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Madhuri's mix of silly, starry-eyed, sly and sentimental doesn't miss a single beat. A flawless Triptii Dimri steals the show in a role, finally worthy of her talent, in a slow burn account of a volcano on the verge of explosion.
Full review ↗TRM 5.9
If chuckling five times in three hours is the new definition of hilarity, sure, why not? Welcome To The Jungle's crowded chaos strays wholly from its loony gangsters theme to achieve its 'big is better' beliefs. Welcome To The Jungle's desperation is a lot more conspicuous than its ambition.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−0.5
Mimicking a '90s style teen campus Hollywood comedy inside a shuddh desi KJo template with oodles of Never Have I Ever brand of self-aware humour, writer-director Sreeti Mukerhi's cliched coming-of-age delivers its moments of sass but never quite defines the age of confusion.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−1.2
Alpha is a botched up opportunity. Director Shiv Rawail's half-hearted diversion from the male-dominated genre means to give the girls their due but only ends up failing their cause in a generic, lacklustre actioner. Her lazily-written character, like the rest of the film, relies on empty attitude and endless gunfire to find its feet.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6−1.6
Main Vaapas Aaunga's unwavering belief in love is a testament to cinema's uplifting gifts. Main Vaapas Aaunga is a rare gem where they retain their innocence, not quite comprehending the seriousness of the situation as if reacting in real-time as opposed to from a place of knowledge.
Full review ↗TRM 6.7+1.3
As long as its purpose of throwing everyone on the dance floor as they flaunt their toned abs in fancy clothes is served, Cocktail 2 doesn't feel obliged to make any sense. For all its bold, brash, bronze-bodied imagery of relationships in the digital age, Cocktail 2 is just as shy of breaking stereotypes as its 'spiritual' predecessor.
Full review ↗TRM 4.9−0.9
An oversimple take on India's monetary muddle reduces a chapter into a page. The film's simplistic narrative, questionable historical accuracy, and underwhelming production quality fail to do justice to the serious subject matter, with Manoj Bajpayee appearing out of sorts and the direction lacking the historical gravitas needed.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1−1.1
Shape of Momo is a compelling drama that masterfully portrays a young woman's rebellion against societal expectations in Sikkim, offering a nuanced look at feminism, family dynamics, and the search for identity. Rai's screenplay, co-written by Kislay, neither clears her misconceptions nor shies away from her ambiguities, and there's a lived-in quality, a comforting warmth and genuine humour about the actors.
Full review ↗TRM 7.0
There's no cinematic style or technical wizardry to be found in Shah's storytelling, and despite Manoj Bajpayee's stellar performance and nuanced portrayal of his character's fluctuating morality, the script weaknesses, clumsy action, and flimsy characterization around him significantly undermine the film.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−0.6
Only the sluggish pace one has to endure to get there elicits more yawns than yays. No such character evolution is to be found in Drishyam: The Conclusion. It sidelines the emotional toll on Vijay, his wife Nandini and daughters for crowd-pleasing vindication.
Full review ↗TRM 7.0−2.0
The Vvaan weaves an old-fashioned yarn of spiritual beliefs against a theme of folklore horror that detours into an action-packed, bombastic Telugu supernatural territory concluding in a part harmless, part tedious watch. Where The Vvaan's mumbo jumbo works towards an ominous air with its mix of a red eyed shrine, mysterious tiger, dark wraiths and desi dementors, its overall tackiness allows tiny scope for thrill.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−0.7
Lust Stories 3 continues its tradition of offering attractively-wrapped pieces of provocation in a box. Only this time, it doesn't dwell too deep into the emotions of sex and enjoys it for what it is.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8+1.2
The possibilities of this serviceable thriller are immense but the makers prefer to play it safe and hold back the daredevil in the diplomat's clothing. John Abraham plays Jitender Pal Singh with firmness and charm, meeting the film's expectations, while Sadia Khateeb portrays the dread and desperation of a wounded figure with crushing intensity.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1−1.1
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 starts out a bit doddery, saves the better bits for last, with a tedious amount of trashy comic cliches and soapy drama aesthetics tossed in before the film finally kicks off when Madhuri and Vidya arrive to engage in a gleefully hammy tug of war that anchors the franchise's entire point.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1−0.1
Chandu Champion is Kartik Aaryan's most ambitious work so far and the actor's muscular gusto is undeniable. There's visible fire in the man's belly but not enough soul. Compared to its heartfelt approach, Chandu Champion is a movie made out of calculations, not spirit or insight.
Full review ↗TRM 6.2−1.2
Maharaj's mediocre social drama lacks the spine and spunk to recreate the relevance of revolutionary decisions in the face of religious fanaticism. What unfolds though is a jaded, wobbly commentary that has the mind of a monotonous television serial and the face of a mainstream Bollywood masala.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4−1.4
Between tons of sexual innuendo and Kapil Sharma brand of slapstick gags characterised in loud caricatures, moronic behaviour, flimsy wigs and cartoonish rhythm, Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video's jarring notions of exuberance have nothing novel to offer. Problem is the humour is not just pedestrian, it's also plain unfunny.
Full review ↗TRM 4.0−1.0
Fighter's distressing lack of thrills and sizzle reduces the exercise to an excuse for tedious amounts of Pakistan bashing. Stupidity, not sky, is the limit for this superficial saga of valour whose understanding of heroics is as dense as the kajal in the eye of the enemy across the border.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1
Animal's violence isn't for the fainted-hearted unless you have an appetite for Korean style mayhem. Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga unleashes his fiercest impulses and care-a-damn attitude to deliver an action-packed exchange of volatile emotions and ruthless violence. The actor's nakedness knows no bounds—he strips himself bare as an artist, body and soul.
Full review ↗TRM 5.0+3.0
Director Nitesh Tiwari has a knack for creating intriguing characters and scenarios that feel fresh yet familiar at the same time. But the underlying goal behind all their actions -- questionable or inspirational -- is rooted in wisdom. Only, the far-fetched ideals of Bawaal are easier said than swallowed.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1+0.9
Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ka Jaan is one heck of a banal and boring ride, spending its 144 clueless minutes on awkward romance, dreary melodrama, dowdy faceoffs and a forcibly squeezed in song every few minutes for the lamest of reasons. Salman sleepwalks through a part that reiterates stereotype as his favourite genre.
Full review ↗TRM 4.0−2.0
Satyaprem Ki Katha's rom-com energy belies a sensitive story that is occasionally graceful in its resolve, but ultimately too distracted by the razzle-dazzle of song and dance and male saviour complex to work entirely. Kiara Advani is the reason why Satyaprem Ki Katha's simplified, sugar-coated look into serious issues like consent doesn't hit problematic notes.
Full review ↗TRM 5.9−0.9
In absence of novelty factor and sparkling wit, Pathaan's return of favour doesn't evoke the sort of hysterical applause my ears were dying to be deafened by. Tiger 3 recklessly runs from pole to pole without any real direction or drama, with a serious scarcity of dynamic action set pieces in a franchise that models itself on Hollywood style action.
Full review ↗TRM 5.9−0.9
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani packs in abundant entertainment and hat tips to the KJo brand. It takes some time to ease into its dialled-up tone, hodgepodge of accents and cocky display of wit, something Vicky Donor achieved in minimal effort.
Full review ↗TRM 6.2−0.2
Kartik Aaryan tries to recreate Allu Arjun's crowd-pleasing antics but not from scratch. Every slo-mo flip, dance move and punchline owes all its swagger to the 'Stylish Star' that might please his fans but lacks selfhood. He's alright but never exceptional.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1
Testosterone, not rationale, is the driving force behind the KGF franchise. Too often, the intercuts play out like a cacophonous orchestra and render the overall sequence disoriented, diluted by the director's smitten stance towards his leading man and confused moral positioning.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−0.5
Bhediya is an easy, entertaining, watch. Where Stree's feminism and Bala's beauty standards elevated it above a comedy of zesty zingers, Bhediya's cautionary tale juggles between serious and parody, with merit in Kaushik's ideas but struggling to give them shape or form.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3−0.3
Deepika Padukone embodies to perfection the Gehraiyaan in the title. When a performance feels like a person, it's artistry at an altogether different level. Gehraiyaan takes a sublimely sinister route full of unexpected twists and turns that evoke George Stevens's A Place in the Sun whose imprints Woody Allen's Match Point too carried.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1+0.9
Runway 34 is a clumsy cocktail of Hollywood movies spiked with the Bollywood brand of God complex. Devgn acts and directs this lacklustre, laughable, script that is embarrassingly clueless about what it wants to say. True events alone aren't enough to tell compelling stories. They need intelligence, imagination and coolness that stems from character, not cigarette butts.
Full review ↗TRM 5.9−0.9
This is Alia Bhatt's show though, one hundred percent... It's a consciously showy performance, very theatrical of a woman coming into her own from an unlikely background at an unlikely age in an unlikely era. Something in Alia has surely changed after Gangubai. Her entire performance is about proving to herself and not to the world what she can do.
Full review ↗TRM 7.00.0
Atrangi Re is too far removed from reality to notice that its excitement supersedes its logic. Between its glamorous state of denial, hastily concocted back stories, dubious scientific solutions, Om Shanti Om-esque high drama of a climax and a zigzag love story, Atrangi Re is as fascinating as it is foolhardy.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2+0.8
Naina fails to establish an emotional connection. Debutant director Shripal Morakhia tries hard to frighten by employing crude methods like charred bodies and painted faces. But gore is a poor substitute for psychological terror.
Full review ↗Meethe Mein Kya Hai's pursuit of happiness and finding joy in the little things exudes the emotionality of a greeting card, not life. The writing is much too meek to scoop out the ardour in the premise, and conflicts get resolved as neatly as they are proposed, lacking genuine emotional depth.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8−1.8
Watching Udta Teer's refreshingly cheeky ambition dumb down into a grovelling piece of gutless filmmaking is supremely disappointing. Despite Ayushmann's sharp presence making the most of his foggily written part pulling through extremes of fun and ferocity, Udta Teer misses the bullseye by a mile.
Full review ↗TRM 6.2−1.2
Nayyi Navelli is a chaotic and forgettable cinematic experience, struggling to blend mythological, horror, and social commentary into a cohesive narrative. I am not sure what kind of movie Nayyi Navelli wants to be, but it's definitely not a good one.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6−1.6
Hurt and humiliation is skin deep in Reporting Live's truth-seeking, which is why its cynical view of a crusader's fate leaves no impact. Shoddy treatment of a serious concern results in a staggeringly bland drama.
Full review ↗TRM 4.5−0.5
What lends Gulzar's findings its complex appeal is, the more you mull on it, the more understandable their perspectives seem. One of the most internalised portrayals of Kareena's career, her calm, sarcastic, solution driven cop creates a distinct space from the melancholic officer in The Buckingham Murders and hot-headed policewoman in Angrezi Medium.
Full review ↗TRM 6.6−0.6
Haiwaan's staggeringly foolish notions make for unintended comedy. Watching Haiwaan is such a tormenting exercise, I wonder whether everyone associated with this monstrosity made a secret pact to remain blindfolded at the time of script reading.
