But the film ends as badly as it started, saved by the lead actors-cavorting-in sexy wear song at the end credits. Most people hung around for that and left swooning about the beauty of the lead actors. If you’re content doing that, plus enjoying a few over-the-top stunts, book your ticket.

If you’re interested in yet another mediocre UP movie about petty criminals, this is your pick.

Director Vishal Mahadkar gives us a film, an amalgamation of so many horror films, which in the end is neither completely original nor spooky. Venture in only if you’re not a hardcore horror fan.

Soha Ali Khan is the brightest spot in the movie, with her earnest performance. But she can do only so much to salvage the film. Ditto veteran actors Zakir Hussain, Seema Biswas and Mukesh Tiwari, and the adorable child actors. This could have been a better movie with more conviction and imagination.

Writer-director Habib Faisal (Do Dooni Chaar, Ishaqzaade) attempts a foodie rom-com with a well-intentioned message. Perhaps it’s too much to put into one film, and all you get is undercooked, bland biryani, where the flavours clash instead of complementing each other.

The film will seem monotonous for the most part, save the finale where you are at the edge of your seat for a few moments. In short, if you’re looking for Jannat rehashed with the crime-romance-drama combo, catch this one!

Disappointingly regressive and only sparsely funny, the only entertainment comes from the portions involving the dog. One wishes the film lived up to its name!

…what you get is an archetypal Salman film with the regular cliches, and a few moments of, err, kick.

Hate Story 2 is marketed as an erotic thriller, and scores pretty low on both the erotic and thriller counts. It’s a revenge drama, straight and simple, with some elements of erotica and thrills folded in. The film is a drag for the most part, but it’s still better than some of the “100 crore” films thrown in the audience’s face in the name of entertainment.

Ek Villain, or a manual on different ways of killing women, is a gory film that‘s hesitant to acknowledge its dark layers. On the surface, it’s mostly an optimistic movie with a preachy ‘Darkness can be destroyed only by light’ message.

Watch if it a film that’s essentially unoriginal, with plasticky emotions, and unnecessary gore fills up your soul. The only redeeming aspect is Riteish Deshmukh’s performance, but that would mean enduring the rest of the film as well!