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Uday Bhatia

Uday Bhatia's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Bulbbul (2020) 88% EDIT “Taken together, these three films are a loose trilogy of supernatural feminine power, each concerned, in its own way, with the injustices women have faced, and continue to face...” – Livemint Jun 30, 2020 Full Review Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020) 75% EDIT “The film is never far from silliness, but there's often a reason attached... it's a nod to the Hindi cinema tradition of the climactic dance.” – Livemint Jan 11, 2020 Full Review Chhapaak (2020) 89% EDIT “The film is careful to keep its central character in focus and its star and producer under wraps, but it's impossible not to think of Padukone in the moment when Malti is asked "ladna hai?" - up for a fight?” – Livemint Jan 10, 2020 Full Review Mardaani 2 (2019) 50% EDIT “In this slick, gruesome sequel, Shivani again steps aside and allows victims to exact revenge, in full view of the public.” – Livemint Dec 13, 2019 Full Review Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019) 43% EDIT “The problem with Pati, Patni Aur Woh isn't that it's offensive, but that it's dull and predictable for too much of its running time.” – Livemint Dec 9, 2019 Full Review Drive (2018) 0% EDIT “Rajput has the fixed plastic smile of an actor who wishes his career were in another gear...” – Livemint Nov 6, 2019 Full Review Laal Kaptaan (2019) 11% EDIT “Laal Kaptaan is the sort of film I wish there were more of - an exploration of the richness and weirdness of old India, one which doesn't try to smooth the edges or create a Disney-esque franchise.” – Livemint Oct 22, 2019 Full Review Padmaavat (2018) 53% EDIT “The only lessons worth taking from Padmaavat are sartorial, but this thin epic is likely to be parsed for meaning by millions in the coming weeks.” – Livemint Jan 24, 2018 Full Review The State vs. Jolly LL.B 2 (2017) 71% EDIT “It's not often that one gets the opportunity to sit back and enjoy a Saurabh Shukla performance...Jolly LLB 2 has a busy plot, but the film's real triumph is the wealth of detail that informs the scenes.” – Livemint Jan 19, 2018 Full Review Jugni (2016) 50% EDIT “It's nice to walk into an unheralded film and come out keen to recommend it to everyone. Shefali Bhushan's Jugni isn't always smooth or sensible, but its virtues are the sort that are often missing from films more highly rated.” – Livemint Jan 19, 2018 Full Review Indu Sarkar (2017) 45% EDIT “If the current political climate is to give rise to more films about the Emergency - and we could do with several, just as we could films about other tumultuous periods in our history - one would hope they're better art.” – Livemint Jan 10, 2018 Full Review Bajirao Mastani (2015) 67% EDIT “Bhansali might be one of the last exponents of the grand old Bollywood style. Melodrama is the air his characters breathe. His songs don't move the story forward; instead, they are invitations to stop, sit back and gawk.” – Livemint Jan 8, 2018 Full Review Hunterrr (2015) 50% EDIT “Luckily (and unusually for a Hindi film), Hunterrr finds some footing in the second half.” – Livemint Jan 3, 2018 Full Review Half Girlfriend (2017) 18% EDIT “If this review seems to fixate on matters of plot, it's only because there isn't much else to write about. Mohit Suri makes a particular type of film, but from moment to moment, scene to scene, he isn't the most imaginative of directors.” – Livemint Dec 16, 2017 Full Review Do Lafzon Ki Kahaani (2016) 13% EDIT “This is exactly the sort of no-hope venture that Randeep Hooda seems to land up in again and again, frustrating those who believe that he ought to be a much bigger star and above dross of this sort by now.” – Livemint Dec 9, 2017 Full Review Dilwale (2015) 20% EDIT “There are stupid films, and there are films that flaunt their stupidity. Rohit Shetty is a frequent purveyor of the latter sort.” – Livemint Dec 8, 2017 Full Review Fukrey Returns (2017) 11% EDIT “Fukrey was rooted in the everyday: the comedy seemed to arise naturally from the slackers' surroundings. The sequel, though, has the desperation and unfocussed energy of a work that's not sure why it exists.” – Livemint Dec 8, 2017 Full Review An Insignificant Man (2016) 90% EDIT “The past few weeks have provided more than a few reasons as to why there's little explicitly political film-making in India. That's good enough reason to catch the ones that break through.” – Livemint Nov 29, 2017 Full Review Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) 88% EDIT “Baahubali 2 is undoubtedly a spectacular action film. It's also a tradition-bound, caste-conscious macho militarist fantasy.” – Livemint Oct 31, 2017 Full Review Spotlight (2015) 97% EDIT “Keaton, Tucci and McAdams are all compelling, but I found myself looking forward to the moments when Schreiber would appear on screen. His Marty Baron is careful, undemonstrative, steadfast and vital: the ideal editor.” – Livemint Jan 13, 2017 Full Review Suicide Squad (2016) 26% EDIT “Not since Goodfellas has a Hollywood film had such a high song-per-scene ratio, but at least there was a thematic unity to the tracks in that film. This one just careens all over the place.” – Livemint Jan 9, 2017 Full Review Udta Punjab (2016) 92% EDIT “It's fascinating to see how the diverse acting styles of the leads meld or clash with each other throughout the film... And there's another performance going on in the background. It's Punjab.” – Livemint Oct 26, 2016 Full Review Kabali (2016) 56% EDIT “Ultimately, one is left wondering what a genuinely gritty gangster film starring Rajinikanth -- who can still smirk with the best of them -- would have looked like.” – Livemint Jul 25, 2016 Full Review Brahman Naman (2016) 70% EDIT “What drove me to distraction, however, was the constant, aggressive stupidity -- the feeling that no gag was too ridiculous, no double entendre too tawdry, to merit inclusion.” – Livemint Jul 8, 2016 Full Review Sultan (2016) 69% EDIT “From an actor who isn't known for putting himself out there emotionally, this is unexpected stuff.” – Livemint Jul 6, 2016 Full Review
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