Full review ↗TRM 5.3−3.3
All of Gandhari's attempts to shroud itself in mystery are laughable. Despite a promising premise, the movie quickly devolves into manufactured thrills and illogical plot twists, sacrificing narrative sense for contrived revelations.
Full review ↗TRM 4.4−0.4
Babita Singh Reporting goes past the messy homes and humming markets to reflect the daredevilry of a protagonist coming into her own. What ensues is a raw and thrilling marriage of momentum and meltdown across awkward inquiries made within junkie hideouts, suspicious relatives, battered classmates and Ravan's effigy.
Full review ↗TRM 6.0+1.0
Purely relying on Yash's aura to the point of draining him dry, Toxic doesn't have an smidgen of storytelling in its body rolling in sex, shock and sounds of bullets fired at anyone and everyone. Director Geetu Mohandas's film relies heavily on Yash's 'aura' and 'post-KGF glory', prioritising his swagger and action over narrative depth.
Full review ↗TRM 4.3−0.3
Forget smarts or cheek, there's little novelty to be found in Jewel Thief's juvenile script, barring its now free usage of the F-word to make it sound all hip and adult. By the time it makes it on screen though, Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins is akin to a sada dosa delivery for an order requesting masala—the spice factor is sorely missing.
Full review ↗TRM 4.0
Choreographer-turned-director Remo D'Souza can sure set the stage on fire but isn't quite the storyteller. Both leave a lot to be desired.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7+0.3
Nadaaniyan's lack of charm, chemistry and cheek fails to create any ripples. Shauna Gautam's filmmaking has no voice. Riva Razdan Kapoor's script has no vision.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6
Mrs succeeds in riling you up for all the right reasons. And without resorting to high-pitched drama. Sanya Malhotra, always on the top of her game, steers clear of comparisons and gives her own poignant, 'prime number' spin to the portrayal.
Full review ↗TRM 6.4+1.6
Shahid's heft is the only thing that keeps up the momentum in a mediocre rehash, dumbed down by flimsy motive and mindless bravado. Deva is a remake that undermines the moral dilemma and irony of the original by asserting its hypermasculinity to the hilt, forsaking the nuances of the Malayalam school of filmmaking for boisterous song and dance and slow-motion machismo.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−1.2
The Sabarmati Report is so flimsy in its execution, taking offence to it would be dignifying its existence. The Sabarmati Report's poorly crafted propaganda masquerading as a crusade for justice is nothing but a blatant embodiment of these very ideals.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1−3.1
Do Patti collapses like a house of cards when it aims to be clever, or worse still, a crusader. Credited for its story, screenplay and dialogues, Kanika Dhillon cannot tell her femme fatale from her feminist in her increasingly formulaic vision, split between ambiguous motives, unhinged interactions and stagy big reveals.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8
Unable to fully lure us into its furore or make sense of its ambiguity, the curse of the sequel relying on the first one to succeed is fast setting a worrying precedent of fragmented filmmaking. Devara's self-appointed guardian of the sea unleashing violence as a means to end violence is purely Junior NTR fan-tasy, and Saif Ali Khan's brooding antagonist spends most of his time as his glorified sidekick.
Full review ↗TRM 5.3−0.3
The chemistry between the motley bunch of actors works in fits and starts but Akshay Kumar's gift of the gab, Taapsee's bumbling comedienne and Fardeen Khan's dry wit come out tops. Khel Khel Mein's appeal lies in its frivolous worldview. It's only when the movie overexplains its actions and its 'parda mein rehne do' maxim, it's not fun and games anymore.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1−0.1
Despite its disappointing lack of originality, Stree 2 advances cheerfully on the strength of its free flowing wit and a cast only too happy to reprise one of the most adored roles of their career. Original's goodwill, natural bonhomie amongst the actors and wild card entries, Stree 2's spirited return sure has its high points.
Full review ↗TRM 6.5−0.5
What's missing is sizzle. Neither the seduction of a mysterious paramour nor the desperation of star-crossed lovers has an ounce of steam to it. This is a genre that relies on wits, wickedness and uncertainty to work, but the insipid tone and amateurish creativity of Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba suggests the makers exhausted all their inspiration.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−1.5
Bad Newz is a fitfully funny farce that's bungled its proportions of romance and comedy, with Vicky Kaushal's vibrant persona and chemistry with Triptii Dimri elevating the rom-com, but ultimately the film has no wish to rise above its fluff objectives and casually reinforces traditional mindsets.
Full review ↗TRM 5.7−0.7
An ultra-violent film about violence, Kill's greatest accomplishment isn't its death count alone but to challenge our perception of violence. If its refusal to resort to misogyny and foul language for hostile effect can lure you into submission, Bhat's livid piece of work deserves to be congratulated for breaking the monotony of superstardom-dictated action bonanzas.
Full review ↗TRM 7.2+0.8
The force is strong with Nag Ashwin's Kalki 2898 AD whose Hollywood dystopia-meets-Hindu mythology gig is a welcome offering on the shuddh desi sci-fi action fantasy front. What's always buzzing on screen is the nimbly choreographed action and mythological drama enhanced by striking production design and impressive VFX.
Full review ↗TRM 6.5+0.5
Diljit Dosanjh's switch in singing style as he smoothly assumes Amar Singh Chamkila's vocal persona highlights the brilliance of his artistry. Imtiaz's stylistic touches around the man and his music underscore the sad but true paradox of Punjab's violence and vibrance. Amar Singh Chamkila's social commentary comes alive in its musical elegy for a ribald rebel.
Full review ↗TRM 6.9+1.1
I enjoyed the first 40 minutes or so of Yodha -- upfront, old school action is always a breeze. Once Arun gets on his second hijack assignment though, it's like an altogether different energy and aesthetic. Between smart Arun figuring how-to-fly manuals faster than a trained pilot to solo Arun reining in the free-for-all pandemonium enveloping Islamabad's political fortress, there is no end to Yodha's airhead logic.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7+0.3
Despite director Homi Adajania's ease around quirky ensembles and macabre touches, Murder Mubarak fails to draw the viewer into its shallow world of the vain and wealthy. Murder Mubarak's sloth pace and meek comedy give the movie the feel of a drawn-out Web series.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−0.7
Merry Christmas has a breathtaking climax that will have you sighing like you've never sighed in a Sriram Raghavan movie before. With Merry Christmas, Raghavan may have made his most romantic movie yet, shimmering with spellbinding charisma and treacherous impulses.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+1.2
Dunki is high on ambition but its flimsy premise renders this nearly three hours long journey into farfetched adventures hard to believe, harder to buy into. The film-maker's tendency to get carried away and pull out all the stops to reach out to the emotional fools in the audience tries a tad too hard in Dunki.
Full review ↗TRM 6.7−1.7
The Archies is a paean to simpler, softer times with smart allegories in its storytelling and a peppy, pulsating soundtrack. Zoya Akhtar's creativity shows no signs of pressure in introducing Archies in an Indianised skin while introducing a bunch of bright-eyed newcomers. Only wish it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too.
Full review ↗TRM 6.0
Sam Bahadur is a mechanical summary of his life, ticking off one chapter after another without bothering to pause or ponder over their significance and influences. It plays out like an Amar Chitra Katha comic -- meticulously researched but disappointingly impersonal in its approach, lacking the spontaneity and intimacy that characterizes Meghna Gulzar's better work.
Full review ↗TRM 6.0−1.0
Bhardwaj's talent for telling his versions of literary works with striking intimacy and broody lyricism colours Khufiya, his cunning and gripping adaptation of former Research and Analysis Wing officer Amar Bhushan's 2012 espionage novel. Khufiya has the length of a movie and satisfaction of long form, with beguiling sequences that exude the charisma of standalone shorts.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3+1.7
Kareena Kapoor Khan is like an unputdownable book, a page turner in Jaane Jaan. A still force in a high-strung thriller, her marvellously opaque portrayal of a woman hiding skeletons in her closet turns a crafty police procedural into a wistful story of survival.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3+0.7
Beyond its comic-book entertainment chronicling the age-old war between good and evil, Jawan springs a real surprise when it boldly and directly points fingers at the ineffective government and appeals to recognise the power of the finger and vote. Jawan, where he's accompanied by a battery of women, reiterates he's got the audience wrapped around his finger in a high-octane political drama that compensates for its lack of sharps and slyness with oodles of swagger, style and soft barbs at the system.
Full review ↗TRM 7.1+0.9
Once again featuring four short stories by four directors with a decidedly diverse film-making voice, it is a fairly worthwhile follow-up whose potential as a streaming franchise cannot be undermined. Most of the time, they offer a perfect platform for actors to fan their adventurous side.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8
Everybody knows he's a master of sublime, but Mani Ratnam's brilliance in escalating drama delivers a goosebumps-inducing impact when bolstered by A R Rahman's musical gravitas. On the whole, it's a striking, sweeping journey but bits of it left me wanting more.
Full review ↗TRM 6.6+0.4
Two seconds of Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai pack in more chemistry than two hours and 44 minutes of Ranbir and Shraddha's romance in Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar rejoices in this dated deceit and stays true to its director's trademark boy bias.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−0.6
Shah Rukh Khan's weathered intensity, grizzly charisma and trademark wit lends Pathaan's all-out, devil-may-care antics a sense of purpose that evades mindless acts of mayhem. Pathaan is happier focusing on crafting a bona fide spectacle through some good old-fashioned action while telling a familiar conflict with renewed vigour and astute writing.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+1.2
Phone Bhoot's fizzy fuel isn't enough for feature length fun. Neither ditzy enough to embrace its potential as stoner comedy nor wicked enough to go all out with its grotesqueness or gags, the film lacks personality and is merely a costume ball doffing its hat at Hollywood, Bollywood, and various pop culture references without meaningful substance.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−0.6
Ponniyin Selvan: 1 is art with an edge. Mani Ratnam's sophisticated storyteller crafting a piece of marvel, a slice of fictional history whose aesthetics and politics are coloured in nuance, with every detail designed to convey an element of enigma or violence.
Full review ↗TRM 7.1+0.9
Brahmastra is a work of star-struck ambition and high-octane energy whose razzle-dazzle hits many happy notes. Where it falters is clunky writing (dialogues by Hussain Dalal are lamentably bad) and a cluttered third act that visibly struggles to wield its wildfire of a scenario Ayan has enthusiastically imagined but not completely thought through.
Full review ↗TRM 5.9+0.1
Liger is a dead duck from the word go. Director Puri Jagannadh's off-putting humour and ridiculous ambitions ensure Liger is a dead duck from the word go, showing little regard for its craft, cast or the cringing-by-the-second audience.
Full review ↗TRM 2.8−0.8
Where Laal Singh Chaddha succeeds most is heart. Like Gump, Laal Singh Chaddha speaks the language of sentimentality but its mood, mind and manner is distinctly its own and fits seamlessly within an Indian context and history.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1+0.9
Though it fumbles on a few occasions, Darlings is a well-rounded effort by Jasmeet K Reen, supported by bold ideas and clever imagery. The beauty of Alia Bhatt's performance is on full display in the intense, dramatic scenes where she just devastates the screen with her anger and tears as well as the little details of her humiliated body language.
