aheb Biwi Aur Gangster follow a template. The films are based in the hinterlands and infused with local flavours and nuances.

It’s funny in parts, but meanders in the second half. As one of the tracks goes: Chalti hai kya nau se barah? It’s your call.

Adrenaline junkies might fancy the film, despite the bizarre juxtaposition of the ‘Mr India’ (1987) chartbuster, ‘Kaate Nahi Katte’, in a Budapest nightclub. Strangely, the scantily-clad local girls can mouth the Hindi song and gyrate to it, but the next moment the lead dancer can only talk in their language. Don’t try to fathom it or the plot, just enjoy the Budapest scenery instead.

‘Saat Uchakkey’ could well be a crash course in abusive rant. Filmed entirely in the old lanes of the capital, this film will only end up giving you a Delhi belly

The filmmakers have splurged on the styling in ‘Dishoom’, but not on the storytelling. Agreed it is a leave-your-brains-at-home entertainer, but some method to the madness would have packed a punch…

Though the film has good production values, by the end of the first half, you can easily predict what is going to unfold on screen. Wonders don’t cease to surface in the second half. What the film lacks is the thrills and spills in the game

In one scene, Navneet tells the hero that people who show the ravages of time on their faces have not followed their heart and those who age gracefully have. So, if you don’t want those wrinkles to show early, steer clear of this film.

It is a sweet and simple love story alright, but doesn’t exactly tug at your heartstrings. Nor does the longing and separation make you misty-eyed even for a nanosecond. Love is in the air, but at the same time, reincarnation and even sexual abuse are thrown in.

A biopic needs to be engaging, but in ‘Gour Hari Dastaan’, more attention seems to have been paid to the dialogues than the storytelling. It hardly evokes emotions in you and make you feel for the trials and tribulations of the man struggling for his due. Go for it if you want to soak in the Independence Day spirit.

This film has been made with heart, but desperately tries to weave in the commercial elements when you have model Carol Gracias suddenly pop up in an item number. With two big guns (‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and ‘Baahubali’) still firing at the box office and another Cannes-acclaimed film, ‘Masaan’, trying to make an impact, this week, this go-green call seems as tough as the zero garbage mission.