Top Rated Films
Nandini Ramnath's Film Reviews
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Like this year’s Gully Boy, Super 30 suggests that with talent and commitment, it is possible to cross over from the other side of the tracks. Leap high towards your goals, Anand tells his students. The formula is as pat as the solution, but many parts of the journey makes this classroom victory worth the while.
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A powerful examination of crimes against Dalits…Article 15 isn’t exactly nuanced about the brutal system that continues to subjugate Dalits, but neither are the times. The implausible portions balance out the moments that echo the headlines. For every scene that seems out of place, another comes along to remind us of why this movie is effectively landing its punches.
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Just like the man of the title, the director seems stuck in a moment he doesn’t want to get out of. Kabir Singh reimagines the Indian hero archetype in interesting ways, but its inability to even consider the flaws in its leading man’s romantic outlook is its undoing. Is masochism the flip side of machismo? Both movies seem to agree, but they never ask why.
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An ode to the Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif pairing and little else…Ali Abbas Zafar’s movie sets his hero’s adventures against the backdrop of India’s post-Independence history.
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This terrorist manhunt is overheated and undercooked…
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A 131-minute victory parade on the big screen…Omung Kumar’s biopic stars Vivek Anand Oberoi as the Man from Gujarat.
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A loud, overstretched thriller starring Sunny Deol in rescue mode…
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The movie reserves its firepower for a climactic display of pyrotechnics, and the visual effects showcase is a relief from the puffy eyes and forlorn speeches. Thanos may be inevitable, but what’s an Avengers movie without showboating?
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An attempt to map a love triangle onto the tragedy of the Partition goes awry
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Tries to be understated, but is ultimately underdeveloped