Rediff reviews
23 reviews of Hindi and Telugu films, average rating 2.3/5.
Tamanchey is funny, fast paced and fierce but begins to fizzle out just when you’re starting to like it.
Read the full reviewA vague reminder of another Anupam Kher classic, Khosla ka Ghosla, Ekkees Toppon ki Salaami may not be fast paced but you never really wonder about how long it will take to end.
Read the full reviewWhat it really is though but a middling action thriller engaging a cat-and-mouse game between a shrewd crime branch officer (who happens to be a woman) and a demented young man running a vast human trafficking business.
Read the full reviewThis is a lark, a goofy film where you know what’s going to happen but where you enjoy watching it unfold.The strength of Khaitan’s film lies in how it’s not trying too hard, it’s not trying at reinventing the wheel, and instead…
Read the full reviewThe Xpose wastes no time in getting to the point, which is to swiftly move towards finding the killer. Only, the path to solving the mystery of Zaras murder is rife with inconsistencies of epic proportions.
Read the full reviewSatish Kaushik, normally a sensible director, succumbs to commercial pressure. He uses some really vulgar dialogues in an attempt at humour, adds in a completely annoying item number and some gimmicky VFX.
Read the full reviewFor if Ragini MMS (2011) was about two-and-a-half love-making scenes, its sequel has just one, a forced one at that. But that’s just about it.
Read the full reviewIt is a preposterously bad film, a shoddy wannabe that — despite taking scraps from the table of Shakespearewallah Bhardwaj — lacks ambition, soul, clarity. In case you were wondering, that title is pronounced iss-suck.
Read the full reviewBajaaey Raho thankfully skips several stereotypes it could have used and sticks to a more rational script.
Read the full reviewRemember your days in school and college. Remember how you fell for the charms of your teacher. Remember how innocently you imagined making love to her. And remember those heartaches. That is Sahils story.
Read the full reviewThe film works despite being saddled with a rather cliched plot.
Read the full reviewArjun: The Warrior Prince, it isn’t the first film to be made about the Mahabharata. It won’t be the last, either.
Read the full reviewThe threadbare story is about a bachelor trip in Spain, gorgeously shot by cinematographer Carlos Catalan..Zindagi Na Mile Dobara doesn’t earn our laughs.
Read the full reviewThis is a filmmaker not even bothering with reality, his fantastically lit and exquisitely framed shots working like rich canvasses, a narrative only in place to string along the art on offer.It is, then, heartbreaking to watch…
Read the full reviewKabir desperately wants you to believe that in his script, a complete tribute to 70s Bollywood.
Read the full reviewA physically charged performance from Vijay Deverakonda can't salvage Ranabaali's bland, low energy spectacle. The ambition and scope in its narrative intentions are not met by the lacklustre execution.
Read the full reviewNayyi Navelli is a chaotic and forgettable cinematic experience, struggling to blend mythological, horror, and social commentary into a cohesive narrative.
Read the full reviewUnlike Pyaar Ka Punchnama, which was insensitive to its female cast as well as the audience, Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar allows its characters a little more room to breathe, express themselves and put forward their points of view.
Read the full reviewWatching Udta Teer's refreshingly cheeky ambition dumb down into a grovelling piece of gutless filmmaking is supremely disappointing.
Read the full reviewHurt and humiliation is skin deep in Reporting Live's truth-seeking, which is why its cynical view of a crusader's fate leaves no impact. Shoddy treatment of a serious concern results in a staggeringly bland drama.
Read the full reviewThere's no cinematic style or technical wizardry to be found in Shah's storytelling, and despite Manoj Bajpayee's stellar performance and nuanced portrayal of his character's fluctuating morality, the script weaknesses, clumsy…
Read the full reviewWith minimal use of CGI, which today's films lean on far too much, Rawal spins a dark and enjoyable tale of the dangerous obsession of a man who believes he has been dealt an unfair hand in life.
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