Movie Reviews

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  Sarit Ray's review: Aurangzeb

  The film’s title might have led you to expect a deliciously etched Machiavellian protagonist. Instead, the central character suffers from clichés — of character and circumstance — rendering him predictable. Sarit Ray writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Go Goa Gone

  A Bollywood zombie comedy -- the idea itself is delicious. Writer-directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK deliver what their zany promos promised, but only for half the film. Post-interval, the film does a zombie on us -- it becomes dead, lumbering and tedious. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Aashiqui 2

  Aashiqui 2 is about two singers in love. It has the Abhimaan angle of a famous artiste, Rahul, played by Aditya Roy Kapur, discovering a small-town girl, Aarohi, played by Shraddha Kapoor, and mentoring her to glory. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Review: Commando: a one man army

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Nautanki Saala!

  Nautanki Saala! is based on a frothy French comedy called Après Vous, which means After You. Sadly, much is lost in translation. It is funny in parts but often feels stretched and flat, like champagne without the fizz. Anupama Chopra reports.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Chashme Buddoor

  David Dhawan and Chashme Buddoor are inherently a mismatch. He is the creator of a specific kind of crass comedy, which, at its best, works as zany, energetic, disposable entertainment. Chashme Buddoor, on the other hand, is a classic, a film with a genuine sweetness.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Himmatwala

  More than anything, Himmatwala is a reminder of why the ’80s are considered the worst decade in Hindi cinema. The film is an excruciating experience. It begins with a close-up of a disco ball, and it’s downhill from there. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Aatma

  Early on in Aatma, a cop investigating the murder of a young boy says: 'I have a bad feeling about this'. He took the words right out of my mouth. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Jolly LLB

  Jolly LLB is a feel-good satire in the best sense of the term. Writer-director Subhash Kapoor tells his story with conviction, skillfully creating a theatre of the absurd.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: The Attacks of 26/11

  The good news is that The Attacks of 26/11 is one of the better films Ram Gopal Varma has made in recent years. The bad news is that Varma's last few films were duds like Department and Bhoot Returns so the bar is set very low. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Special 26

  Special 26 is the best Hindi film I’ve seen this year. Inspired by a real-life heist in 1987, writer-director Neeraj Pandey constructs an elaborate cat-and-mouse chase between cops and robbers,writes Anupama Chopra.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: ABCD

  Taking a cue from Hollywood's Step Up series, director-choreographer Remo D'Souza packs in a television dance competition, several elaborate dance sequences, a romantic rivalry and the requisite rich-poor divide. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Vishwaroop

  Vishwaroop has to be admired for its scale and ambition. Kamal Haasan attempts to give the terrorists a context. The film shows us the damage inflicted by America’s war on terror. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Race 2

  Race 2 is essentially a big-budget cartoon in which coolness is all. The director duo Abbas-Mustan (this is how they credit themselves in the titles) have no pretensions about what they are making - full-on masala with a dash of revenge, a slice of heist and characters who are either strutting their chiselled bodies in slow motion or betraying each other.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Inkaar

  Sixty-three years ago, in the classic Rashomon, director Akira Kurosawa showed us that truth is slippery, subjective and ultimately unknowable. In Inkaar, writer-director Sudhir Mishra attempts a similar take on sexual politics in the workplace. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Matru ki bijlee ka mandola

  A Vishal Bhardwaj film is guaranteed to evoke a strong reaction. You can love it – as I did Maqbool and Kaminey – or dislike it. Anupama Chopra writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Dabangg 2

  What remains consistent is the sheer fun of watching Robin Hood Pandey solve the many problems of the world by breaking necks. I think complicated times call for uncomplicated heroes and Chulbul Pandey fits the bill perfectly.

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  Anupama Chopra review: Talaash

  To watch Talaash is to embark on a passionate love affair that ends in frustration because the object of your desire reveals itself to be
  shallow and depressingly ordinary. In short, a profound anti-climax. Anupam Chopra reviews.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Son Of Sardaar

  In the hands of director and co-writer Ashwni Dhir, it has become one of those high-decibel, low-IQ masala movies that hit the screen every few months. Son of Sardaar made me miss Rohit Shetty, the reigning king of this type of cinema.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Jab Tak Hai Jaan

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana

  Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana is about the frantic search for a much-coveted recipe for chicken curry. Directed by debutant Sameer Sharma and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, it has been pitched as Bollywood's first food film. But the curry is merely a plot device.

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  Suprateek Chatterjee's review: Ajab Gazabb Love

  Watching Ajab Gazabb Love, a loose remake of Telugu hit Seema Tapakai, is like watching an utterly mediocre movie from the 1990s, Suprateek Chatterjee writes.

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  Suprateek Chatterjee's review: Chakravyuh

  There are films that try to tell emotionally complex stories and succeed in making an impact. Chakravyuh, unfortunately, is not one of those films. Suprateek Chatterjee writes.

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  Anupama Chopra's review: Student of the Year

  Karan Johar's forte is excess. He creates fantastical worlds brimming with beautiful people and expensive things and yet anchors them in high emotion. His films work as both designer porn and soap opera.

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  Critics verdict: KJo's Student Of The Year predictable, but entertaining!

  Karan Johar’s direction is very good but flounders with the script. Alia is effortless and a natural in her performance. Both Sidharth and Varun are talented, confident and hardly look like first-time actors, say critics.