Full review ↗TRM 6.6+0.4
Major is in a perennial state of exaggeration. The sighs, the misty eyes, the mushy speeches, its details are invested in highlighting all things in-your-face. There's no greater disservice to a real-life hero than to hyperbolise his bravado to a point it starts to look unnatural.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8−0.8
Jersey is a sweet little drama that hits a home run on the strength of its heart and hero. Director Tinnanuri gently makes a case for late bloomers sans sermons or stunts, and Shahid Kapoor delivers a performance that feels splendidly lived-in.
Full review ↗TRM 6.2+0.8
Emotions run sky high, but you feel nothing. RRR throws so much from all directions and yet I left the theatre feeling nothing.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8−2.8
For a movie that seems to have swallowed a chill pill (along with a magic one), its last-minute turnaround as a cautionary tale for single folk and T-shirt lovers is unexpected and disappointing. Is it not enough that Saif settles down, his wardrobe must too?
Full review ↗TRM 5.6
Dabangg 3 is the kind of indulgent rubbish that dispels the fundamentals of film-making to highlight its hero's virtue and vigour at any cost...
Full review ↗TRM 4.8−2.8
You can imagine the standard of Pagalpanti's humour when characters are named Wifi, Bully and Tully, a hospital placard reads Dr Trump and bitter gourd is mistaken for poison to evoke laughs...
Full review ↗TRM 3.3−1.3
War is an ode to star power, which pits Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff together for the first time and capitalises on their famous idol-idoliser energy to draw us into a world of espionage, action and camaraderie...
Full review ↗TRM 5.4+0.6
Although more class monitor than captain, the Dulquer factor is the only saving grace of this bland confection. His charisma and cricket are up to the mark.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−1.5
Dream Girl goes in several exciting directions and comes out making light of it. It may not always be the best way to go about things but you'll come out laughing till your sides hurt. And how can that ever be a bad thing?
Full review ↗TRM 6.2+0.8
The outcome may be predictable but that's exactly the Chhichhore philosophy -- savour the journey and not worry about getting anywhere.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1+0.9
TRM 3.8−1.8
Decent, righteous, progressive, the men are eager to play second fiddle whereas the women don't cry their feminism hoarse. It's an impeccable if calculated scenario whose love for speeches, including one from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its end, reminds us Earth might be a foregone conclusion but we'll always have Mars.
Full review ↗TRM 5.9+0.1
TRM 4.4−0.4
With so many maladies plaguing the movie, it's too bad there's nothing like a scriptwriting Shafakhana.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6−0.6
Judgementall Hai Kya is a wild move but works because of how assured its cast is before and its crew is behind the camera...
Full review ↗TRM 6.4+0.6
Simplistic and lopsided, Super 30 is so satisfied by its master-to-mahatma narrative, it ends up seeing superb in so-so.
Full review ↗TRM 5.7−1.7
Spider-Man: Far From Home moves to and fro between light-hearted slice-of-teen life and an underprepared Avenger second guessing what's right, real and responsible.
Full review ↗TRM 6.4+0.6
From treating women like toys, trampling all over their feelings and then acting like a wounded martyr and misunderstood genius wronged by the world, Kabir Singh rounds up every foolish male's ultimate fantasy. Lack of rules can be refreshing, but to watch a sicko getting away after ticking every wrong in the book just rankles.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4−1.4
'Game Over is a nifty piece of work that recognises the durability of meaningful entertainment
Full review ↗TRM 6.0+2.0
It's unbearable, this dullness. You'll find more action in a grocery shop's CCTV footage than in all of India's Most Wanted.
Full review ↗TRM 5.3−2.3
TRM 5.0−1.0
Stupidity of the year!...'Student of the Year 2 has no spunk, no plot and zero charisma
Full review ↗TRM 3.8−0.8
Even if Setters shows no inclination to understand the dark desperation that drives parents to buy marks for undeserving children, it could've made a little more effort to be sly or suspenseful,
Full review ↗TRM 5.1−1.1
As is mandatory in Bollywood these days, Blank too insists on painting a ferocious Muslim imagery of bushy beards, severe kohl-eyes and chequered scarfs spewing distorted religious ideology to impressionable young minds
Full review ↗TRM 4.3−1.3
Avengers: Endgame is a three hour-long emotionally draining, exhilarating, electrifying goodbye.
Full review ↗TRM 7.8+1.2
At the end of this rather long movie, Alia asks 'What do you see in this story? Kalank or love?' I saw beauty at its emptiest. You won't be able to look away. But you won't feel anything either.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6+0.4
'Kesari devotes a significant chunk of its script to brandish Akshay's might as the dauntless, magnanimous, Sardar, Havildar Ishar Singh.' 'To his credit, the actor is a picture of restraint and righteousness as the worldly-wise Sardar on a mission...
Full review ↗TRM 5.6+0.4
For a picture is a moment, it doesn't commit, it contains. It has no past nor future, it is timeless. That is the beauty of Batra's delicate little gem. It is what it would like to remember and not what unfolds.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1+1.9
Master of mysteries, Alfred Hitchcock once said, 'Revenge is sweet, not fattening.' At two hours running time, Badla keeps the deed both short and sweet.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3−0.3
Between not taking itself seriously and spewing gyaan over how to win youth votes, Luka Chuppi cannot decide what it wants to hide and where it needs to look.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−1.2
Total Dhamaal would be unwatchable without Madhuri's spunk and bossy swag playing off Anil Kapoor's bellyaching, bugged half's protests. This jodi deserves a better film. And you need no brains to know that.
Full review ↗TRM 4.00.0
TRM 7.3+0.7
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga wishes to lend itself as a significant voice of change and support towards the LGBT community, but its woefully apologetic tone regarding individual choices repeatedly negates it when characters -- both traumatised and enlightened -- spew things like, 'Yeh janam se hi aise hai' or 'I wish I was normal'. Funny how a woman can fall in love with another woman and still need a man to ensure she gets her happy ending. That's normal enough for Bollywood.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1−1.1
A jumbo mess of warped notions and random ambition, Why Cheat India trivialises education and shows sympathy for deceit
Full review ↗TRM 4.6−0.6
Movies, their motives and time of release make me wonder if we'll ever be able to see India as India and not a reflection of its governments
Full review ↗TRM 6.0−1.0
Still Zero is far from a misfire. Its cheerfully absurd aspirations are strewn in metaphors laying value to imperfections and SRK's gallery playing showmanship. This time he spreads more than his arms. He finds wings.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7+1.3
Wan's joy in orchestrating battles around demi-gods riding sea dragons and giant crustaceans, trench monsters hijacking a ship in the middle of a raging storm and a virtually unrecognisable Julie Andrews strong arming a rockstar superhero prone to smirk his way through every obstacle ensure this is the most fun I've had at DC since Wonder Woman.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8+1.2
Truth be told, Amrita Singh and Saif Ali Khan's daughter has tons of filmi blood and it is what powers Kedarnath from start to finish
Full review ↗TRM 4.9+1.1
verybody keeps bumping into each other as if they're living inside a fish bowl. Only it's weed, not water, they are floating in. What I've just described is only the icing of the Bhaiaji baloney.
Full review ↗TRM 3.4−3.4
Bohemian Rhapsody's crowd-pleasing nostalgia cheers Freddie Mercury's exhilarating sound and infectious power play with such all-out gusto, you WILL break free all over again...
Full review ↗TRM 6.2+0.8
TRM 5.3+0.7
Neither Aamir's hard-at-work whimsicality nor Amitabh Bachchan's stoic presence can salvage a second of this bloated, blundering bore.
Full review ↗TRM 4.1−2.1
Save for Saif. His character has a thing for stories and tells them like riddles with deviousness stroked in affability. He is evil in its most hypnotic, powerful, persuasive, expressive and exonerated avatar -- now where have you heard of this kind before?
Full review ↗TRM 4.5+0.5
Andhadhun is completely aware of its intelligence and quick wits mercilessly testing our gullibility while Raghavan leads us to its staggering finish with the finesse of a Mikado champion. It's stunning, comic, grisly, absurd, intense, cold, crazy and must-watch.
Full review ↗TRM 7.5+1.5
The whole point of this idiotic movie hinges on whether Aayush Sharma who wants to act can act. Unless a singular dazed expression qualifies as talent, not by a long shot
Full review ↗TRM 3.8
No overblown drama, no weepy speech, Sui Dhaaga's sunshine spirit and throwaway nok jhonk pervades the uncertainty and exploitation...
Full review ↗TRM 5.9+2.1
Batti Gul Meter Chalu's final few minutes weepily rave and rant about the injustice meted out at the 'sadharan aadmi.' But the mockery that precedes it akin to watching Shahid Kapoor host a humourless awards show. The actor gives his all to the part, smoothly swinging between the stand-up and speech-y tone of its courtroom scenes. Unfortunately, his comic ease and contagious energy are not enough to brighten up this dim-witted slog.
Full review ↗TRM 5.0−2.0
J P Dutta's clownish treatment of history and hard-earned triumph demeans the efforts and sacrifices of real-life martyrs and bravehearts with its pompous ideas of valour, clunky writing and a cadre of lacklustre actors...
Full review ↗TRM 4.1−1.1
Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se has the wit of a goat.Considering most of it is assigned to Bobby, the result is as agonising as his last outing.
Full review ↗TRM 2.8−0.8
Save for a few laughs, I didn't care much for Happy Bhag Jayegi's clamorous comedy of confusion.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−0.6
John Abraham has Popeye's muscles and Bluto's scowl, but how many times can you watch a deadpan Hulk pull out a van door or burst forth from a truck tyre?
Full review ↗TRM 3.6−0.6
It's only when Gold moves away from Akshay Kumar's blundering Bangla and hockey humbug to become a story of grace among go-getters that it comes close to becoming the movie it should have been...
Full review ↗TRM 6.0−1.0
Fanney Khan is in the same space as Tumhari Sulu and Secret Superstar where starry-eyed aspiration and gullible hearts of gold go but nowhere as grounded in reality.
Full review ↗TRM 4.4+0.6
Detours and stopovers to cancelled weddings, random goons, Mere Mehboob-style coy romances, run-ins with exes and premature exchange of opinions, personal life and preconceptions make Karwaan wander off in a medley of much ado about nothing. As a consequence the more we look at them, the more out of sight they grow. After all that running around, the life lessons it ultimately imparts only show the makers's inability by resorting to the same old soppy idea of closure it so desperately seeks to break away from.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8−0.8
Tom Cruise is a perfectly good reason to catch any and every Mission Impossible movie. The exhilaration his death defying stunts provides, ones he so insists on doing on his own, give Ethan Hunt that unmatched credibility which separates action heroes from action figures.
Full review ↗TRM 7.3−0.3
Out of place wit, flimsy motives, clumsily picturised songs, dispensable characters, phony instances of adultery and a parody of a climax ensure there is no hope for Dhulia's depthless, disappointing, drama.
Full review ↗TRM 3.8+0.2
As a remake of Sairat, Dhadak is a travesty. As a standalone, Dhadak is standard Bollywood boy-meets-girl drivel. As a showcase, Dhadak is a promise that will take some more effort to fully fulfil.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4−1.4
While the titular superheroes get busy making a go of it, Ant Man's feel for wit and goodwill peppers the proceedings. Most of it is a consequence of Lang's delightful dependence on old pal Luis (Michael Peña). Peña continues his scene-stealing comedic streak along with a loony crew. Gags involving truth serums and Russian folklore figure Baba Yaga inject Ant-Man and the Wasp with such infectious merriment; the smile stays on long after you've left the theatre.
