Shubhra Gupta
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Shubhra Gupta's Film Reviews
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I would recommend ‘Club 60’, because it brings into the frame an age group euphemistically called the ‘silvers’, and by touching a chord with its performances. Farooque Shaikh is as solid as ever. And he is given company by the lovely Sarika, who locks into her role with a terrific wet-eyed moment. She keeps him and the film going.
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…the film piles up every single tiresome cliché from all similar films in the past, while telling us nothing we want to know. Or see.
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…creates a couple that ignites the screen, and most of the time when these two are on screen, you keep watching. It’s when the guns come on, and the gun-masters start roaring and shouting, that the love-story drowns, and everything gets both too noisy and too choreographed. I enjoyed the lovers, and their ram-leela: if only the film had been more ras, not goli-leela, more roses than guns.
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… the shape-shifting Loki is the only character who makes himself new and interesting. When he is around, ‘Thor: The Dark World’ becomes a different film altogether. You wish there was more of him.
The rest of it is metal clanking.
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‘Satya’ was a gamechanger. ‘Satya 2’ is not even in the game. ‘Goli maar bheje mein’.
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‘Krrish 3’ is a superhero film. It is also a throwback to the creaky family entertainers Bollywood used to make. The hero has special powers, sure, but also a loving daddy, a lovely wifey, an attractive moll and a villain with severe daddy issues. Only a pet poodle or parrot is missing.
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A complete waste of two hours.
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It’s all fun up to a point, and despite a couple of amateurish edges, the director shows potential.
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The lines overall are cringe-making, and aimed at those who find a truck named ‘Behen Ki Lorry’ funny. Really, Akshay?
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…the theme, fronted by the two lead actors, had the potential to be a zinger.