2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, an unconventional love-and-friendship yarn narrated with flair and feeling, certainly isn’t only for dyed-in-the-wool romantics.
Saibal Chaterjee reviews
154 reviews of Indian films, average rating 2.4/5.
154reviews
2.43/5average rating
5highest: PK
0.5lowest: Mr Joe B. Carvalho
69Under 2.25
322.25 to 2.9
373 to 3.9
164 and up
Parched4/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Leena Yadav’s Parched is an irresistible beast of a film. As incendiary as it is entertaining, it goes where Indian cinema rarely does without becoming exploitative – into the erogenous fantasies of long-suppressed village women…
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
The Legend of Michael Mishra is an unmitigated disaster: so ham-fisted that its all fingers and thumbs pointing in no particular direction.
Sultan3/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Sultan is a case of a superstar vehicle latching on to the current trend of sports films but failing to achieve the requisite grounding in the rough and tumble of the wrestling pits to evolve into a convincing drama.Whatever heft…
Shorgul1/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Shorgul is purportedly about the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots but, thanks to the censors, the UP town isn’t mentioned even once. It is replaced by Malihabad.
Raman Raghav 2.03.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
The film zeroes in on a psychopath’s chilling battle of wits, and nerves, with a sleep-deprived, drug-dependent cop in the seedy back alleys of present-day Mumbai.
Te3n3/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Visually and aurally, Te3n is a consistently alive film. It isnt an edge-of-the-seat humdinger. The motivations of its key characters are at times rather fuzzy.
Housefull 31.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
The antics and the utterances of the principal characters – and there are a whole lot of them – are meant to be funny, but they rarely are. Housefull 3 is the kind of film that does not believe in pauses.
Veerappan1.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Veerappan does not shy away from making a great deal of noise, but the film is more akin to soggy gelatin sticks delivering a damp squib than a big explosive device triggering an earth-shattering bang.
Phobia3/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Phobia is a taut and evocatively filmed psychological thriller about a woman whose mind plays terrible tricks on her, but it is equally about the hostile, predatory world that she is a part of and feels threatened by.
Waiting3.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Waiting hinges on the unlikely bond that develops between a retired Kochi professor and a young Mumbai woman who are yoked together by a tragic turn of events and compelled to view existence in a new light.
Sarbjit2/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
The script seems more intent on giving the heroine a platform to holler and hector her way though than on crafting a balanced narrative that tracks the impact of Sarabjit’s disappearance on the family as a whole.
Traffic4/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Hindi movie fans have clearly lucked out. Only four months into 2016, they have already been treated to three amazing true stories brought to the big screen with elan. Traffic extends the trend represented by Airlift and Neerja.
Baaghi1.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Low on genuine emotion, Baaghi is only as engaging as a badly designed video game.
Love Games1.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
The outright puerile meets the unabashedly sleazy in Love Games, an adult thriller about people with fast cars and faster lives that has neither pace nor tolerably interesting characters.
Ki & Ka2/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
All through the film, sundry characters, including Kia’s widowed social activist-mother (Swaroop Sampat), allude to pillars that hold up buildings while talking about the institution of marriage.
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Unapologetically gory and visceral, Rocky Handsome revels in relentless violence. But for a film about a ‘trained assassin’ and his bonding with a hapless child in desperate need of help, it is woefully low on emotional muscle.
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Absurdist comedies are always difficult to pull off because the line between the droll and the dreary is often dangerously thin. Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive, is seldom on the right side of that line.
Aligarh4.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Aligarh, essentially a study of a victim of entrenched prejudices, articulates its poetry of pain with remarkable precision, right down to the subtlest of its nuances.
Fitoor3.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Fitoor ticks the first two boxes emphatically. It is packaged brilliantly. It also has epic sweep. But in respect of context, it falls well shy of perfection.
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Every good love story has a touch of the absurd. But Sanam Teri Kasam is neither a believable romantic yarn nor are its stabs of stupidity within the realms of the passable.
