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Yahoo Movies Review: Munna Michael
‘Munna Michael’ has aspirations of being a ‘different’ film, and it would have been, had it not fallen prey to the clichéd Bollywood formula. Sabbir Khan has an interesting premise at his disposal but a very predictable second half spells doom for the film. For once, I thought the director understood exactly what Tiger Shroff was capable of – showing off his well-sculpted abs and fluid dance moves to his advantage.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Jagga Jasoos
‘Jagga Jasoos’ is a well-intentioned musical adventure that takes too long to unravel. Anurag Basu and Ranbir Kapoor had previously collaborated on ‘Barfi’ (2012) – the film had deaf-mute hero (Ranbir Kapoor) and an autistic female lead (Priyanka Chopra) and yet, had one of the most coherent narratives of that year.
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Yahoo Movies Review: MOM
Ravi Udyawar’s film boasts of a strong script and compelling performances, but is let down by a run-of-the-mill climax. You discover right at the onset that Sridevi doesn’t have an easy equation with her adolescent daughter.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Tubelight
‘Tubelight’ needs a lot of patience and while Salman fans will surely be shedding copious tears at the theatre, for the rest this film isn’t as entertaining as his previous ones. Director Kabir Khan has an interesting premise for the story – a war’s impact on the families of the soldiers and their antsy wait for the return of their loved ones.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Raabta
‘Raabta’ is an over-indulgent love story that needs a lot of patience. This romance progresses at a languid pace with the reincarnation saga dragging the plot all the more.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Sachin: A Billion Dreams
All of us wanted the win of the 1983 Cricket World Cup to be replicated because we were too young to have any actual recollection of the real match. A 10-year-old Sachin too had the same dream. As we retraced Sachin Tendulkar’s steps, we were almost reintroduced to our childhood – Doordarshan was the only channel we could watch on our black-and-white television sets, people would crowd around the few television sets available in the neighbourhood to watch matches and the epic India-Pakistan matches that were like war.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Sarkar 3
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Amit Sadh, Ronit Roy, Jackie Shroff, Yami Gautam, Manoj Bajpayee
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Yahoo India Movies: Meri Pyaari Bindu
For Abhimanyu ‘Bubla’ Roy, the quintessential good Bengali boy, played by Ayushmann Khurrana, it is love at first sight. This childhood love story has all the makings of a perfect Bollywood romance and yet, the two best friends fail to strike the right balance when it comes to making the relationship work.
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'Baahubali 2' Review: A fantastic, must-watch sequel with strong characters and an intriguing plot
Rajamouli not only gives us a worthy second film, he knocks it out of the park.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Noor
Sunhil Shetty’s ‘Noor’ works in parts – the light moments, the romance and comedy, make for a breezy watch but it flounders while trying to make a serious point. Based on the novel, ‘Karachi, You’re Killing Me!’, the protagonist of this story is rookie journalist Noor Roy Chaudhury played by Sonakshi Sinha. Noor, like most young female journalists in the country aspires to be the next Barkha Dutt but is trapped covering insipid stories and Page 3 events.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Naam Shabana
While the action sequences are riveting, it’s the loose narrative that makes this film an exhausting watch. Neeraj Pandey’s ‘Baby’ was an engrossing watch and I was looking forward to ‘Naam Shabana’, the prequel. But this film falters at all places where ‘Baby’ (2015) had held its own – a taut script, palpable tension and a brisk pace at which the story unfolded.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Phillauri
When the ‘foreign-return’, ill-fated, would-be groom, Kanan (Suraj Sharma), is asked to marry a tree before his actual marriage, he ends up marrying the resident-ghost of the tree, Sashi. Kanan is in a bind because he has no clue what to do with the friendly ghost with an impending wedding at hand.