Full review ↗TRM 6.4+0.6
Diljit Dosanjh's striking self-possession, like the champion he's portraying, doesn't let it come in the way of a performance that screams g-o-a-l.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6+0.4
Ranbir covers a wide range of Dutt's changing physicality -- the minutest of details are captured in his shoulders, eyes, frame, voice -- but it's the internalisation of Dutt and the intelligence to know what to highlight and where to hold back that lends candour borderlining on conceit such awe-inspiring authenticity.
Full review ↗TRM 6.9+1.1
Incredibles 2's tottering scene-stealer is more than pleased to be the best thing about its flying, fizzy, whimsical, endearing and 3D action-packed two hours.
Full review ↗TRM 7.0+1.0
Given the talent involved, its feeble male presence and failure to look beyond heterosexual framework is disappointing. But it is also definitely worth a watch for exactly the same reason.
Full review ↗TRM 7.1−0.1
If entertainment amounts to sedans and sunglasses doing all the emoting, cars going kaboom, one fancy bike vrooming ahead a host of others, cat fight of She Hulks, a takedown of shirtless wax mannequins, folks jumping off from buildings and mountain tops in magically emerging wing suits or conducting a bank heist while two members of their group arrive in a chopper, inject themselves with micro fluid tracker device to distract non-existent security by pole dancing in a swanky Cambodia club, then Race 3 deserves a gold medal. But, sorry Bhai fans, it's a big zero from me.
Full review ↗TRM 3.4−3.4
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is every bit a horror film split into predictable hostility and periodic close calls...
Full review ↗TRM 5.8+0.2
Kareena's restraint around the wedding hysteria bubbling around her, Sonam's airheaded optimism, Swara's crackling profanity and comfort for innuendoes and Shikha's talent for naughty wit comes together to say it's not a big deal for women to talk and do as they please. If only Veere Di Wedding actually believed it too.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−0.6
It's like Chewbacca's groaning presence, John Williams' classic tune and other familiar props and paraphernalia, everything is just doing its bit to compensate for Harrison Ford's sorely missed devilry
Full review ↗TRM 5.9+0.1
Deadpool started out as a passion project for Reynolds, but now that it has tasted box-office blood, he's on a course correction. Which means Green Lantern gets yet another jab in the jaw. The joke's a bit old now, but the Regenerating Degenerate is only getting started.
Full review ↗TRM 7.1+0.9
Hope Aur Hum never strays into complicated territory and sticks to its gentle celebration of everyday highs and lows. Its idealism may seem intentional, but never ever contrived.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1+1.9
Every single gesture is overdone and extra boisterous like Bachchan's inflated exuberance and screaming prosthetics, reminiscent of the 1970s when he'd masquerade as a grey-haired old man playing to the gallery. It was phony, but so much fun. This one's more 102 and not quite.
Full review ↗TRM 6.2−1.2
Infinity War goes one step further and tries something bold. Maybe it is all a deception but this detour from blustering finishes towards an incomplete, unpredictable and unsafe course of events makes this one epic and the next one badly awaited.
Full review ↗TRM 7.0+1.0
A wishy-washy hotchpotch of horror and comedy -- like the recent Bhootnath, Phillauri and Golmaal Returns -- it flounders in finding a harmonious balance between two contrasting genres.
Full review ↗TRM 3.4+0.6
Alternating between brat and boy, deception and decency, Ishaan Khatter speaks with a passion that will be heard Beyond the Clouds...
Full review ↗TRM 5.9−0.9
October is the month when the sweet-smelling flower, known as parijat, shiuli, harsingar, night jasmine or prajakta, enters bloom. But the lesson of love and loss in Shoojit Sircar's poignant new drama is likely to linger all year long.
Full review ↗TRM 6.9+1.1
The monotony is awfully exhausting and drab in the absence of script, craft and nerve-racking unpredictability...
Full review ↗TRM 3.6−1.6
The best thing I can say about Baaghi 2 is it does have its moments of 'so bad it's good' gratification in Prateik Babbar's hammy dope head, the babyish wailing of a constable assisting Hooda and Tiger's bizarre boss, the guy could put caricatures to shame with his 'The war is over' solemnity. What a circus!
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−0.7
TRM 7.00.0
You believe in the brilliance of Rani's sparkling intelligence and physical stamina through the arduous journey of straightening an unruly lot and braving a barb-ready rival sniggering at her methods -- Neeraj Kabi's starchy, suit-clad, teacher is Narayan Shankar to Rani's nonconforming Raj Aryan. But the vexing obviousness and self-pitying texture of the narrative cannot be justified by playing earnest. And that's one syndrome Hichki never gains advantage over till the end.
Full review ↗TRM 5.7−0.7
As disappointing that is, Raid does have its moments of compelling optimism and unexpected wit. It's also the most I've enjoyed watching Ajay Devgn in a while.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1−0.1
Dil Juunglee may reward his conceit for jumping into the water, but that won't wash his sins away or make suffering fools a love story.
Full review ↗TRM 3.5−1.5
Pedestrian wit works best around actors who don't just go with the flow, but shape it to suit their comical timing. That's the difference between performers and parrots. But the underwhelming leads of Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety don't seem to know the difference at all.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−1.2
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri's insistence to tidy up the mess through coincidences and contrivances, force an almost overnight change of heart and absolve a vitriolic creature with sure enough history of racial violence is not only unconvincing but defeats all its justice-seeking ideals. If, unlike me, you can set these ethical differences aside, the McDormand steamroller is one hell of an engaging viewing.
Full review ↗TRM 7.8−1.8
Del Toro hits a cinematic nerve in capturing an enduring love for the oddball, the beauty in the bizarre and, most importantly, reminding what it's like to have what one wished for since a kid -- a happy ending.
Full review ↗TRM 7.4+0.6
It's a bloated, prolonged mess of misplaced purpose that digresses from military misdeeds to animal cruelty.
Full review ↗TRM 4.4−2.4
This is a spirited but emotional origins story -- of a king learning the predicaments of power, a son overwhelmed by the idea of filling his father's shoes, of co-existence and divide that is defined by colour and discriminated by history. And that it's just as dedicatedly fun doubles the pleasure of it all.
Full review ↗TRM 7.7+0.3
TRM 6.4−1.4
Unravelling in the splendid but stifling interiors of his grand abode, Phantom Thread barely ventures into fresh air for a break. But it's the most real, most riveting portrait of toxic love you're likely to witness in a long, long time.
Full review ↗TRM 7.6+0.4
Imagine Shutter Island's big twist taken completely out of context to reiterate Bollywood's hurt on the same spot again solution. What emerges is as plausible as a pig head in a frog's body.
Full review ↗TRM 4.0−2.0
Darkest Hour doesn't even pretend to make it about anything else besides Oldman as he gloriously alternates between a exuberant bear, shrewd fox and vociferous lion. Though his animal instincts hit their peak, the script itself begins to lose its edge-of-the-seat momentum and disintegrates to revel in hollow glory and glib eloquence.
Full review ↗TRM 6.4−0.4
While the kids are sure to learn a thing or two about good behaviour, it's the spirit of community living gently conveyed in scenes of Paddington's selfless involvement around his neighbourhood that make the film a lot more timely than expected from standard children's fare
Full review ↗TRM 7.0+1.0
Kaalakaandi doesn't always provide it, but there's enough intrigue to play along.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8+1.2
Safe idealism or simply phony, you decide if you intend to endure 161 minutes of this toothless, tiring, plastic Tiger Zzzzzinda Hai.
Full review ↗TRM 6.2−3.2
To kill goodness takes more than the might of a dazzling lightsabre or firing walkers. Its indestructibility is asserted in the most surreal and spiritual manner by the Skywalker siblings at crucial junctures of the story. You don't have to be a Star Wars nerd to enjoy its poignant pursuit of virtue. Like a wise green man once said, 'Through the force, things you will see.'
Full review ↗TRM 7.6+0.4
Where most members of Fukrey Returns are as superfluous as its new, blah soundtrack, the whimsical troika of Sharma, Chadha and Pankaj Tripathi do their best to lift its plodding pace with their distinct brand of humour. But even the cub couldn't suppress his yawn. I am only human.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8−0.8
If it were not for the talent involved, the reworking would descend into a good-looking journey of done-to-death red herrings. But, in their discerning presence and shrewd nuances, it offers an intrigue worthy of Poirot's investigation and our time.
Full review ↗TRM 6.2−0.2
Fisher makes most of his defined backstory, Momoa is pure swagger but it's Ezra Miller's goofy charm and spontaneous humour in a Spidey-Stark reminiscent equation with Batman that evokes the maximum laughs. They are the only reason why nearly two hours of Justice League's blobby structure, sullen palette and superfluous battles are all right to endure.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−0.2
Despite its love for feel-good, Tumhari Sulu isn't stuck in a fool's paradise and confronts the conflicts thrown in its path, feels Sukanya Verma.
Full review ↗TRM 6.6+0.4
Jia Aur Jia has little interest in showcasing its scenic landscapes, glorious architecture or lively cafes. This same vapid approach dumbs down the talents of Kalki and Richa into pictures of hollow passions and iffy motives.
Full review ↗TRM 2.9+0.1
Some of the jokes soar, some nosedive. But to the housefull theatre I saw it in, and who laughed at every single bit, it's the stuff Diwali releases are made of.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−0.2
Secret Superstar's cheerful, feel-good imagery of a rotten reality, captured gorgeously in cinematographer Anil Mehta's lens and aided by Amit Trivedi's soaring tunes, reflects a young adult's hopeful perspective yet to be crushed by the weight of cynicism.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+0.2
What it packs with significance is a leading lady whose authority in cinema few can hold candle to. And it's to her credit that even the most dubious figures of history can boast of a heart.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8+0.2
Grown up angst is a valid and neglected aspect of our storytelling. Except Menon's digressing exploration of it feels more dull than delicious.
Full review ↗TRM 5.7−0.7
Varun does the best he can. But it is like the orange jeans he wears, resembling Salman's in Judwaa. Only this one is ripped in places.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−0.7
By the time it gets on to display Dutt's aggression and Hydari's token participation against a red and yellow-themed climax featuring a miraculously accumulated crowd of village women in colour-coordinated costumes, Bhoomi's blood-splattering, bone-crunching vigour is as unwelcome as the rest of this ghastly movie.
Full review ↗TRM 4.0−2.0
The film doesn't make any significant statements on the legal system or rehabilitation beyond tedious displays of violence or stray moments, like when the out-on-parole convicts realise they are unwelcome, unfit for the world that has moved on without them.
Full review ↗TRM 5.3−0.3
Poster Boys's school play enthusiasm never aims above a low IQ comedy expecting us to guffaw at the sight of Bobby, his wife and kids wearing the same set of bright yellow, Hello Kitty-print pyjama suits.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−1.2
With its fine zingers and feisty acknowledgement, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan does more for sex, both noun and verb, than any Hindi film can claim to in a long, long time.
