Top Rated Films
Saibal Chatterjee's Film Reviews
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Boman Irani’s mean politician caricature isn’t menacing enough to give anybody sleepless nights, leave alone a ghost who rocks.
Will Bhoothnath Returns be able to bhooth-capture the box office? It might not lose its deposit, but it does not look like it is in with a chance to romp home with a big margin.
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Main Tera Hero, for all its excesses, is held together by its sustained comic energy. The sillier it turns, the better it gets.
The film has enough laugh-out-loud situations for the audience not to be overly put off by the screenplay’s obvious rough edges.
Give Main Tera Hero a shot. Not quite vintage David Dhawan, but it comes pretty close.
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O Teri is only for those that are of tough disposition or are blessed with the ability to take any load of bunkum in a darkened movie hall.
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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.
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It deserves a quick, unceremonious burial. Moral of the story: Never rake up ghosts of the past.
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Why are the characters in our horror films so intellectually challenged? Ragini MMS 2 is specially suffused with morons…Ragini MMS 2 is so enamoured by its luscious leading lady’s lusty past that it doesn’t know what it wants to be. Neither horrifying nor sexy, the film is like a conflicted schizophrenic seeking a closure to his identity crisis blocking out the sunlight from all the windows in his home and running around in circles all over his darkened home.
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Bewakoofiyaan scores with its disarming simplicity. Even as it doesn’t soar to dizzying heights, it is never less than watchable.
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Don’t miss Queen for anything. It is a sparkling little gem. Both the actress and the director use that element of gaucherie in the character to great effect, crafting a believable and adorable heroine who evokes both empathy and enchantment.
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The film’s much-touted feminism seems especially counterfeit when a ruffian is forced by members of the gang to drape a sari and perform an impromptu dance, the implication being that, for a man, there can be no humiliation worse than that. 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 perpetuated for decades.
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Shaadi Ke Side Effects is recommended because, despite its flaws, it is passable fun while it lasts.