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
For intention, Chalk N Duster might get full marks, but the execution is so hopelessly ham-fisted that the film can only be described as an absolute botch-up.But Chalk N Duster is a sentence that meanders through miles of…
Wazir2.5/5
2016 · Hindi · NDTV
Neil Nitin Mukesh in the guise of the menacing Wazir makes the most of the single scene the screenplay gives him, but there is absolutely nothing special about John Abrahams special appearance.Wazir, Bejoy Nambiars third venture…
Dilwale2.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
To put it simply, Dilwale is a bizarre love story. SRK has done his share of bizarre love stories in his time, but this one just doesnt get off the ground despite the superstars best efforts.
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Pan Nalin’s Angry Indian Goddesses, on one level, is a charmingly jaunty film powered by peppy performances.
Tamasha2.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
An off-the beaten track love story that does not go far enough with its surprises, Imtiaz Alis Tamasha is a film that flatters to deceive.
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Had the duo of do-gooders taken less time in achieving their end and had Salman Khan been a given a more naturally gifted female co-star than Sonam, PRDP might have been an infinitely better film despite the vapidity of the…
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Calendar Girls is only about sex and sleaze presented on the pretext of unravelling the decaying innards of Bollywood and the cricketing world.
Welcome Back2/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Welcome Back has some funny one-liners, but they are too few and far between. A couple of the gags, including one in which Uday Shetty and Majnu Bhai play antakshari in a graveyard, are hilarious.
Phantom2.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
The better actors in the cast – Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rajesh Tailang and Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub – are no more than mere passengers on this jerky ride.Phantom is a film that knows where it is going, but has no clue how to get…
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Manjhi – The Mountain Man pays a price for exactly the opposite – it errs on the side of excess. Its makers go overboard with the sturdy but rather stolid pieces available to them.
Gour Hari Dastaan2.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
The dreariness of Gour Hari Dastaan is allayed somewhat by an array of cameos by fine character actors Saurabh Shukla, Rajit Kapoor, Vikram Gokhale and Murali Sharma, among others.
Brothers1.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
For all the hoopla, Brothers, in going for the jugular, punches well below its weight.
Drishyam3/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Drishyam, a thriller that eschews the standard trappings of the suspense genre, is replete with surprises.
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Guddu Rangeela, however, ticks so many of the essential boxes that one is willing to ignore the ones that it does not. A lighthearted film about a deadly serious subject could have easily gone horribly wrong.
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
For those looking for a break from the Bollywood staple of star-studded, buffed up, feel-good entertainers, this film might be two hours and a bit well spent.
Dil Dhadakne Do2.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Hindi cinema history has seen one big film about “loving your parents”. Dil Dhadakne Do is about “hating your parents” and in the process compelling them to change their ways. Yawn!
Bombay Velvet2.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
It certainly isnt disgust that you feel at how Bombay Velvet turns out. It is after all a deftly mounted film with much going for it. What you leave the hall with is a sense of disappointment.
Gabbar Is Back1.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
This Gabbar is a damp squib. Not only does he lack the pull and power of Hindi cinema’s most memorable baddie, even the half-baked homilies that this holier-than-thou terminator of the corrupt mouths reeks of staleness.
Mr. X1/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Mr X is indeed a love story, too, but it is highly unlikely that anybody will fall in love it. Mr X is a puerile thriller and a risible revenge saga with a dash of random sci-fi thrown into the pot.
Dharam Sankat Mein1.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
. Dharam Sankat Mein, an official remake of the 2010 British comedy The Infidel, is certainly not half as horrid as the aforementioned monstrosity.
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Yahaan Sabki Lagi Hai, a bright specimen of Mumbai-style mumblecore written, is like the perky little soul that occasionally wiggles its way into the multiplexes and takes us by surprise.Yahaan Sabki Lagi Hai is a small film with…
Hunterrr2/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
The ambient elements in the film are far more interesting. The retro texture embedded in both the sound design and the visual compositions lend Hunterrr an off-kilter feel.