Full review ↗TRM 6.0+2.0
Things get truly down and dirty towards the end. Which is to say the concluding 20 minutes of Baadshaho are so hazy and dusty, I found myself mentally vacuum cleaning the screen. I wish to do the same to the memory of this movie.
Full review ↗TRM 3.8−1.8
It only works well when it allows Akshay Kumar's influential charisma and Bhumi Pednekar's fiery spirit to use their instinctive humour, warmth and spontaneity to build a relationship that's based on something more sound and striking than the sight of Sudhir Pandey's pee.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−0.5
Jab Harry Met Sejal has the stars, the songs, the scenery and everything you'd imagine in a love story. But in the absence of soul, none of it really matters...
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−0.7
Despite broaching on the politics and power play of homosexual relationships and noting the inconsistency of acceptance, Shab is coy about sexuality and sleepy in its reflections of loneliness to get anywhere.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1−1.1
Like the rare dollop of jam, a nondescript man walking into the wild waves and a smiling lady from Dartmouth stood out and moved me with their profundity in ways I was expecting and still came out surprised.
Full review ↗TRM 7.8+0.2
Munna Michael's hollowness is as striking as Tiger's chiselled torso, one that he freely bares in everything from an unzipped hoodie to a doily masquerading as a shirt...
Full review ↗TRM 3.8−0.8
Jagga Jasoos 'revels in its lavish imagination, meddlesome inquiries and delicious Bongness, never once pausing to catch a breath or make sense
Full review ↗TRM 5.5+1.5
Her performance is a throwback to old-school histrionics and hysterics -- it's classic Sridevi...
Full review ↗TRM 6.4−0.4
The erstwhile documentary filmmaker craftily remarks at our tendency to uphold superstition over science as well as the ridiculous expectation from a section of citizens to constantly validate their nationalism as the ongoing debate of growing intolerance rages on till today. Scenes where Salman and Tangu compete over a high decibel of Bharat Mata Ki Jai reveal deep-rooted prejudices. Alas, not enough to be dazzled by the boring, bogus naiveté of Tubelight.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−0.7
This brand of funny by the virtue of I-know-I-cracked-a-bad-joke doesn't quite tickle...
Full review ↗TRM 3.7−0.7
Just like those fun, fast and furious re-runs Bratt never gets tired of, it's easy to warm up to the feel-good fervour of Gru and his ever expanding family every single time.
Full review ↗TRM 6.0+1.0
Watching Raabta possibly can't be anyone's idea of entertainment in this birth or last...
Full review ↗TRM 4.1−1.1
Undone by its clichés and staleness, the only thing The Mummy does well is confirm there's something in this world that's scarier than a monster and it goes by the name of reboot.
Full review ↗TRM 4.3
There's a lot more to Wonder Woman than the obvious. It's a magnificent superhero vehicle, a sparkly love story, a touching coming-of-age and a befitting hurray to girl power...
Full review ↗TRM 7.2+0.8
'Jack Sparrow's rum-swigging, goofball pirate has gone from subversive to stereotype.' 'The bar's slipped so low that even "decent" seems like a significant upgrade from status quo.'
Full review ↗TRM 4.6+0.4
The constant issue in Half Girlfriend is its wimpy characters and the contrivances they resort to arrive at its predictable conclusion. Stupidity is responded with equal, if not more, stupidity...
Full review ↗TRM 4.0−2.0
Everything that I dislike about Bindu could also be used to her advantage in creating an unapologetic, compulsive attention seeker. Except under Roy and Sengupta's infuriatingly daft and regressive outlook, Meri Pyaari Bindu relapses into indefensible stupidity.
Full review ↗TRM 4.9−0.9
Better viewed as a whole instead of parts, Baahubali is a spectacular achievement, which not only deserves its place in history but also proves filmmakers should dream big and more often.
Full review ↗TRM 7.1−0.1
So long it's true to its confection roots, Noor works, thanks to the attractive bonhomie Gill and Kohli's real guy appeal generates around Sonakshi's star. But when it engages in shallow activism for the heck of it, it rambles and drags.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1−0.1
In a performance marked by amazing maturity and restraint, the actress conveys the dark, brooding and internal process of recuperating from grief and finding closure. It's obvious she feels strongly about Maatr's theme and her sturdy ambition is the only thing that holds your interest even when the film does not.
Full review ↗TRM 4.3−0.3
The shabbily picturised sequence of women blindly firing into nowhere upholds Begum Jaan's flimsy, ill-defined rebellion where Mukherjee draws epic parallels to their resistance. It is as reckless as Radcliffe's.
Full review ↗TRM 5.0−1.0
Mukti Bhawan is as much about its characters embracing the inevitability of death as it is about their loved ones grappling with conflicting emotions
Full review ↗TRM 7.1+0.9
The answer you walk away with is the person you are. That's the genius of Farhadi -- everyone discovers something bittersweet about themselves within or watching his true to life creations.
Full review ↗TRM 6.9+1.1
Funny how after dodging dramatic vigour like a shortcoming, even at places where it would be viewed as benefit, Lal succumbs to a gimmick of a climax. The special effects are seamless but for a story that circles around a spirit it's a pity how little one sees of it in the movie.
Full review ↗TRM 5.0−1.0
Trapped mocks the invincibility we assume to have acquired as residents of this magical city by painting Mumbai as a distant, dark and depressing land taken over by concrete zombies. Where everything that one craves in Mumbai -- space, privacy, view, trees or people minding their own business -- seem like a curse. Trapped is not an easy film to stomach.
Full review ↗TRM 6.5+1.5
There's more unintended hilarity and very little combat to justify the existence of a sequel. And while Jammwal definitely can score in the daredevil department, he needs a script much more robust than his physique for the viewer to endure everything between the stunt scenes. Commando 2's endlessly mindless proceedings do not come anywhere close to fulfilling that criterion.
Full review ↗TRM 4.1−2.1
Jolly LLB did well with its droll depiction of a small-time lawyer and how his guilty conscience encourages him in vindicating the downtrodden. In its sequel, Akshay Kumar does it even better...
Full review ↗TRM 6.2+0.8
Worn down by shabby aesthetics and absurd mumbo jumbo, Kung Fu Yoga assaults both senses and soul. Not a combination you want to try.
Full review ↗TRM 4.1−2.1
Kaabil serves nothing beyond an unabashed platform to vaunt a seething Hrithik, sentimental Hrithik, snarky Hrithik, sly Hrithik or spry Hrithik...
Full review ↗TRM 5.9−0.9
Ok Jaanu raises but doesn't resolve questions about juggling professional and personal life, the dilemmas it poses for a woman. But it does address the changing face of modern-day relationships and the alternate arrangements it's looking at in a wishful way. In Ok Jaanu, characters live in a bubble that doesn't burst till the end. Who wouldn't be OK with that?
Full review ↗TRM 5.0+1.0
Dangal is one of those few films that discuss strategy and technique in a manner that's easy and entertaining to grasp. I am not familiar with the sport but by climax point, I could predict the winning move because of how well it was spelt out on earlier in the story. What evokes sheer awe though is the raw, rough, visceral choreography of the fights, quite a few memorable ones in this 161-minutes long film.
Full review ↗TRM 8.00.0
Certainly, Rogue One touches on the pleasure points fostering the cult of Star Wars but sparingly and smartly never forgetting its ancillary role in the saga. It's a win-win situation that allows Edwards to both create independently as well as connect to the classic without appearing contrived.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+1.2
No matter how casually his characters treat sex or bare every inch of their extraordinarily fit bodies, Aditya Chopra is too much of a romantic to pull off flippancy as the face of love
Full review ↗TRM 5.0−2.0
Moana is a journey you want to get on. It doesn't take you to places you don't know but ones you actually like.
Full review ↗TRM 7.0+1.0
Sad and sleepless is nothing unusual for a 20-something young woman fraught with career limbo and romantic disillusionment. What's significant is she decides to seek professional help for the same. Seldom does a character in our movies take such a step -- who needs a shrink when you can simply stand on the beach, balcony or backyard and drive all the gloom out of your system by blasting off an ode to melancholy?
Full review ↗TRM 5.6+0.4
At the end of its 127 minutes run amidst relentless gunshots and car crashes, charm (on Force 2's end) and clemency (on mine) has run its course. What prevails is more phew than force.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−0.2
Rock On 2 is staggeringly dull! Instead of energizing the scene, the newly introduced characters only prolong the dullness of a film that does more for the tourism of Meghalaya than it does for rock music.
Full review ↗TRM 4.5−0.5
Ultimately, in a genre exhausted by noisy vigour, spurious brooding and overwrought CGI, Doctor Strange finds a rare balance between blockbuster de rigueur and playful ingenuity.
Full review ↗TRM 6.6+1.4
One can predict the knocks and punches and dives and VFX-aided saves without as much as batting an eyelid. Although I liked that one long take chase around the police headquarters, at best Shivaay is a terrific looking terrible film.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6−0.6
As much as its protagonists look for perfect words to articulate their findings on love, friendship, a space in between and beyond, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil simply reiterates the nature of its unpredictability through a twist I didn't foresee or like. Except that's what makes this feeling so darn precious and difficult to part with.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1+0.9
Opulent Leh battles, seductive Rajasthan ballet, picture perfect frames of postured passion peppered in flared lens to the tune of a soundtrack that's miles ahead of its scenery involving people we never care about in life or after -- Mehra's Mirzya sacrifices sense for style and that is its real tragedy.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−1.7
Banjo makes a winsome start but takes an awfully tedious route to achieve its happily ever after...
Full review ↗TRM 4.4−0.4
It's entirely on the writers and actors to make the proceedings seem crucial or comic. What shows up on screen is plain lazy on their part and it's painfully dull to watch.
Full review ↗TRM 4.5−0.5
Sonakshi moves, feels and looks the part that's all but empty heft in a script so extraordinarily dated and bereft of punch...
Full review ↗TRM 5.3−1.3
If Happy Bhag Jayegi succeeds in delivering a few laughs, it's entirely to the credit of the actors...It's silly but this is the most humour you can expect.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−1.5
Budhia Singh: Born To Run is not so much a film as it is a passionate appeal to remind and regain an opportunity for Odisha's erstwhile Wonder Boy, now a forgotten teenager...
Full review ↗TRM 6.7+0.3
Once the flaky fizz vaporises into nonsense and noise, a sense of tedium begins to steep in. Even so, at its 124 minutes running time, Dishoom doesn't hobble for too long to hurt one's butt or brain.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−0.5
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the franchise juggernaut comprising of small screen voyages and big continues to evoke nostalgia and inspire ingenuity. But it's the combination of these two qualities in the third installment of the reboot series -- Star Trek Beyond -- what makes it worth a trip.
Full review ↗TRM 6.7+0.3
The Rocky trace (the commercial scene tips its hat at Rocky II) is unmistakable and Zafar does try to emulate Balboa's motto of 'not about hard you hit but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.' But at almost three hours running time, no thanks to a couple of completely needless songs, a spirited but spent Sultan slogs its way to knockout.
