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Saibal Chatterjee
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Farrey (2023) |
The film skims the surface of the issues it tackles - inequities of the higher secondary education and the yawning gap between the moneyed and the marginalized. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 27, 2023
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Creature (2022) |
It explores the condition of an outsider in a setting where nothing is allowed to be in his control. Creature is a marvel. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 17, 2023
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The Dreamer (2023) |
A film about art, love and the female gaze, The Dreamer is a true-blue oddity, an absolutely delightful contemporary fairy tale that appeals at multiple levels - from the simply visual to the deeply philosophical. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 17, 2023
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And, Towards Happy Alleys (2023) |
Its strength stems from the way it sees and recognises light in - and at the end of - a tunnel of darkness. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 17, 2023
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Tiger 3 (2023) |
Amid the fireworks that is perhaps befitting for a Diwali release, at least two performances in Tiger 3 amount to more than just surround sound – the ones that Revathy and Simran deliver. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 17, 2023
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August 16 1947 (2023) |
The storyline is a maze, the characters are riddled with contradictions and the general tone of the drama is beyond shrill. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 16, 2023
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Pippa (2022) |
Ishaan Khatter gives a solid account of himself as a soldier who comes of age on the job in a war that changed the map of the subcontinent forever. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 10, 2023
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Joram (2023) |
Joram isn't meant to be entertaining but it is gripping from start to finish. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 03, 2023
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A Star Shoots Across the Sky (2022) |
It reveals an exciting new facet of Pa Ranjith's vision of the medium and the world. Not to be missed. - NDTV
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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Grace (2023) |
It is a spare but scalding commentary on what life can turn into within a joyless, cold, oppressive political structure where human freedom is curtailed to the point where intransigence and rebellion are the only means of survival. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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The Settlers (2023) |
Visually grand and consistently disquieting, the film lays bare the brutality of the violence, physical and systemic, that the powerful unleash on those that they seek to overpower and eliminate. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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The Breaking Ice (2023) |
The Breaking Ice is a fine cinematic tableau, intimate, immersive and illuminating. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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Four Daughters (2023) |
It delves deep into the nature of family bonding and the trauma of separation with an unfailing insight and empathy. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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Celluloid Underground (2023) |
A film that showcases love for cinema as a tool of political resistance against religious fundamentalism and autocracy. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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They Shot the Piano Player (2023) |
A hybrid of fiction and documentary, They Shot the Piano Player is not only a brilliant hand-drawn animation film but also a gritty political probe and vibrant musical drama. A true-blue artistic triumph. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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The Golden Thread (2022) |
With no voiceover, minimal music and moving images that speak a thousand words, the film examines the dire straits the workforce finds itself in. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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Paradise (2023) |
Unswerving in its grasp of both philosophy and psychology, Prasanna Vithanage's Paradise is a masterly evocation of the frailty of 'man' when faced with a crisis. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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Ganapath (2023) |
Kriti Sanon starts off with a bang and ends with a whimper for no fault of her own. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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12th Fail (2023) |
A gentle little film that stays true to its purpose. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 27, 2023
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Tejas (2023) |
The film comes as a complete cropper - it is a dead-on-arrival cinematic consignment that does no justice at all to the nation, the Air Force or the medium. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 27, 2023
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Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video (2023) |
It is Nimrat Kaur who saves the day with a solid, admirably consistent performance as the investigator who has much more on her plate than just a case of a missing girl. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 27, 2023
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Mission Raniganj (2023) |
Mission Raniganj is high-intensity drama undermined by low-calibre filmmaking. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 06, 2023
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Thank You for Coming (2023) |
Thank You for Coming is like a raucous, full-on party where the surround sound is generally fine but the food is stale. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 06, 2023
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Khufiya (2023) |
With the ever-reliable Tabu leading the way, the performances are right out of the top drawer. - NDTV
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| Posted Oct 06, 2023
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Fukrey 3 (2023) |
Pulkit Samrat and Manjot Singh are reduced to glorified bystanders. Richa Chadha goes through the motions in a manner of somebody who has had enough of the increasingly repetitious rigmarole. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 28, 2023
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) |