Badlapur3/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Sriram Raghavan’s neo-noir crime thriller is about vengeance and forgiveness all right, but one thing that the film isn’t is conventional.
Shamitabh2.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
The film spends much time critiquing the ways of Bollywood, but ends up repeating many of the very follies it takes a dig at. Shamitabh is watchable on account of the great performances.
Hawaizaada2/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
A well-intentioned but stodgy cinematic fleshing out of an obscure footnote in aviation history, Hawaizaada takes eons to climb to cruising altitude.
Hawaizaada2/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
A well-intentioned but stodgy cinematic fleshing out of an obscure footnote in aviation history, Hawaizaada takes eons to climb to cruising altitude.
Dolly Ki Doli2.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
There is much to like in Dolly Ki Doli. Or, let us put it this way: there isn’t much to dislike in Dolly Ki Doli.
Alone2/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Alone isn’t as horrifically bad as most Bollywood horror flicks tend to be. But that obviously is not saying much.
Crazy Cukkad Family1.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Crazy Cukkad Family has lyricist Swanand Kirkire in the principal role of a lout out to make a right royal nuisance of himself. He is not bad at all.
Crazy Cukkad Family1.5/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Crazy Cukkad Family has lyricist Swanand Kirkire in the principal role of a lout out to make a right royal nuisance of himself. He is not bad at all.
Tevar2/5
2015 · Hindi · NDTV
Arjun Kapoor is always likeable on the screen, but the rugged persona that he assumes here – a combo, in the character’s own words, of Rambo, Terminator and Salman Khan – is not up his street.
Ugly3/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Ugly is about a bunch of perverse people fishing in troubled waters as the mystery of the missing girl deepens. The screenplay and the directorial methods are direct and realistic.
PK5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Bollywood enthusiasts who value their intelligence – and their hard-earned money – finally have reason to rejoice. PK is here.
Action Jackson0.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
From the first scene to the last, Action Jackson is cringe-inducing film that revels in scraping the bottom of the barrel.Action Jackson, a surefire Golden Kela contender, could give Humshakals a run for its money. Give it a miss.
Ungli1.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Ungli has a few attributes that you will not usually encounter in a Karan Johar production. It has no big stars, no elaborate song and dance set pieces and no major love story.
Happy Ending2.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Happy Ending enmeshes the wildly absurd with the mildly funny to deliver two-and-a-quarter hours of harmless entertainment that does not overly try the audience’s patience despite the many holes that it is riddled with.
Kill Dil2/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
A stylishly shot and neatly packaged action caper, Kill Dil could have been a killer film. It isn’t.
Rang Rasiya3.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Rang Rasiya is by no means a perfect film, but for the manner in which it tackles an extensive range of important themes related to the place of art in a tradition-bound society, it is an impressive achievement.
The Shaukeens1.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
The trouble with The Shaukeens is that both the characters and the film as a whole hit all the wrong buttons in a bid to generate mirth.Akshay Kumar, who also doubles up as the narrator, is the only one in the cast who seems to…
Super Nani1.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
A preachy and mawkish drama about a woman neglected, scorned and tormented by her own oafish family, Super Nani makes its pro-women’s empowerment statement with the finesse of a bulldozer run amok.Super Nani takes upwards of two…
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
No matter how much money the film eventually collects at the box office, Happy New Year, for all its visual opulence, has nothing new to offer nor is it a particularly happy narrative concoction.
Tamanchey1.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Tamanchey falls way short of the mark. A stodgy and aimless noir drama, it is a rusty gun that fires noisy blanks without making any impact at all.
Bang Bang!2/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
True to its utterly unimaginative title, Bang Bang makes a hell of a lot of ear-splitting noise. By the end of it all, it manages to produce no more than a croaky, barely palatable whimper.
