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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
There is drama in a film and then there is grand drama. In the latter, the story matters even less. It is the scale, the action, the special effects that the film is shooting for and achieves.
Apr 2017
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Noor
Coming-of-age, social message, comment on media, con-men – Noor covers a lot of ground. Which might have been fine, if only it didn't start its sermon.
Apr 2017
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Begum Jaan
Asks pertinent questions subtly, but everything about it seems like it is for “effect”. None of it germane to a story.
Apr 2017
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Mukti Bhawan
As refreshingly simple as is poignant, as much about death as it is about daily life, as sombre as is spirited. Mukti Bhawan seems slow yet engages.
Apr 2017
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Naam Shabana
Good news: There is a woman beating up bad man after bad man to save the world. Bad news: That is not qualification enough to make a film good.
Mar 2017
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Phillauri
Some films mesmerize because they linger lyrically, beautifully. Others l-l-l-i-i-i-i-n-n-g-e-r in a way you wish it stops before you can say asap. Unfortunately, Phillauri is the latter.
Mar 2017
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Too distant for city audiences to find relatable. Too superficial for smaller town audiences to find believable.
Mar 2017
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Rangoon
The tiny step Bharadwaj takes towards Shakespeare is worth an applause, and a second-viewing too. Even so, the writing though has miles to go.
Feb 2017
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The Ghazi Attack
A war thriller that has potential to tingle your patriotism and even bring you to your seat's edge. But for the melodrama and the technical stuff that seems just too implausible.
Feb 2017
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Irada
The details though aren't entertained. Many plot points seem like convenient ways to push the drama to the two-hour mark of run-time.
Feb 2017
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Jolly LLB 2
...a satirical, court-room drama that keeps you engaged for the 2+ hours. Won't stay for too long after though.
Feb 2017
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Jan 2017
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Raees
Crime drama from the 80s, songs like they are from the 90s, slickness and style from the 00s. And story like a thriller should be written.
Jan 2017
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Ok Jaanu
How many more times do we have to see lovers who are too cool for love/marriage? I say, enough already.
Jan 2017
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Dangal
Kudos to writing that got me hooked to wrestling for the last hour or so. This for a person who gets easily bored in wrestling films, let alone the sport itself.
Dec 2016
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Befikre
The biggest put-off is that grown-ups behave like juveniles when in love. They behave as if they've never heard of age-old problems like toilet seats and wet towels. Makes you wonder if the writers have experienced real life, real relationships – those outside the movie world.
Dec 2016
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Dear Zindagi
Such a shame that a warm, cushy ambiance with interesting characters don't blend together to make an engaging film.
Nov 2016
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Tum Bin 2
Philosophizes a little too much with little insight. And I wonder where we have seen the story earlier? Hmmmm...
Nov 2016
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Force 2
As inane as an action film can get. It's fight to have a relevant story is futile because it is nothing more than the usual sequences of chase sequences.
Nov 2016
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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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Shivaay
Action for the sake of action. Story that wavers in its focus. And long, way too long.
Oct 2016
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
The film slices and dices emotional relationships in many, many ways. Watch but please not with cynical unromantics.
Oct 2016
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Mirzya
Pretends to be intense. Pretends to be romantic. Pretends to be enigmatic. Pretends to be Shakespearean – how can it be without the complexity or the tragedy.
Oct 2016
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Oct 2016
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Parched
Layered, stark and sensitive, Parched is a must watch film - even if it is not a film that is watched easily.
Oct 2016
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M.S. Dhoni
The film is more a story of middle-class India than about the most successful Indian cricket captain. And that's its charm.
Sep 2016
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Banjo
Watchable for the energy that visuals can add to the upbeat, festive music. Else, very passable.
Sep 2016
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Pink
You forget you are watching a film for a lot of the 2+ hours. Doesn't wrench your heart or gut, but works on the mind. Hopefully.
Sep 2016
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Raaz Reboot
If only you couldn't have figured out whodunnit by mid-point, you'd have been horrified better
Sep 2016
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Freaky Ali
As plain and dry a sports underdog film as can be. Having you root for the actor, not the character, doesn't bode well for a film.
Sep 2016