Full review ↗TRM 6.5−1.5
Independence Day: Resurgence only reiterates one thing. Be it alien, superhero, monsters or natural calamity, the blockbuster factory acts on the same pig-headed formula of mindless explosion, collapsing buildings, vast amounts of rubble and everything going up in a giant ball of smoke.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8−0.8
Housefull 3's second most remarkable piece of acting comes from an army of CGI ants. To divulge more would be such a spoiler so I'll refrain.
Full review ↗TRM 4.3−2.3
Anu Menon's true triumph lies in how she doesn't vilify a profession or its uncomfortable reality to gather empathy for her characters...
Full review ↗TRM 6.5+0.5
Though elegant composed and filled with warm possibilities, Dear Dad stays awfully impersonal communicating only from a distance to tread a tediously linear path. Its all-important disclosure isn't hard to guess what with Bhramar giving away ample signs along the way.
Full review ↗TRM 5.0−1.0
Traffic doesn't address its ethics or anything profound. It doesn't aspire to be anything beyond a bumpy ride to half-hearted glory. And in that it is entirely successful.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−1.5
He's got the goods of a solid action hero but it's time to step out of the show reel space and shine under an actual script and a skilled hand who can bring out the Tiger buried under Jackie's son and Hrithik's fan.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6−0.6
The Blueberry Hunt is typically art-house in its aesthetic with a dash of Nagaland mysticism thrown in for effect...
Full review ↗TRM 4.9
From elegant animation to Po's real name, there's much to learn and love about the newest Kung Fu Panda movie and its fabulous, floundering, furry hero. Witness him.
Full review ↗TRM 6.6+1.4
Ki & Ka is obviously taken in by its liberal notions but fails to realise that it's not so uncommon in today's urban context where lots of working men and women share both their professional and personal duties.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8+0.2
It takes concrete storytelling not style to camouflage John Abraham's limitations. He bears the physicality of a man who could take on a dozen but his blank, pained surface cannot offer threat or evoke sympathy.
Full review ↗TRM 4.2−1.2
TRM 7.2−0.2
If watching a 100-something minutes long music video starring a deadpan, poor man's Sunil Shetty strutting self-importantly in Salman's hand-me-down is your kind of entertainment, book your ticket RIGHT NOW.
Full review ↗TRM 3.5−1.5
Once Jai GangaaJal loses sight of all else to become only about his half-baked atonement it drags and dodders from the weight of its stocky dialogues, tediously cosmetic revolt and a leading man of very limited screen presence hogging all the limelight.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8−0.8
In Hindi cinema, where homosexuality is an object of derisive gags or caricature, the portrayal Aligarh offers is refreshing and respectful. But it's much too multifaceted, at times for its own good, to be acknowledged for just that.
Full review ↗TRM 7.3−0.3
If intended to be a spoof on the vagaries of filmmaking, Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive is completely devoid of whimsy. And, if it aspires to be a satire, there's little bite or ambition in its pedestrian approach and trivial resolutions.
Full review ↗TRM 4.4−0.4
Neerja, the film is respectful to the memory of those who lost their lives and doesn't exploit their tragic end to extract a spectacle. It's also about a family coping with a crisis, a nightmare for anyone to know their child is in trouble yet helplessly wait and hope.
Full review ↗TRM 7.6−0.6
In this schizophrenic rubbish -- for it's certainly not a script, hardly a synopsis -- landscapes change faster than its cast's wardrobe and characters suddenly appear or mysteriously vanish at the director's whim.
Full review ↗TRM 3.7−1.7
The action hero returns to serve some old fashioned justice in Ghayal Once Again as the still seething, still suffering Ajay Mehra like only he can. If also it could deliver the stamp of sharp, solid filmmaking like only the man who conceived Ajay Mehra can.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−0.7
Between its many, many confused, underdeveloped, raucous ideas, hides the film Saala Khadoos set out to be. Too bad it never made it to the screen.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4−1.4
Mistaking intent for quality, Chalk N Duster's greatest drawback is that it tries to take the high moral ground without substantiating its material or projecting the least bit of depth...
Full review ↗TRM 4.2−0.2
Considering the treatment it got by the censor board, I don't know if Angry Indian Goddesses changes anything. Still, it's so good to see a film that revels in womanhood as much as this one.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3+0.7
A lot of visible effort has gone in designing Prem Ratan Dhan Payo's opulence and scale but ultimately it is just lacklustre, recycled fare from a man stuck on men versus women sporting contests, midnight kitchen rendezvous and the pristine aura of Prem. The last one still holds good. Rest is just rah-rah.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1−0.1
As one of the characters quizzes, why must we do every thing out of necessity, why can't few things done for the fun of it, Shaandaar is simply fun, fun, fun and frothy enough to pull it off.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7+3.3
A mostly watchable thriller marred by its director Sanjay Gupta's penchant for excesses -- a greenish yellow filter that renders the frames more sickly than stylish unless it's some sort of bizarre metaphor for Ash's light eyes brimming in agony, a pounding background score that's so commonplace it serves little purpose and terribly reckless use of slow-motion.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−1.6
It's the kind of laughable progressive where Akshay first elicits women empowerment (a forced afterthought in too many movies lately), gleefully watches his feisty heroine batter a bunch of baddies into pulp only to be downgraded into a powerless spectator watching her hero take down more men then Sunny Deol must have tackled in Gadar through its over-the-top, prolonged climax.
Full review ↗TRM 4.3−0.3
The few jokes that do work in this illogical, tardy drivel have more to do with how idiotic they are then amusing. But mostly you cringe at the sight of Kapil posing next to the full moon from a multi-storey's terrace whilst his starry-eyed wives conduct the Karva Chauth ritual for the four-timing half's long life.
Full review ↗TRM 4.4−0.4
An easy, breezy office space confection that doesn't require much of your time or intense emotions, I exude a distinct charm, one that's rarely seen in pop-culture obsessed material today. It's as how Ben describes his handkerchief ritual, "one of the last vestiges of the chivalrous gent."
Full review ↗TRM 6.2−0.2
Katti Batti is infuriatingly indecisive... Even a radiant Kangana cannot rescue it.
Full review ↗TRM 4.00.0
Unsurprisingly, this struggle to fit a modern-day romance in a dated template prompts a patchy, wobbly, bizarre, humourless drama proving an uphill task for two rank newcomers to tackle.
Full review ↗TRM 3.9+0.1
Even the one-to-one scuffle is much too monotonous and mundane; you see far better action on television nowadays. Unless a 95-minute long excuse to advertise Audi, Omega or Apple is your idea of a mindless action movie, steer clear of this mechanical junk.
Full review ↗TRM 4.4−2.4
Manjhi is watchable purely because of this actor's grasp of a willful, persevering personality recognised by his passion not poverty. It's a distinction Nawaz duly delivers, if not the film.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8−0.8
What you get is an earnest Khiladi sporting his graceful greys in a movie that's too cosmetic, loud and exhausting to take notice.
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−1.7
Despite the complexity of the given situation and the dangers it runs into, Bajrangi Bhaijaan's simplistic politics avoids darkness like a plague. But then wishful thinking never hurt any sentiments. Nor does this film.
Full review ↗TRM 6.6−0.6
Papanasam doesn't deviate from the original structure but there is a conscious effort to explain the strategy of Drishyam's understated intelligence. The ploy more or less works because the events look convincingly premeditated in context of the alibi and as a result the characters better fleshed out.
Full review ↗TRM 7.5
The first part of the epic leaves behind dollops of rip-roaring entertainment to relish till it's back to finish what it started in perhaps even more jaw-dropping manner. Rajamouli incites such confidence.
Full review ↗TRM 7.2+0.8
Even if reduced to a 'relic of a deleted timeline,' Schwarzenegger is easily the only attraction of this wishy-washy sequel, prequel, reboot, offshoot, whatever. But that's no reason to overstay one's welcome even if it's an iconic character. Rather especially if it's an iconic character. Like an old colleague of his said to him in another movie, 'You've been back enough.'
Full review ↗TRM 4.7−0.7
Reliably, ABCD 2 livens up when the action shifts to stage, thanks to some splendid choreography by the inspiration behind its source -- Suresh Mukund and Vernon Monteiro (featured in the closing credits). Even if you're not a fan of this sort of dancing, the upshot of the troupe's sheer coordination and dedication is tailor-made for applause, a sentiment you increasingly experience in the concluding half of the movie.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4−0.4
Wake Up Sid has its heart in place, but it still doesn't have much of a plot or novelty to rely upon. That's why the dialogues could have done with a little more quirk and nifty humour. Having said that, a superlative Ranbir makes it too darn hard to notice.
Full review ↗TRM 6.5−0.5
Khosla Ka Ghosla scores for its unusual plot (pun unintended), spirited wit and great acting jobs. But even at a mere eight reels, the film feels longer than it is.
Full review ↗TRM 6.0
Veer-Zaara has a new backdrop, but takes the same route as his previous love stories. Though Yash Chopra lends his brand of freshness in creating a visually captivating picture, Aditya's script is overtly sappy and unnecessarily lengthy. Half an hour of the film could have been easily chopped off from its 210-minute running time. The music by the Late Madan Mohan is mellifluous, but there are too many songs. One would rather see Veer, Zaara interact and fall in love instead of singing songs in sugarcane fields.
Full review ↗TRM 6.2
Tanu Weds Manu Returns is not merely superior to its predecessor but the flamboyance and fun it provides is an implication we're not quite done with this mad duo and their quirky universe yet.
Full review ↗TRM 7.1+0.9
Behind the fine prosthetic make-up, it's virtually impossible to recognise Bachchan or his trademark baritone. The actor tempers his voice into an endearing wispy tone with a slight accent, almost as if an inebriated Anthony Gonsalves was dreamily mumbling in his sleep. Coming to Auro, the heart, beat, soul, spice and sweeping factor of this film, he doesn't need any warming up to. Big B's Auro wins you over the moment he makes his bouncy entry in the assembly hall to grab a prize for his 'fluke' creativity.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+0.2
If you can discount some of the Veer-Zaara inspired cheesiness to follow along with terrible exercises of humour -- namely broken Hinglish exchanges (You Kaala bhainslo, yadda yadda) and gems like, 'Yeh Indian dil hai. Cello tape se nahi Judta and a reaa-llll-yy long climax, your 'Dil' might just find enough strength to mutter 'Hadippa'.
Full review ↗TRM 4.5+0.5
Bombay Velvet is too bloodless to stun, too passionless to stir...paints a pretty postcard but not the soul of its decade.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−1.5
Everything about you and your precious relationships spoke to me, stirred me and I wish you could hear how deeply you touched me...
Full review ↗TRM 7.3+0.7
...is a hasty uptake of news channels and papers drawn into a skit that's too short on subtext to be a realised satire and too silly to be taken seriously.
Full review ↗TRM 3.6+0.4
Ultimately, between its sentimental leanings and farcical outbursts, the superficial sermonising of Dharam Sankat Mein remains just that -- superficial.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6+0.4
Cinderella is certainly destined for business. But because it's in able hands, it doesn't ruin your association with the classic by merely recycling what you already know. What it does is remind you of that forgotten virtue called grace and the timeless thrill of watching a garden pumpkin turn into a golden chariot.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1+1.9
An underwhelming climax, sadly, dilutes the triumphs of the stark thriller. Its consistently realistic tone plummets into standard avenging angel territory full of over-the-top theatrics and stylised rage. This compulsive need for a last word kills the impact of many a strong, better-off-silent scenes in Hindi films.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8−0.8
Badmashiyaan does not have any real plot to tell so it crams the script with numerous characters, who enter and leave at will...