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Daawat-e-Ishq is a smorgasbord of conflicting genres that do not mix particularly well.
Khoobsurat3.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
It is a rare Bollywood romp in which everyone involved, on the screen and off it, seems to be having an unabashed blast. In the end, Khoobsurat is a pretty good show.
Mary Kom2.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
What Mary Kom achieves is just the opposite of what it sets out to: the perpetually-on-the-edge style of storytelling takes the sting and authenticity out of the story of the inspirational rise of the spirited daughter of a…
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
The film resembles a magicians sleight of hand that has pretensions to intelligence and insight but is in reality a completely dumb act that is only unintentionally funny.
Mardaani3/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Mardaani is more in the nature of a police procedural drama than a stunt film about a comic strip cop in which exploding cars and pummeled bodies are flung about in the air like a whole lot of pillows.
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
In Singham Returns, the unstoppable protagonist is once again fighting for freedom from the tyranny of the system.
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Entertainment, scripted and directed by super-successful potboiler writers Farhad-Sajid, is unabashedly asinine and delivers anything but what the title promises.
Kick2.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
To give the Devil his due, Kick isnt half as bad as some of the Bollywood flicks that moviegoers have been subjected to in recent months. Take it or lump it.
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania is Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge for those that werent old enough to fully delight in the spectacle of SRKs Raj wooing the parents of Kajols Simran against all odds nearly two decades ago.The retro rut…
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
At various points in Lekar Hum Deewana Dil, the word blunder is uttered. Quite apt!
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
At various points in Lekar Hum Deewana Dil, the word blunder is uttered. Quite apt!
Bobby Jasoos3/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Equally importantly, Bobby Jasoos isnt the sort of flick that is willing to stoop to any level simply to inveigle average consumers of Bollywood kitsch.
Ek Villain2/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
The biggest of the villains in Mohit Suri’s Ek Villain is the screenplay itself. It is as muddled as a serial killer’s twisted mind and just as destructive. A vapid love story dovetailed into a confused psychological thriller.
Humshakals0.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
So you thought Sajid Himmatwala Khan could sink no further. Watch just 15 minutes of Humshakals and you’d be disavowed of that notion.
Fugly1.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
If positive intent were enough to help a youth-centric movie pass muster, then Fugly could, at a stretch, be regarded as passably decent two-and-a-quarter hours of entertainment.
Holiday2/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Holiday is a ride gone horribly wrong. It is a drab and dreary action thriller in which neither the action nor the thrills rise to any great heights.
City Lights4/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
CityLights has its heart in the right place, and it is a heart that is backed by a ticking mind that is able to grasp the subtler shades of human behaviour without tripping on over-sentimentalism.
Hawaa Hawaai4/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Writer-director Amole Gupte employs the standard tropes of a triumph-of-the-underdog tale to deliver a warm, sensitive and rousing slice-of-life drama.
Revolver Rani3.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Revolver Rani, for all its retro style and ingredients, is certainly not that ancient in spirit and substance.
Kaanchi2.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Subhash Ghai seeks to connect into the rising tide of anger among todays youth with narrative devices that have seen better days.
2 States2.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
The unabashed shallowness of a Chetan Bhagat book meets the inane glitter of a Karan Johar-Sajid Nadiadwala production in 2 States. The result is the creation of a third state the state of overpowering indolence.
Bhoothnath Returns2.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
The films good intentions and the generally competent and controlled execution are marred by a screenplay riddled with inconsistencies.
Main Tera Hero2.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Main Tera Hero has both strains of comedy, the crass and the truly funny, but in the end it is the latter that dominates.
O Teri1/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
O Teri is a hard-to-classify film. In fact, one isnt even sure it can be called a film. It is a loud, over-the-top, mindless caper masquerading as political satire.