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is, by all reckoning, a magnificent adaptation of an outstanding story. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 28, 2023
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Khuda Haafiz (2020) |
Jammwal isn't his usual electrifying self. The film has no scope for the dazzling stunts that he has built his career around. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 28, 2023
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Pareeksha (2019) |
Adil Hussain amplifies the act of tugging at the heartstrings with an acute awareness of purpose. He is ably supported by Priyanka Bose who has to move back and forth across a range of emotions. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 28, 2023
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Serious Men (2020) |
It is at once funny, sardonic, bitter, insightful and pugnacious... - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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Bruised (2020) |
Berry has built a thriving career around fractured women fighting to stay on their feet through thick and thin. Both as actor and director, she brings great heft to this story of a woman who chins up in the face of obstacles and keeps going. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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Dolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars (2019) |
The Netflix film chooses too many cards to put on the table. We would have loved to see Dolly and Kitty's stars shine bright and steady - they merely flicker. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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Cargo (2019) |
Director Arati Kadav keeps her feet on the ground as she lets her mind fly free. A real gem. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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Nirvana Inn (2019) |
The two key actresses - Rajshri Deshpande is seductive, Sandhya Mridul is chirpy and cheerful until circumstances overtake her - are flawless foils for Adil Hussain. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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The Big Bull (2021) |
It is pointless to blame the actors for failing to make amends for what The Big Bull lacks. The film's problems are rooted in the screenplay, stilted dialogues and arbitrary character arcs. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 26, 2023
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Shaadisthan (2021) |
Director Raj Chaudhary displays firm grip on this clash-of-two-worlds tale rendered in the form of a road movie that rarely veers off course. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 26, 2023
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Hungama 2 (2021) |
Sloppy comedy... - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 26, 2023
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The Illegal (2019) |
A little gem - unpretentious, uncomplicated and utterly delectable. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 26, 2023
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The Great Indian Family (2023) |
The Great Indian Family could have been a film of far greater acuity, but the broadsides that it aims against narrow-mindedness through the story of a family as a microcosm of a society and a nation do find their mark. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 22, 2023
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Kushi (2023) |
It could have been a timely ode to love across differences. Instead, it is just another love story that banks on the lead actors, the music and the technical finesse for salvation. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 08, 2023
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Friday Night Plan (2023) |
Insubstantial as it might be as a coming-of-age drama, Friday Night Plan works in parts because the two male leads get into the swing of things without much ado. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 08, 2023
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Goldfish (2022) |
A layered, delicate mother-daughter drama about dementia, demons of the past and scalded souls. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 08, 2023
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King of Kotha (2023) |
Irretrievably undermined by a trite script, making Dulquer's shot at a massy pan-Indian film a letdown, a king-size one at that. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 08, 2023
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Jawan (2023) |
Packed with all the ingredients that you would expect in a high-octane action film, Jawan is a strikingly meta vehicle in which a star communicates directly with his fan base and holds forth on themes that are crying out to be addressed. - NDTV
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| Posted Sep 08, 2023
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Asteroid City (2023) |
Scarlett Johansson stands out with a finely-tuned performance. The film has a host of other delightful turns, most notably from Bryan Cranston. - NDTV
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| Posted Aug 25, 2023
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Akelli (2023) |
This tale of a woman cornered and fighting for dear life had the potential to be a thrilling, edge-of-the-seat ripsnorter. It falls way, way short. The lacklustre Akelli is a film best left alone. - NDTV
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| Posted Aug 25, 2023
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Dream Girl 2 (2023) |
We the audience figure out pretty quickly: this one is going nowhere. - NDTV
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| Posted Aug 25, 2023
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Ghoomer (2023) |
As for the film as a whole, if nothing else, it knows its target and gets there but with a bit too much of avoidable huffing and puffing... - NDTV
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| Posted Aug 21, 2023
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Jailer (2023) |
The guest stars do their bit and move on. It is left to Rajinikanth to shoulder the weight of the erratic script. - NDTV
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| Posted Aug 15, 2023
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OMG 2 (2023) |
OMG 2 aspires to be as sharp as a scalpel but is actually as blunt as the back of a knife. - NDTV
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| Posted Aug 15, 2023
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Gadar 2 (2023) |
Gadar 2 is strictly for three categories of people: Sunny Deol fans, those that miss the unbridled excesses of Bollywood of yore, and those that believe that "hate thy neighbour" is an axiom worth cheering for. - NDTV
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| Posted Aug 15, 2023
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