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Kesari Movie Review: A Film That Is To History What War Is To Peace

Posted on March 21, 2019May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Kesari might be marketed as a celebration of valour and bravery but this godawful movie merely uses history as a ruse to continue Hindi cinema’s fetishization of violence

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The Accidental Prime Minister Movie Review: A Shockingly Crafted Disaster That Is Too P...

Posted on January 11, 2019May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

The film is so incompetently crafted, terribly performed and transparently petty that it isn’t even pathetic enough to be panned as a “propaganda” movie

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Chaturtho Ripu Movie Review

Posted on September 20, 2018May 2, 2020
by Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri

A man in the throes of a midlife crisis finds a magical computer software that makes all his wishes come true in a film that’s so bad it could well become a cult in the years to come

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Fanney Khan Movie Review: A Clueless Debacle

Posted on August 3, 2018May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

The Atul Manjrekar film only proves how wrong the templates of Secret Superstar and Slumdog Millionaire can go, if executed by filmmakers with zero context

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Race 3 Movie Review: A Shameful Exercise In Botox-Injected Vanity

Posted on June 15, 2018May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

The film single-handedly diminishes the intellectual capacity of humankind over 160 minutes

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Jia Aur Jia Movie Review: An Atrociously Bad Road Movie

Posted on October 27, 2017May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Directed by Howard Rosemeyer, the film starring Kalki Koechlin and Richa Chadha is a deathly tacky Swedish-tourism advert that should have never been made

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Bhoomi Movie Review: The Worst, Most Irresponsible Film Of The Year

Posted on September 22, 2017May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Omung Kumar’s film is the fourth rape-and-revenge drama of the year after Kaabil, Mom and Maatr. This one starring Sanjay Dutt and Aditi Rao Hydari is the worst, most irresponsible film of the year

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Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi Movie Review: This Is Not Us

Posted on September 15, 2017May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Directed by Sanjay Chhel and starring Paresh Rawal and Rishi Kapoor, the film is nonsensical, horribly dated and serves up stereotypical representations of two communities

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Qaidi Band Movie Review: An Outdated, Vain, Deluded And Senile Film

Posted on August 25, 2017May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Directed by Habib Faisal, the film starring debutantes Aadar Jain and Anya Singh, is incredulously unnecessary and superficial

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Raabta Review: The Stuff Of Nightmares

Posted on June 9, 2017May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Director: Dinesh Vijan Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon, Jim Sarbh Raabta is the stuff of nightmares. This isn’t even a pun on its theme of reincarnation. This thing transcends…

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Half Girlfriend Movie Review: A Shiny, Half-Witted Adaptation Of A Chetan Bhagat Novel

Posted on May 19, 2017May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

The Arjun Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor starrer feels like director Mohit Suri is trying to establish a Guinness record for the world’s longest music video

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Sarkar 3 Review: An Act Of Film Terrorism

Posted on May 12, 2017May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Director: Ram Gopal Varma Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ronit Roy, Amit Sadh, Manoj Bajpayee, Jackie Shroff In Ram Gopal Varma’s inevitable biopic about Ram Gopal Varma, Sarkar 3 will mark a…

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