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Reviewing since 2022 · Last review Mar 2023
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Tina rarely scores films: 4 of 4 reviews carry a score.
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Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar is almost unbearable. The first two hours drag endlessly, and the film only picks up—pace and life—in the last 20 minutes. If this really is the last rom-com of his career, Ranbir Kapoor deserved a better swan song.
Full review ↗TRM 5.6−2.6
Rohit Shetty's Cirkus is the worst film of this year, and that is a task considering it had to compete with Vijay Deverakonda's Liger, and Tiger Shroff's Heropanti 2. The chaotic narrative of the film fails completely, and what comes across is extremely dull and boring. Ranveer Singh, who can infuse energy into the dullest of films, completely misses his beat in Cirkus.
Full review ↗TRM 3.7−1.7
He tries hard to be a Benjamin Franklin Gates of National Treasure or a Dr Henry Walton of Indiana Jones. But he doesn't feel convincing at any moment. Like most Akshay Kumar films, Ram Setu also uses women as props.
Full review ↗TRM 4.2+0.8
Netflix's Darlings is a dark comedy par excellence, helmed by powerful performances by Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah. The film deals with the question that Indian women have heard time and again, 'Why don't you leave it if it is so bad?' Directed by Jasmeet K. Reen, the film shows how crucial and refreshing it is to have female filmmakers who understand the layers of being a woman in India, especially the ones who lie at the cross sections of caste, class, and religion.
Full review ↗TRM 6.6+1.4
