Manikarnika is agonizingly soulless. Platitudes piled upon synthetic platitudes do not add up to great cinema, especially when none of the film’s war cries delivers any bang for its buck. Save yours and give the film a miss unless you like the sound of misfires.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Is Outstanding Performer In A Film Best Left Alone…

Anupam Kher must be commended for putting in a lot of hard work, but his portrayal simply doesn’t work

Vicky Kaushal plays a steady hand and delivers the goods to an extent that, at times, seems wasted on it

Simmba is the kind of film that derides toxic masculinity while ill-advisedly celebrating unbridled virility as a necessary component of law enforcement. Instill fear in the hearts of the wrongdoers, Singham advises Simmba. And how, pray, do you do that? Simmba advocates throwing due process out the window and embracing another flagrant form of lawlessness. And that can only be dangerous.

Zero, riding on SRK’s back, reaches for the stars. But its astral ambitions are thwarted by a lack of imagination and genuine understanding of the minds of people struggling to ward off undeserved ridicule and earn rightful recognition. But whoever expects such niceties from a movie that rarely rises above the level of unalloyed bilge?

Jason is a potent force, bringing forth the dimensions of the struggle of a hero who is at first reluctant to jump into battle

While Sushant Singh Rajput does much of the heavy lifting with a great deal of flair, the biggest asset is Sara

The film is never less than watchable because the performances are first-rate even when the writing isn’t.

Glitzily mounted but caught between solemnity and fluffiness, Thugs of Hindostan might entertain large swathes of the audience, but it is ultimately too tacky and unconvincing to lay legitimate claims to being India’s answer to Pirates of the Caribbean. It isn’t even a poor copy.