Full review ↗TRM 3.4−2.4
Dum Laga Ke Haisha is a series of riveting moments that make you moist in the eye and chuckle with joy.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+1.2
Ab Tak Chhappan 2 is so terribly obvious in its deviousness, there's not even a smidgen of surprise to expect...
Full review ↗TRM 3.4+0.6
Roy is so tangled in its inflated, erratic ideas of a pseudo mystery around parallel lives and loves that it ceases to make sense even before it takes off. Mostly, though, it's just slow torture.
Full review ↗TRM 4.1−3.1
Khamoshiyan slips into a hopeless mess of time worn ghost busting, freakish sights and comical gems like 'Hum yeh laash paidal nahi le jaa sakte.'
Full review ↗TRM 3.5−0.5
Dolly Ki Doli's ambiguous, unapologetic tone favours the overall whimsy narrative and its aversion to melodrama...
Full review ↗TRM 5.2+0.8
Unless watching Raj Babbar's most restrained performance since forever is enough to dole out the price of admission, I'd recommend you grab a copy of Okkadu. Even without subtitles you'll find it way more engaging.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6−1.6
...it's Imran and Sonam's collective persona and their free-flowing chemistry that makes all the difference. Although the pair deserve better than an amateurishly written romance to scoop out their terrific potential as a combination. I Hate Luv Storys is, at best, a promising even if imperfect indication of things to come in the direction.
Full review ↗TRM 5.7+0.3
Beneath its vibrant bouts of humour, PK mocks at the societal arrangement we have grown apathetic to. Those jokes are ultimately nothing but PK's sarcasm at the expense of our collective desperation that wagers to chance and dubs it a miracle, rejoices in disparity, exhorts fear and has forgotten their fundamental right to question. When PK works, it does with great merit, spunk and surprise. When it does not, it meanders, sermonises and guilt trips exactly in the tone of the one it reproaches.
Full review ↗TRM 7.4−0.4
Almost one hour of the feature's 144-minute duration is dedicated to lavish combat and a crucial turnabout in allegiance -- a rather awkward stage in the narrative -- handled with great tact by its quick-witted director.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1+1.9
Zed Plus may not be perfect but it doesn't insult your intelligence like most Friday fare.
Full review ↗TRM 5.9+0.1
Kill Dil has random songs, birdbrained logic and a romance that's about as exciting as toothpaste...
Full review ↗TRM 4.4
Garm Hava is a product of like-minded artistry and resourceful acumen that hasn't spared any effort to reserve its special place in movie history...
Full review ↗TRM 6.7
Whenever Akshay appears on screen, The Shaukeens transforms into another movie -- one that's substantially more comic, cheeky and winsome -- it's the one I enjoyed the most, it's the one I wished I had come to see.
Full review ↗TRM 4.9−0.9
Super Nani comes pretty close to breaking the record rona dhona in that Juhi Chawla melodrama called Saajan Ka Ghar.
Full review ↗TRM 3.00.0
Jab We Met starts out like a run-of-the-mill fun album. But along the way, it springs quite a few mellifluous surprises. Let's hope the movie will have the same quality.
Full review ↗TRM 7.00.0
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's labour of love Devdas is a larger-than-life, poignant and spectacular interpretation. Clearly Devdas is a work of art and heart...For all its hype, grandeur, money, blood, sweat, music, tragedy, Devdas is a must-see for even the most pragmatic and unromantic.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3
Haider is bewitchingly clever...And it will haunt you long after you've left the theatre...
Full review ↗TRM 7.1+0.9
Rarely are grace and profanity cited in the same breath. Debutant filmmaker Abhishek Chaubey's Ishqiya, however, is a privileged exception.
Full review ↗TRM 6.9+0.1
Desi Kattey is an insipid mishmash of just about every script engaging two friends going separate ways meets underdog sports hero.
Full review ↗TRM 2.8−0.8
Daawat-E-Ishq is like an exuberant menu of a newly opened restaurant that's eager to please with its spread of scrumptious offerings that balances crowd-favourites with substance. While the sides are undercooked, the entree leaves an enjoyable aftertaste that owes much credit to its spunky actors and rest to Habib Faisal's crisp script and direction.
Full review ↗TRM 5.0+1.0
Finding Fanny is a fine blend of soulful musings and nuanced filmmaking. And I welcome this clutter breaking space, the First Lady of Pocolim and the Casanova of Konkon with all my heart.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+1.2
I would have liked if the film didn't so shamelessly exploit my patriotic sentiments to afford it respect in its final scene. I would have liked something much more than this mediocre account of a magnificent reality.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1−2.1
Faux feminism aside, Mardaani is mostly a middling action thriller. If only the script weighed more in intensity of thoughts than stagy heroics and simplistic resolutions, it could do a lot more for women in the film industry if not society in general.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8−0.8
Singham Returns offers quite a bit to whistle about with its steady supply of straightforward action and a hot-headed hero who delivers a punch with a fist and a line...
Full review ↗TRM 5.3+0.7
Sajid-Farhad's first film is mostly a garrulous, occasionally comical farce that intermittently serves as reminder that in the search of "entertainment, entertainment, entertainment" one can always rely on the delightfully loony Johnny Lever. Entertainment is best when it isn't trying to force laughs out of us with its desperate attempts at wit...
Full review ↗TRM 4.00.0
Barns and buildings, trucks, buses, cars (no cow this time) are sucked into the feverishly spinning cyclone's mouth till the screen transforms into a kinetic explosion of environmental fury. Some of these frantic images coupled with exceptional detail to sound, especially the waltz of the planes and the blazing tornado are truly spectacular and salvage Into The Storm from being a complete (since we're on the subject) disaster.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4−0.4
Despite four screenplay writers' and Salman Khan's best efforts, Kick fails to impress...
Full review ↗TRM 5.5−1.5
A stale plot with flatly executed scenes of retribution and a lacklustre leading lady; Hate Story 2 is too trivial to be erotic or thrilling...
Full review ↗TRM 4.2−1.2
There's a strong possibility that you may experience some difficulty in hearing even the voices of your much-assaulted, still recovering head after watching Transformers: Age of Extinction. Given the unexplained draw the Transformers brand has, I won't be surprised if this one works too. But nearly three hours divided in yawns and headache prompts me to repeat what Optimus Prime says in the end, "Leave Planet Earth alone."
Full review ↗TRM 5.00.0
What's great about How To Train Your Dragon 2 is that it doesn't take its inevitable existence for granted. Rather it's a continuation of the tale instead of yet another victim of the forced franchise syndrome.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+0.2
Edge of Tomorrow may not be a faithful adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel All You Need Is Kill but it's a damn energetic one...
Full review ↗TRM 6.7+0.3
Heropanti's sole purpose is to let us know there's a new actor on the entertainment scene. Nothing about Heropanti is fresh or clever. Saddled with a pedestrian setup, ghastly writing, old-fashioned treatment, tacky styling and uninspiring co-stars, Tiger has little going in his favour. And the way I see it, he could not have asked for a shoddier launch. Yet somehow beneath the pin-up torso, the soulful eyes and an awkward smile -- a genuine, graceful, likeable boy comes through.
Full review ↗TRM 4.2−0.2
Director Gareth Edwards delivers a satisfactory reboot of the iconic monster movie!
Full review ↗TRM 6.4+0.6
The idea behind Kya Dilli Kya Lahore is to once again point out the futility of war as well as highlight why human comes before being. And Vijay Raaz accomplishes that to a reasonable extent in his first filmmaking effort.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5+0.5
Kaanchi must have read important on paper but it's complete baloney on celluloid.
Full review ↗TRM 4.1−1.1
Bhoothnath Returns starts off with a fascinating premise but drags towards the end. Whatever connect the towering Bachchan makes with his viewer is rudely disrupted to accommodate mediocre songs or misplaced sentimentalism in a prolonged slide show of poignant portraits making Bhoothnath's return quite a drag in the end.
Full review ↗TRM 5.8−0.8
Ultimately Lafangey Parindey, like its attention-grabbing title, is unapologetically superficial with a brief attention span. It doesn't dwell too long on the possible complications or questions that may arise in its protagonist's lives and conveniently wiggles out of/wraps up any uneasy development. Guess the makers can't blame us for reserving similar indifference towards the movie.
Full review ↗TRM 5.1−0.1
Very few films concern themselves with questions. Most of them are too eager to provide inspiration or make statements. But in Rajat Kapoor's Ankhon Dekhi, curiosity is what drives its premise and suspension of disbelief is entirely abandoned. Discerning viewer, witness it you must.
Full review ↗TRM 6.7+1.3
It never quite establishes its chief motive. Instead Asthana's tentative approach struggles to interrelate the pertinent issues, lend it dimensions and wisdom, resorting to simplistic conclusions when it cannot find the balance.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6+0.4
It's the kind of film that expects you to find laughs in a man trying to thaw ice-cold soup with knives. It's the kind of coy courtship where a NRI couple kiss the other's lips by placing a hand in the middle. It's the kind of reductive remake that could work best as a harmless half-hour sitcom. It's the kind of experience that explains the need for phrases like 'meh.'
Full review ↗TRM 3.6+0.4
Highway isn't merely concerned with cataloguing the virginal, versatile landscapes of Northern India. Often it's the only ray of cheer to offset the grimness concealed within two wounded souls. Comfort not chemistry is what outlines the attraction between Alia and Randeep as they amble along higher altitudes of make believe. Yes, they could be heroes. But just for one day.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3−0.3
For all its swagger and insolence, the script is full of silly loopholes, annoying clichés and glaring superficiality. No matter how hard director Zafar tries to create an action hero that speaks Amitabh Bachchan/Anil Kapoor/Raaj Kumar, he fails to substantiate it with charisma that goes beyond surface value.
Full review ↗TRM 4.9−0.9
Hasee Toh Phasee takes a familiar premise -- two people on the brink of tying the knot and introduces a third party to cause expected stir. Only it doesn't happen like it used to...
Full review ↗TRM 6.1+0.9
What could have been a relevant crowd-pleaser with a little effort from Sohail Khan and his writers is mostly a tedious and overcrowded drivel that shamelessly depends on Salman Khan's strapping charisma to tide them over.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−1.2
If only this was a made-for-radio special instead of a half-heartedly animated demo reel masquerading as a children's fantasy. But dumbing down Mahabharat's provocative and serious framework for a film that cannot even provide visual enchantment fails to fulfill it purpose even to its young audience.
Full review ↗TRM 4.5−0.5
Dhoom 3 continues the tradition of extravagance in adventure and expenditure by roping in the fastidious Aamir Khan as its latest star antagonist.
Full review ↗TRM 6.00.0
The Hobbit series continue to exhilarate and astound with its ingenious tradition of tribute, technology and tenacity. And experiencing it in 3D certainly adds to the tangibility of knowing a hostile, intriguing ambiance. Evil was never this seductive. Nor second parts of what may produce a formidable finale after yet another 12 agonizing months of wait.
