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  • 6 min

Laal Singh Chaddha Is A Triumph Of Sentiment Over Sense

  • Posted on August 11, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
The film, starring Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan, is a marriage of the mind and the heart
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raksha bandhan
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  • 4 min

Raksha Bandhan Is Wrong At Every Conceivable Level

  • Posted on August 11, 2022August 11, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
Akshay Kumar stars in a tone-deaf family drama that gets progressively regressive
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  • 5 min

In Laal Singh Chaddha, Aamir Khan is More Mr. Bean Than Forrest Gump

  • Posted on August 11, 2022
  • by Deepanjana Pal
The film has Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and a lot of heart, but that’s not enough to save it from feeling too long
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darlings
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  • 7 min

Darlings is Dense and Daring

  • Posted on August 5, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah shine in this dark comedy, but Vijay Varma is the scene stealer
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  • 4 min

Darlings, with Strong Performances, Has Lots Going for it

  • Posted on August 2, 2022August 5, 2022
  • by Anupama Chopra
Bhatt’s first film as a producer is a dark comedy about a toxic marriage
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ek villain returns
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  • 3 min

Ek Villain Returns Is Just One Nonsensical Twist After Another

  • Posted on July 29, 2022July 29, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
Perhaps the best acting performance in this spiritual sequel to Ek Villain is by the smiley mask
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  • 3 min

Ek Villain Returns is More of the Same, But With Less Spark

  • Posted on July 29, 2022
  • by Anupama Chopra
The plot is preposterous and the attractions include John Abraham and a CGI tiger
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good luck jerry
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  • 4 min

Good Luck Jerry Is A Black Comedy That Falls Short

  • Posted on July 29, 2022July 29, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
This Hindi remake of a Nayanthara-starrer suffers from classic adaptation errors
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  • 7 min

Ghar Waapsi and the Shape-Shifting Art of Breaking Free

  • Posted on July 28, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
Honest and grounded, the show is about a man who ultimately chooses self-fulfilment after he loses his job and is forced to return to his hometown
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shamshera
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  • 5 min

Shamshera is Old Rum in an Older Bottle

  • Posted on July 22, 2022July 26, 2022
  • by Rahul Desai
Karan Malhotra’s film has larger-than-life heroes who embark on strangely roundabout plans
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Shamshera has Convenient Plot Twists and Threadbare Characters

  • Posted on July 22, 2022July 26, 2022
  • by Anupama Chopra
When all else fails, crows arrive to save the hero in Shamshera — but there’s no saviour for the audience
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  • 7 min

RK/Rkay and Irma Vep: Inside the Mind of a Filmmaker

  • Posted on July 22, 2022July 26, 2022
  • by Deepanjana Pal
Despite many differences, the question at the heart of Rajat Kapoor’s new film and Oliver Assayas’s miniseries is the same — is life imitating art or art imitating life?
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