A low-stake, contrived story filled with futile characters and hampered by exposition makes this sequel a dull affair.

Namaste England, which uses the same template of 2007 hit Namastey London, is forced and takes the audience for granted.

Bollywood fans have a good appetite for sappy love stories, but Jalebi is a kind of a film where fans will pray for the end to come as quickly and painlessly as possible. With a catch-line like ‘everlasting taste of love’, the film had a promise of delicious recipe of romance but this is a poorly baked dish which is completely devoid of any taste, forget the everlasting effect.

Venom volumes up its darker tone, but it ends up being bizarre and lazy than smart and gritty.

JP Dutta gives his best to lend authenticity by using the real terrain but after an hour of the movie it is like deja vu.

It is a kind of film where the otherwise good ensemble is also kind of bored performing the same old buffoonery.

While Johnson looks cool doing all that unbelievable action, the film bugs you with constant ‘been-there-seen-that’ feeling.

Overall, Kaala falls short of expectations as it doesn’t live up to the tag of a ‘Rajnikanth film’. Though there are a few moments here and there, these are overshadowed by slow narration and some boring scenes. All in all, if you’re expecting a larger-than-life performance, you’ll be disappointed.  

There’s simply not enough conflict and the characters are not fleshed out, rendering them little more than stereotypes.

It’s pretty and partly absorbing but not quite exhilarating…This Bhansali magnum opus is the kind of film that tries too hard to get your attention in the runtime of almost three hours.