Dishkiyaoon2/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
A gangster flick with a complement of dark, twisted characters and a plot burdened with an overload of twists, Dishkiyaoon is high on style but low on substance.In Dishkiyaoon, there isnt a single figure that springs out of the…
Gang of Ghosts1.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
These creatures are totally lost in translation and do not stand a chance in hell of salvaging this insipid official remake of the 2012 Bengali hit, Bhooter Bhabishyat (The Future of the Past).
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Bewakoofiyaan is a genteel, slice-of-life love story that runs with one of the oldest of the standard devices of the genre strong parental opposition to a proposed marital liaison, with money, or rather the lack of it, playing a…
Queen4/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
This is a film that is no less tangy than the gol gappas that Rajouri Garden girl Rani Mehra rustles up in an Italian pizzeria in faraway Amsterdam.
Gulaab Gang2/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Women who weave their own pink saris and are determined to put all pigs in their place, even if they are in the make-believe world of Gulaab Gang, should be the last people to enforce a stereotype that Hindi films have…
Highway3/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
It has many a moment that is endearing and exquisitely etched, but the film is not always engaging enough to be able to offset the occasional inertia that stems from its lack of physical action.
Gunday2/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Gunday is smartly mounted and studded with a few lively song and dance routines. But the parts do not quite come together to create a gripping whole.
Hasee Toh Phasee2.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
It is an unpretentious little odd-couple romantic comedy. But the plot of Hasee Toh Phasee is a conundrum that takes some doing to crack.
One by Two2/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
There is no dearth of perspiration in screenwriter Devika Bhagats directorial debut. She packs quite a lot into the film. Yet it feels wafer-thin.
Jai Ho1.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
There is absolutely nothing uncommon about Jai Ho. It is strictly hackneyed fare about a wronged man who goes berserk in his mission to rid his own life and that of the nation of a very powerful tormentor.
Miss Lovely4/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Dark, disturbing and disorienting, Miss Lovely is the sort of film grips viewers by the gullet and drags them into a claustrophobic crevice. In other words, it isnt an easy film to watch.
Mr Joe B. Carvalho0.5/5
2014 · Hindi · NDTV
Mr Joe B Carvalho, directed by first-timer Samir Tewari, is a comedy of terrors in which anything goes. It is utterly unfunny and riddled with mindless gags that drag beyond acceptable limits.
Dhoom 33/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
This time around, the bikes, babes and brawls formula is dished out even more liberally than before. So, for the most part, Dhoom: 3 is a high-voltage action flick that relies squarely on known methods of the genre.
Satya 21.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Satya defined a Bollywood genre and earned instant cult following. Fifteen years on, Satya 2 defies all logic.
Krrish 32.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Krrish 3 is, for the most part, impressively ambitious and dazzlingly competent, if not always riveting. The special effects are jaw-dropping all right and some of the action sequences are superbly well executed.
Mickey Virus2.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
But this film, like the hacker-hero, is a bit like a Viru Sehwag innings. When it is good, it is rousingly good. When it falls short, it is exasperating. The screenplay isn’t as smart as it pretends to be.
Shahid4.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
It is a plucky film. Angry but remarkably even-handed, it articulates uncomfortable truths about contemporary India, its media, its judiciary and, of course, its people. Shahid deserves more than just a standing ovation.
Boss2/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Unfortunately, for all the pain that he inflicts on himself and the audience, this boss is never quite right.
Besharam2.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Besharam, rambunctious and robust, does not offer much by way of narrative novelty. But like Dabangg, it sets a crackling pace and does not flinch from the prospect of going over the edge in its pursuit of cheap thrills.
The Lunchbox4/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
It is a unique piece of cinema crafted with great dexterity and attention to detail.
Satyagraha2.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Prakash Jhas Satyagraha is a political film that, for all its well-meaning bluster, neither stings nor scalds. It fails to hit the core of the truth that it seeks.
