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Soundtrack
...starts unsurely, mildly irritates while casually displaying a wasted life amidst drugs, alcohol and sex and then grips you into a story that makes you want good things to happen to a person you didn't like much or worse, were indifferent to.
Oct 2011
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Hasee Toh Phasee
A girl-meets-boy story with a difference. A girl-meets-boy story which works despite typical moments that qualify a film as a romantic comedy.
Feb 2014
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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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That Girl in Yellow Boots
The gritty nature of the film and the subject is not something all of us can handle for it takes guts to accept the truth about the society that we are a part of. It's an important film but not one I'd want to watch again.
Sep 2011
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PK
Yet again, Rajkumar Hirani blends comedy with a social message and gets a point across. Even if the comedy doesn't work all that well, it is a film worth a watch for sure.
Dec 2014
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Simran
...has a perfectly flawed lead character, played almost to perfection by Kangna Ranaut, the film has a close-to-perfect climax too. If only, the plot didn't accelerate to being outland-ish mid-way.
Sep 2017
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Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge
...a kewl rom-com, if you like young, child-like fun. It's easy-going, well-edited and breezy-paced.
Oct 2011
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Road, Movie
An intentionally ambiguous film. A film very purposefully left open to interpretation.
Mar 2010
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Bhoothnath Returns
Though it is a tad too naïve and preachy, and a little too long for it's own good, the film attempts to make a point that a number of us can learn from; it is a well-acted film with some genuine moments.
Apr 2014
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Akira
Fiery thriller that doesn't let you think about anything else. For most parts anyway.
Sep 2016
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Pataakha
Almost every frame of the film tells you it is not about these two sisters, but there is a larger purpose here. Once you give in to this theme and adjust your hearing to its loudness, the film is engrossing while it lasts.
Sep 2018
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Blood Money
A strong middle hour sandwiched between twenty minutes of silliness at the beginning and an absurd last half hour, make Blood Money hanging between engaging and ridiculous.
Mar 2012
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OMG Oh My God!
A logical yet over-simplified take on the arguments against blind faith. The attempt is to keep the arguments balanced yet the film's events are way too convenient.
Sep 2012
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Titli
Noir taken to such a grim level that you disconnect after a bit and begin to look at it as someone narrating a gruesome story.
Oct 2015
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Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
Quite a bit of fun while it lasts even though it is predictable at most times. Just good to see an attempt by Hindi films in the pulp genre.
Mar 2019
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
The light tone keeps you engaged for most of the film, especially the parodied songs. There are a few "aawwww" moments too. But, it is a tiny lecture on the changing value system and gets a little sarcastic.
Mar 2010
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2 States
...provides instant gratification primarily because of a charming lead cast and an excellent supporting cast that rises above the rather tame writing.
Apr 2014
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Rock On 2
What's done well is done pretty neatly, what's not is pretty average, even mediocre. And yet, the entire set-up kind-a, sort-a works.
Nov 2016
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Raid
What could have been a crisp, engaging narrative becomes a ‘not bad’ thriller because of uneven pace.
Mar 2018
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May 2016
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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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Singham Returns
An action film which is actually trying to make a point through its story, even if it is an over-simplified one.
Aug 2014
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7 Khoon Maaf
...how I wish, there was a little bit of a surprise in the narration or at least I understood even half of why the characters behaved the way they did.
Feb 2011
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Ladies VS Ricky Bahl
...does attempt at portraying various shades of a women without stereotyping or caricaturing them. Yet, though the film is interesting it is not entertaining enough.
Dec 2011
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Hichki
...questions traditional methods of teaching while using traditional film-writing, sort-of missing its own point. Thankfully, it is engaging while it lasts.
Mar 2018
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Tumbbad
A meaty story and a gory film which deviates from the typical possessed body horror storyline. Chills the spine as a horror film about supernatural phenomenon should even though I am not convinced horror films should be made at all.
Oct 2018
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Super 30
Were it not based on real-life, Super 30’s story would have been scoffed upon and the movie soon forgotten. Even with the “based on a true story” stamp and despite some decent insights, performances, and dialogue, it borderlines on simplistic and forgettable.
Jul 2019
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Jail
...Madhur Bhandarkar has taken upon himself to sensitize his audience to the plight of the people who live in a world we know exists and choose to ignore. He does so in a matter-of-fact tone. He doesn't sermonize, he doesn't glamorize.
Nov 2009