Reviews
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5 Weddings Movie Review: A Jaded Film With Drama Of Culture Clash
Namrata Singh Gujral’s 5 Weddings finds a clever way to weave together rituals with observational comedy. The film is content in its modesty, but it doesn’t quite work as an drama film.
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'Kaashi in Search of Ganga' Movie Review: Varanasi's Atmospheric Lighting During The Evening Aarti Adds Aesthetic Value
'Kaashi in Search of Ganga' is a layered tale of revenge with a good dose of romance and suspense by Director Dhiraj Kumar's.
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Bazaar Movie Review: Saif Ali Khan's Dragged Stock Market Drama
Bazaar, starring Saif Ali Khan and Rohan Mehra, is a over extended drama that fails to shine due to its sketchy screenplay.
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Badhaai Ho Movie Review: Sweet Film About Family Facing An Unfamiliar Situation.
Badhaai Ho is a fine, funny film about family, and about how hard it is to accept a truly unfamiliar situation, no matter how positive it may be.
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Namaste England Movie Review: Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra's Insufferably Infantile Drama
'Namaste England' has exotic setting but the predictable and uninspired writing lets the movie down. The rehashed formula from Namaste London has nothing going for it.
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Jalebi Movie Review : A Strictly Average Film With Bland Performances And A Weak Screenplay.
An estranged couple happen to meet on a train journey where they independently reflect on what went wrong in their relationship and whether they will truly be able to move forward and start a new chapter, together or alone.
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Tumbbad Movie Review: A Visual Treat For Viewers, Revolves Around Greed And Gold
Tumbbad is a place of charming beauty and conniving supernatural agencies, intriguing morality tale which both entrances and repulses.
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Helicopter Eela Movie Review: Kajol's Stellar Performance Soars, But With A Weak Script
Helicopter Eela had an interesting premise, but the execution and weak script prevent it from going beyond the obvious cliches. Watch it only if you are a die hard fan of Kajol.
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‘Fryday’ Film Review: Undeserving Film For Vintage Govinda
FryDay has Govinda as a cheating husband, some sharp funny oneliners and most of them courtesy him. FryDay is loud and unfunny and it is Govinda and Brijendra Kala who are its sole saving grace.
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LoveYatri Movie Review: Aayush Sharma, Warina Hussain's Debut Film
The debut vehicle of star aspirants Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain as well as director Abhiraj K. Minawala. It is well known that Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has bankrolled the project to launch the career of his brother-in-law.
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Venom Movie Review: A Poisonously Dull Spider-Man Spin Off
Venom is a spin-off from the current iteration of Spider-Man movies, though it is apparently not part of the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe despite its Peter Parker associations.
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Andhadhun Movie Review: The Sriram Raghavan Film is Racy, Pacy Thriller
Andhadhun is the story of a creative artist who gets involved in a crime scene. The dark humour element comes out beautifully and that helps the film from becoming too gory or disturbing.
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Sui Dhaaga Movie Review: This Varun and Anushka Starrer Is Totally Predictabe But Enjoyable.
Sui Dhaaga - Made In India,has a good vibe that's full of hope. A tale stitched together with ‘sui-dhaaga’, dipped in desi ‘silaai’ and ‘kadhaai’. Small-town town couple wins big, pushing aside wicked, unscrupulous townies and greedy rivals.
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Pataakha Movie Review: Fun Film By Master Storyteller Vishal Bhardwaj.
Pataakha is a well-crafted adaptation of Charan Singh Pathik’s short story Do Behnein, which highlights the rawness of Badki and Chutki, two fiesty sisters whose love-hate relationship is at the centre of Vishal Bhardwaj's new film.
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Manto Movie Review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Career Best Performance Will Haunt You
Nawaduddin Siddiqui and Rasika Dugal deliver internalised performances in director Nandita Das’ biopic. The film attempting to unravel Saadat Hasan Manto, wizard of the short story.
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Batti Gul Meter Chalu Movie Review: A Socially Relevant Film That Is Stretched.
Shree Narayan Singh directs Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in an overstretched social drama about power shortages and overpriced electricity. Batti Gul Meter Chalu is based on a story by Vipul K Rawal and has a screenplay by Siddharth-Garima.
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Love Sonia Movie Review: A strong sex-trafficking drama plotted with sincere intentions.
The real find is Mrunal Thakur who plays Sonia, the younger of two sisters, both victims of the vicious men and women who trade in flesh. Tabrez Noorani’s multi-starrer film on sex trafficking has picked up an important issue of our times.
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Mitron Movie Review: A rom-com film made from the heart, with a set of flaws of its own.
A carefree loser and a headstrong woman are brought together by destiny. How the two overcome their overbearing parents and chart the course of their lives is what the film is about.