Madras Cafe4/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Madras Cafe is a sinewy and riveting espionage thriller that entertains without having to play to the gallery.Madras Cafe stands apart from run-of-the-mill smack-downs because it does not celebrate vacuous militaristic machismo.
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Its a somewhat long ride that occasionally teeters on the edge of tedium, but it certainly isnt all wrong.
Issaq1.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Issaq, which runs for nearly two and a half hours, suffers from an overload of plots and sub-plots that are peopled with sketchily fleshed out characters that walk into the frame abruptly and vanish just as hastily.
Bajatey Raho2/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Severely hobbled by a banal plot premise, Bajatey Raho does not drum up any real joy. Not that it is devoid of a hook to hang its wafer-thin storyline on.
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Written and directed by debutant Anand Gandhi, Ship Of Theseus is at once introspective, provocative and intriguing.
Ramaiya Vastavaiya1.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
If the plot reeks of Bollywood of the 1980s, it isnt surprising at all: Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Prabhu Devas remake of his debut Telugu hit, owes its primary inspiration to Maine Pyar Kiya. Yes, this wine is that stale.
D-Day3/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
A mission impossible forms the crux of Nikhil Advani’s D-Day. But the film’s treatment of the story of derring-do, desperate measures and doom remains firmly within the realms of the possible.
Sixteen3.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Sixteen might be sweet but it is a tough place to be. In debutant director Raj Purohits sparkling little gem of a film, that home truth isnt a mere homily. Sixteen is certainly good, if not great, cinema.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag2.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
The much anticipated Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is anything but the film that Milkha Singh deserves.
Policegiri1/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
For a film that is as spectacularly dumb, Policegiri makes far too much noise.
Ghanchakkar1.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
The fundamental concept of Ghanchakkar is intriguing all right, but it simply isnt sturdy enough to bear the weight of an entire two hour-plus film. Ghanchakkar tries very, very hard to raise a few laughs.
Raanjhanaa3.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Raanjhanaa, scripted by Tanu Weds Manu writer Himanshu Sharma, is a love story with a huge difference that benefits no end from a clutch of exceptional performances.
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
It is a well-meaning, proficiently crafted and competently acted drama about the wages of medical skullduggery. But Ankur Arora Murder Case fails to make a strong enough case for itself.
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 is much worse than brain-numbing. The screenplay jumbles up a few songs, some action scenes and a string of vapid comic gags and then dumps it all into a messy mix that makes about as much sense as Garam…
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is a bright, breezy and brassy film designed for easy consumption. What it certainly is not is ballsy.
Gippi2.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
For all its attempts to look and feel different from the run-of-the-mill, Gippi is pretty obviously not the ultimate film about adolescence.
Go Goa Gone3/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
First the films strengths. Go Goa Gone is full of surprises: it is as if Delhi Belly on acid has strayed into Zombieland. It is anything but a mindless zombie film.
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Each segment of Bombay Talkies has its moments, either in terms of the quality of the acting or in the little narrative sleights that hit home.One is left with the feeling that a once-in-a-century cinematic experiment should have…
Shootout at Wadala2.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Whats Good: Balanced and Tempting action sequences which hit hard yet do not leave a traumatizing effect.
Aashiqui 21.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Aashiqui 2 is riddled with syrupy inanities that add up to insubstantial treacle. No amount of surface gloss can salvage it. The film is obviously meant for a youth audience, which is probably not the easiest segment to inveigle.
Ek Thi Daayan2.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Not only does it defy most preconceived notions that you might have until the lights go out and the supernatural drama begins to unfold, it also leaves you so befuddled by the end of it all that you dont really know what to make…
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
here is a Mumbai film that is nothing if not different. Nautanki Saala! is character and dialogue-driven rather than action-oriented. The humour flows from the core of the situations and the verbal exchanges.
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
David Dhawans Chashme Baddoor is a raggedy bag of gags as flimsy as the boxers that the three buddies strut around in they are full of colour all right but add little value to the canvas.
