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Zubaan
Confused. Both me and the film. Is it a coming-of-age story masked as a family drama or a family drama masked as a coming-of-age story?
Mar 2016
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Zokkomon
Harry Potter meets Krissh meets not-so-Home-Alone, unfortunately in a very superficial, blah sort-of a way. And yet, there is enough for the under-10s to enjoy indoors on a hot summer day.
Apr 2011
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
There is nothing profound about Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara; neither does it bring any insight that you and I don't already have from our own relationships. But, it connects from the word go.
Jul 2011
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Zila Ghaziabad
Without an ounce of originality Zila Ghaziabad just seems like someone's fetish of watching two hours worth of action - no matter where the blows come from or who gets blowed.
Feb 2013
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Zid
A whodunnit that goes about in so many circles that you stop wondering about who did it.
Nov 2014
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Zero
Breaks my heart to not like a film that treats disability and abnormality with such forthrightness. How I wish everything else in the film wasn’t so disconnected.
Dec 2018
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Zanjeer
...I refuse to believe that the makers of this remake of Zanjeer didn't know they were taking away from an already not-so-great film.
Sep 2013
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Youngistaan
I hope young India's vision is not as shallow, superficial or short-sighted.
Mar 2014
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Yeh Khula Aasmaan
...is a partial success at an attempt to show how children succumb and lose their confidence to pressure from parents. Soon enough though, it contradicts itself and becomes a predictable story.
May 2012
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
...the kind of film you wouldn’t mind watching despite the fact that there isn’t much in the film that is memorable. With a cast that will win your heart and music that’ll play on loop in your head for a while after, the film is fun but rarely much more.
May 2013
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Yeh Saali Zindagi
It's quirky and funny. It's twisted and largely unpredictable. It's pacy and just the right amount of overwhelming. It is dark and carries off a style of its own.
Feb 2011
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
...is one of those rare films that made me wonder why it was made at all.
Jun 2013
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Yamla Pagla Deewana
Over-the-top, no-head-nor-tail, senselessness served in the name of unpretentious cinema.
Jan 2011
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Yaariyan
Very rarely, do I say this about a film, but this once I have to - there go two and a half hours of my life.
Jan 2014
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X: Past is Present
An intriguing experiment which I would recommend you watch, even if you might not like it as much as I did.
Nov 2015
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Why Cheat India
Has some powerful things to say, but mirrors the ‘the system is such, what can we do’ common-person attitude that it wants to complain against. And therefore, lacks the punch, maybe even rightly so.
Jan 2019
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Well Done Abba
We live in corrupt times and how?! Well done Abba reminds us of that and more. It reminds us of the gravity, the irony and our own submissiveness to the whole do. Would have worked much better if it were about an hour shorter.
Mar 2010
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Welcome Back
Why anyone thinks any of this is even remotely funny, I don't understand.
Sep 2015
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Welcome 2 Karachi
All the witty one-liners are in the trailer. The rest of the film is tacky with a story line that's all over the place.
May 2015
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We Are Family
...of a little sister called Cliche, big brother Predictability and brat teenage sister, Implausibility. Our big daddy is Mr. Patronizing Dialogue and soccer mom is the Great Indian Kangan. Oh yeah and our stepmom is Stepmom.
Sep 2010
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Wazir
A predictable thriller because of the way it is narrated. Good performances, though.
Jan 2016
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Warning
Well tried. But, you expect a few more thrills from a thriller with sharks and expanses of open water.
Sep 2013
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Oct 2013
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War
Slick action, chiselled heroes, stunning locations make up for the uneven writing. Yep, the story is part-clever and part-amusing, making it a guilty-pleasure kind-of-a-watch.
Oct 2019
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Waiting
Both lead actors are wonderful though, their chemistry feels very real. They are one of the main reasons, the film took me out of 'review' mode and made me forget I was watching a film.
May 2016
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Vishwaroop
Mountain out of a molehill - the ban that is. The film itself is a very average action flick attracting attention only because of Kamal Haasan.
Feb 2013
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Vicky Donor
...has a story which weaves in and out of a subject that is taboo, that too in an enjoyable and entertaining manner.
Apr 2012
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Veere Di Wedding
Tries too hard to be cool and “contemporary”, comes across as superficial instead.
Jun 2018
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Veerappan
Better than some RGV products. Yes, that isn't saying much in favor of the film.
May 2016