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Cast: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Yash Sinha, Sahil Vaid, Shweta Basu Prasad
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The film is visually compelling, but the overall cinematic experience is sketchy and, at times, even tedious. This film is set during World War II – a time when Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA) was waging it’s own war of liberation against the British Empire. In this tumult, a feisty Bollywood action star Julie (Kangana Ranaut) is asked to entertain English and Indian troops at the India-Burma border.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Jolly LLB 2
Subhash Kapoor’s compelling courtroom drama is one of the best satires of recent times. ‘Jolly LLB 2’ addresses the pertinent issues of the day with skill and humour, all the while exhibiting remarkable restraint. The premise seems simple enough – Jagdishwar Mishra aka Jolly (Akshay Kumar) is a small-time lawyer trying to break into the big league.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Raees
Oh, ‘Raees’! I wish you didn’t leave me so sad. Action films aren’t my favourite genre, but I love fast-paced edgy thrillers. ‘Raees’ works at so many levels and yet, the end left me disappointed. Rahul Dholakia’s film – the rags to riches story of a self-made man, Raees Alam, who hates being called battery – has all the makings of a 1970’s potboiler.
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Mani Ratnam’s ‘OK Kanmani’ had tugged at my heartstrings, alas, Shaad Ali’s remake just doesn’t strike the same chords. ‘OK Jaanu’ lacks the spontaneity and the effervescence of the original. Aditya (Aditya Roy Kapur) and Tara (Shraddha Kapoor) are instinctively attracted to each other but settling down to live happily ever after is not in their immediate scheme of things. This young couple is tenants at an older couple’s (Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson) place.
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Yahoo Review: Dangal
It is as much a story about the sport, as it is about revisiting gender stereotypes and a complex father-daughter relationship. Nitesh Tiwari has infused this biopic with not only heart-wrenching emotions, but also spontaneous humour. Mahavir Singh Phogat’s indomitable spirit and his almost audacious ambition to coach Geeta and Babita to glory at the world wrestling stage indeed make for an inspiring story.
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It’s a film by Aditya Chopra and you expect him to do more than just make it look slick and stylish. There is really nothing new about the plot – two people who are intrinsically attracted to each other and don’t want to complicate their relationship by making long-term commitments: this is the ‘No Strings Attached’ or ‘Friends with Benefits’ kind of storyline that has been done to death in desi versions such as ‘Love Aaj Kal’ (2009), ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’ (2013) or even the very recent ‘OK Kanmani’ by Mani Ratnam.
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Despite some good performances, Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Kahaani 2’ fails to pack the punch of its prequel. The first half of Vidya Sinha’s (Vidya Balan) story weaves enough intrigue to keep you hooked till the interval.
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Yahoo Movies Review: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ is a take on the more complicated journey that love actually is in real life. This love story has two main leads – Alizeh (Anushka) and Ayan (Ranbir) and two supporting leads – Saba (Aishwarya) and Ali (Fawad) – and each of them approach love differently, yet with anguish and loss. Karan Johar uses his favourite devices to tell this story of complicated hearts.
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Cast: Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Ira Dubey, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi
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Abhinay Deo’s ‘Force 2’ is high on style and low on rationale. John Abraham’s tough cop act is reminiscent of his earlier release this year: in ‘Dishoom’ he did pretty much the same thing. It is a shame to see Sonakshi Sinha reduced to a mere prop in this attempted thriller.
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Yahoo Review: Rock On 2
Shujaat Saudagar’s film is mature – this band of boys does not shy away from stylishly brandishing their greys! This is a complex story where our protagonist, Aditya Shroff (Farhan Akhtar) seeks redemption far away from the bustle and comfort of the city: he works with farmers in Meghalaya. By making a difference to a small village in India’s North East, he hopes to find some measure of atonement for his guilt.
StyleMovies with RummanaYahoo Review: M S Dhoni: The Untold Story
MS Dhoni’s surreal obscurity-to-fame life story makes for a fascinating tale, but the script staggers under the deadweight of the avoidable, delving too much on the redundant at the expense of stuff that would have set the pulse racing. Neeraj Pandey begins with India’s 2011 World Cup win – the high point of Dhoni’s career.
