of a TV serial, though Bharucha salvages enough from it to mark her as someone worth keeping an eye on.
Jan 2013
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Heropanti
Director Sabbir Khan abandons the promise of a mindless action entertainer in favour of a more mindless emotional drama, which he naturally finds himself inept at.
May 2014
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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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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Forget funny, the sequel isn't even mildly amusing. It's just boring.
Jun 2013
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Aug 2012
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Apr 2014
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Satya 2
...in a sense, Varma is challenging audiences to compare him against his younger self. The results aren’t pretty.
Nov 2013
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I Me Aur Main
It’s a little scary to spend any film entirely in John Abraham’s company.
Mar 2013
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The Attacks Of 26/11
...an exploitative, voyeuristic endeavour undertaken by a filmmaker because he has the money and resources to do so.
Mar 2013
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Raaz 3
Vikram Bhatt, the current caretaker of Ramsay’s camp horror legacy, employs the tried- and-tested formulae: translucent white curtains blow, doors creak, untraceable husky voices deliver threats, all of which never quite draw out a scream.
Sep 2012
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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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Pizza
Pizza is big on visual trickery and distressingly casual as far as things like plot and credulity are concerned.
Jul 2014
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Mar 2014
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Bodyguard
Until somebody comes up with a smart way to channelise his brawny appeal and knack for self-deprecating humour – as Abhinav Singh Kashyap did in Dabanng – we are condemned to watch bad films repeat themselves.
Sep 2011
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Satyagraha
...ends up looking like a parody of the real-life agitations it so solemnly restages.
Aug 2013
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Jail
If there is anything unpredictable in this extremely familiar film, it is how non-sensational it is.
Nov 2009
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Race 2
...is the kind of film you wish for your worst enemy to watch on a Saturday night at the most expensive multiplex ticket available. Unlike the first part of the franchise, though, it’s not even one of those guilty pleasure films that act as accompaniment on a drunken night with friends. Even as a terribly bad film, Race 2 is a disappointment.
Jan 2013
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Mar 2014
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Sep 2013
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Nov 2011
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Gang of Ghosts
...an absolute disaster and a golden example of how handing over creative control of your story to somebody else can be a bad idea.
Mar 2014
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Mr Joe B. Carvalho
...is certainly cleaner than the average Bollywood comedy nowadays, but something’s been lost in the rinsing.
Jan 2014
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Always Kabhi Kabhi
...is likely to leave youngsters screaming "Never Ever Again" once it has ended.
Jul 2011