Full review ↗TRM 7.0+1.0
It's not original. It's not subtle. What Krrish 3 is is astonishingly eager to entertain with its stock of doodads that should amuse if not endear.
Full review ↗TRM 5.7+0.3
Obtuse, dispassionate and inert, Ishk Actually is one of the drabbest films I've seen all year.
Full review ↗TRM 3.3−1.3
Boss is hell bent on assaulting the eardrums and senses with a vigorous spectacle of mindless action and screeching soundtrack. Given the low benchmark of this genre, it's akin to praise when I say Boss is neither as absurd as Rowdy Rathore nor as ghastly as Policegiri.
Full review ↗TRM 4.9−0.9
Besharam is so unbelievably sloppy and senseless, not even the best actors in the business can redeem it no matter how hard they try.
Full review ↗TRM 4.0−1.0
Regardless of Phata Poster Nikhla Hero's uneven pace and indecisive disposition, Shahid Kapoor, armed with a kooky grin, gives it his best shot.
Full review ↗TRM 4.8−0.8
Shuddh Desi Romance conveys a simple but underrated philosophy in the most fun way possible
Full review ↗TRM 6.2+0.8
After experiencing back-to-back idiocy on big screen, it's refreshing to return to the theatres for a film that expects you to be educated, informed and attentive. Give it a chance, Madras Cafe deserves an audience.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8+0.2
The Smurfs 2 is an excruciatingly basic, bland and boring representation of a famously merry and meticulous community.
Full review ↗TRM 4.6−0.6
Ship of Theseus is a sign of evolution in filmmaking, a work of art. I cannot award such artistry with mere stars. I can only hope it's a precedent not an exception and wish you go and watch it.
Full review ↗TRM 8.0
This is possibly the best and the grandest belated gift a man can offer his childhood. Do yourself a favour.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8
Plots with threadbare logic rely too much on larger-than-life heroics to draw its target audience in. But none of Dutt's swagger is blustering enough to put up with a film as deafening, dowdy and drudging as Policegiri.
Full review ↗TRM 3.7−1.7
Raanjhanaa isn't easy viewing. Kundan and Zoya aren't easily likeable. They have flaws. They make mistakes. Blunders, really.
Full review ↗TRM 6.5−0.5
Calling Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 a joke would amount to a compliment. And I am in no mood to extend such courtesy.
Full review ↗TRM 4.4−1.4
Whether all kids inherit their parents' moral temperament I do not know but where Bollywood is concerned, its conditioning on filmmakers is undeniable. And going by what the inspired but engaging Aurangzeb has to offer, it's not such a bad thing.
Full review ↗TRM 5.5+0.5
Zany, zippy, meaningful and sweet, there is never a single dull moment in The Croods.
Full review ↗TRM 6.4+0.6
Bombay Talkies may or may not celebrate cinema in the direct sense. Except for its hopelessly tacky end-credits -- a complete waste of star power and resources, Bombay Talkies is an absorbing ode to the language of cinema that is part of our collective system. It honours the imagination and enthusiasm that attracts so many young men and women in this country to embrace a life of risk and rush – filmmaking.
Full review ↗TRM 6.7+0.3
If the outcome of a remake is to affront everything the original represents then WHY ON EARTH call it Chashme Baddoor? Why not simply write your own story about three random friends, name it something like Teen Tigada Kaam Bigada and then include every Tom, Dick, Joseph, Josephine, Beagle, Fattu, Gattu as you please?
Full review ↗TRM 5.2−2.2
Rohan Sippy's creation shows so much promise and has several moments (even if most of them are featured in its trailer). But the plot seems better-suited for a sitcom episode. As a film the nautanki stretches for too long, saala.
Full review ↗TRM 5.3−0.3
Sajid Khan loves big scale but the production values of all his films, their aesthetics, g are consistently tacky. Himmatwala is no different.
Full review ↗TRM 3.6+0.4
TRM 6.7+0.3
ABCD tugs at your emotional cords all the way as Prabhu Deva tries to convert a bunch of street ruffians into champions.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4+2.6
Abhishek Kapoor's clarity of vision makes Kai Po Che -- the adaptation of a mediocre novel -- so irresistible.
Full review ↗TRM 7.4+0.6
Those who're clueless about the Columbian movie might get a kick out of the big reveal. Those looking for more than (badly-acted) thrills, Murder isn't likely to be your choice of franchise anyway.
Full review ↗TRM 4.9−0.9
In terms of filmmaking, David is an uncompromised experiment and steers clear of comfort zones crediting its viewers' capability to join dots without excessive spoon-feeding, a practice that eludes mainstream Hindi cinema.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−0.6
What could have been an engrossing take on modern-day relationships in a frantic, workaholic culture is single-handedly destroyed by warped publicity and ridiculous conclusions.
Full review ↗TRM 5.3−1.3
Rockstar isn't entirely above flaws though. The irregular narrative could do with some smooth editing avoiding the uneven, jerky feel to the proceedings.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3+0.7
TRM 4.5−1.5
Yellow Boots, co-written by him and wife Kalki Koechlin, also essaying the 'Girl' in the title, is a compilation of abstract frames, which often stir from their surreal state to expose the ugly, upsetting corners of society. The narrative refuses, almost doggedly, to follow a conventional structure. Instead like fluttering pages of a disorderly diary, it is puzzling, self-indulgent, wandering and personal.
Full review ↗TRM 6.1−0.1
Rascals, with no structure or motive, cannot (rather does not even try to) conceal its desperation to make itself funny. And this insecurity shows in each and every gag.
Full review ↗TRM 3.6−0.6
Force never had much to accomplish in the first place. But its complete lack of individuality or snap makes it a boring, banal, blah and bleak experience.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4−1.4
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan is a pretty ordinary effort. It's the kind of movie where everyone looks catalogue cool and beams with enthusiasm to make the going-ons appear droll and exciting. And though one's a sourpuss for not buying it, I'll take the risk of being one.
Full review ↗TRM 5.00.0
Before slumping into a silly space of trashy humour and hasty sentimentality, Bodyguard intermittently comes alive with a swashbuckling Sallu engaging in some SFX-aided action.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−0.6
TRM 5.4+0.6
Quite conveniently, a politically correct Advani never shows Akshay playing against India. Predictably, the men in blue do march to victory; it's just a few shades darker than I would have liked to cheer for.
Full review ↗TRM 5.2+0.8
The screen is cluttered with secondary characters that pop in and out without bringing anything to the story other than add to the mess. And that's what Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is, a silly jumble of misspent potential and hollow creativity.
Full review ↗TRM 5.0−1.0
The idea is to project mess and chaos. Indeed surplus characters and subplots often make YSZ an overwhelming experience to endure. But if you are up for the challenge to explore Delhi's shifty facet, it's rewarding too. What's most fascinating is how everyone has a sense of humour about their situation, which is inevitably on the sticky side. Saali or sane, this Zindagi rocks.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4+1.6
For its entire obsession with ambiance, Game is, at heart, a frustratingly old-fashioned murder mystery. If you're the kind who follows the genre keenly, by second act, you'll have figured out the wild card and the culprit. Question is do you want to?
Full review ↗TRM 3.8+0.2
In the end, Chakravyuh is nothing more than an average action flick in the garb of relevant cinema where socio-politico turmoil is nothing more than a prop and gun-toting militants in uniforms and bandanas hollering 'Lal Salaam' fill up the frames.
Full review ↗TRM 6.0−1.0
Often it is this hold on the viewer through constant influx of escapism and pomp with magnificently choreographed songs, razzle dazzle of colours/style/design, appropriate dosage of humour and ritzy production values that distracts one from Student of the Year's brash celebration of superficiality and obvious lack of depth.
Full review ↗TRM 5.4+0.6
There's no sign of character fatigue or repetition. Armed with superb writing and a keen understanding of Kanji's convictions and qualms, the actor grabs his viewer's attention from start to finish. Like the remark of the guy in the shop, 'Bande mein dum hai, yaar.'
Full review ↗TRM 5.9+1.1
If you discount the enduring cliché in Kurush Deboo's presence, SFKTNP celebrates the cultural stereotypes of this cozy community with lighthearted and inoffensive humour. It's certainly nowhere as grating and overbearing as the other Bhansali, Sanjay Leela's proclivity for regional excesses as witnessed in Devdas and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. The toning down is some accomplishment for the King of Extravagance given that he has both -- produced and written the film.
Full review ↗TRM 5.3+1.7
Ek Tha Tiger has a lot going for it with its two certified stars no one will contract an eyesore looking at and a supporting cast (Ranvir Shorey, Girish Karnad) that never lets you down along with plush production values typical to a Yash Raj product.
Full review ↗TRM 6.3−0.3
Bol Bachchan is dispensable cinema, forgotten almost immediately after it's over. What I kept wondering is how does Asrani who acted in Mukerjee's acclaimed films like Chupke Chupke, Abhimaan, Bawarchi feel about working in the remake of a film where the hero wore his kurta. Don't know what I'm talking about? You deserve Bol Bachchan. But if you do, you must have already begun scouting for your copy of Gol Maal somewhere.
Full review ↗TRM 5.00.0
The screenplay is just as dim-witted. In one of the scenes, Leone hands Hooda a love letter, which the latter sniffs as if it's English Lavender. It's some cheap brand of stinky orange-red ink, of course, passed off as Leone blood scribbling lines you'll only read in amateur teen romances, 'You came into my life like the moon.'
Full review ↗TRM 4.1−1.1
What's the point of telling three different love stories if you plan to give them a similar finish off? The whole exercise seems plain cosmetic. But till the point the make-up doesn't wear off, Teri Meri Kahaani is a far better film than I came to see.
Full review ↗TRM 4.3+0.7
Vicky Donor loses some of its sperm, er steam, in the second half when the sentimental, ethical reasoning creeps in, it feels a bit avoidable and protracted. Except by then you have begun to care too much for these characters and its unassuming vibe to create a ruckus.
Full review ↗TRM 6.8−0.8
Sukanya Verma feels that Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu is neither on the epic side like Dharma Productions' great, grand ancestors nor weighed down by an overload of pop culture references of those that define the genre.
Full review ↗TRM 6.4−0.4
Sly, gripping and taut, Kahaani is much too enjoyable to find flaws. This is, without doubt, Sujoy Ghosh's best work so far. Go watch it.
Full review ↗TRM 7.3+0.7
This is not The Firm and its sloppily written script is incapable of constructing gravity or drama. Blood Money is inexcusably one-note and short on buildup -- things just happen one after the other like a flat, muted series of badly-shot stilted music videos. The songs (by Jeet Gannguli) are as monotonous as the insipid visuals they accompany.
Full review ↗TRM 4.3−2.3
...less of a remake, more of a tribute. They should have just called it Dharmapath.
Full review ↗TRM 6.7−0.7
The real problem with this official remake of The Italian Job is that instead of reproducing a perfectly nuanced screenplay as it is, it tries to act too smart, with excessive elements and needless tampering, in the process making a complete fool of itself. Why can't you stick to the plan, Bollywood? All this time we witness our filmmakers rip-off Hollywood scene-by-scene but the minute they acquire rights, they are hit by an army of brainwaves or an insuppressible need to improvise (read flounder).
Full review ↗TRM 5.1−1.1