Lootera4/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
An epic canvas, a quiet love story, a cops-and-robbers drama and an impressively sophisticated storytelling style: Lootera has all this and much more.
Himmatwala1.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
f you, in the manner of the director, accept that unalloyed bunkum can be legitimately passed off, and gleefully lapped up, as cinematic entertainment, you might even come away pleased as punch with Himmatwala.
Aatma2/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
The intriguing premise and the evocative texture of Aatma are somewhat at odds with what the film eventually adds up to. One is tempted to look for layers of meaning beneath the images. There is none.
Mere Dad Ki Maruti3.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Produced by Y Films, YRFs alternative production label, Mere Dad Ki Maruti, has all the essential ingredients of a Bollywood wedding flick, but it serves them up in a somewhat watered-down form. The dilution serves the film well.
Jolly LLB3.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Despite a somewhat thin storyline, or probably on account of it, the film stays on course for the most part.
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
A revenge drama with a dash of political satire and a double love triangle dovetailed into a dark thriller, writer-director Tigmanshu Dhulias follow-up to Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster is an intense, effervescent and eventually…
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
A rom-com about a self-obsessed music producer who loves himself too much to notice that life might be passing him by is anything but oven-fresh.
The Attacks of 26/112.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
This film is an act of obvious courage and, in following through with it at the risk of treading on raw wounds, Ram Gopal Varma presents a precise account of what happened on the night Indias financial capital froze amid an…
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Zila Ghaziabad is unalloyed trash. It is headed straight for the dump yard stay well clear.
Murder 32.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Murder 3, a thriller that vacillates between the taut to the toxic, packs enough punch and panache to keep the audience glued, if not sweep them off their feet.
Katiyabaaz3.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
This sharp and free-flowing 84-minute documentary, directed by Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa, is a crackling livewire of a film.
ABCD2/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
India’s first-ever 3-D dance film is replete with robust routines that certainly vouch for director Remo D’Souza’s undeniable proficiency as a choreographer.
Special 264/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Special 26 is an intelligently scripted, superbly acted, enthralling and believable heist film that is more than just that. Special 26 hinges on four pivotal performances, with Manoj Bajpayees star turn being the standout one.
Race 21.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Race 2 isnt so much a sequel as an ill-advised rehash. Revenge, one character says, is a dish best served cold. Ideas, for sure, arent best served stale.
Inkaar3/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
Inkaar does not dabble either in yes and no, or in black and white. May be and perhaps, in other words a whole lot of grays, underline the conclusions that it seeks to draw from what is obviously a complex thematic proposition.
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
It is a wild, wacky, wicked satire that carries the unmistakable Vishal Bhardwaj signature. But it leaves you with mixed feelings. It isnt a big, bloated blockbuster wannabe.
Table No. 212.5/5
2013 · Hindi · NDTV
The line separating the exigencies of middle-class existence from the risks factored into the games that the characters in Table No 21 play is dangerously thin.
Dabangg 22.5/5
2012 · Hindi · NDTV
This film might also end up raking in a much larger box office booty than Dabangg did. But assessed strictly as a pure entertainer designed for instant mass gratification, it isnt half as successful. But make no mistake.
Khiladi 7861.5/5
2012 · Hindi · NDTV
Khiladi 786 has nothing new to offer. It is cut from the same cloth that have yielded many of Akshay Kumar’s recent vehicles. These films have sought to cash in on his rough and rowdy screen persona.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan3.5/5
2012 · Hindi · NDTV
The mushy moments at the heart of the love story might feel a tad pulpy at times. ButJab Tak Hai Jaan leaves a soothing afterglow.You have seen it all before, notably in Dil To Pagal Hai and Veer-Zaara.
B.A. Pass3.5/5
2012 · Hindi · NDTV
It is an unflinching, scalding tale that exposes the heart of darkness that lies under the serene, genteel veneer of middle class life in Delhi.
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