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Kaun Shabana?
Taapsee Pannu is the unwitting leader in a new genre taking over Bollywood, called “How To Let A Leading Actor Steal Your Thunder”.
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Housefull 4 Review: A Collection of Cringe-worthy Jokes That Range From Absurd to Insensitive
Housefull 4, much like its predecessors, is a collection of crass jokes stitched into a completely brainless plot. From the first frame to the last, everything about the movie screams “why”. It’s pointless to ask why Bollywood is still making such atrocious films, but why on earth are we still watching them?
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Dhadkan: The Altar at Which Jilted Lovers Pray
Twenty years after Dhadkan released, Suniel Shetty’s Dev is the reason the film still has a tremendous but low-key fan following over the country.
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No Dance Film Has Earned the Cult Status of Disco Dancer. Even Street Dancer 3D Won’t
Disco Dancer gave us a hero who picked up the guitar instead of the gun. It ushered in an era of Bollywood dance films, which peaked in the ’80s and early ’90s. However, few have earned the cult status as the Mithun Chakraborty film. Does Street Dancer 3D stand a chance?
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15 Years of Hulchul: Why We Miss Priyadarshan’s Brand Of Comedy
Every climax of a Priyadarshan comedy is a lot like the Maharashtra state elections: They lack logic and involve way more characters than you can keep track of. But that’s exactly what makes films like Hulchul, Hera Pheri and Bhool Bhulaiya even more memorable.
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Mission Mangal Review: An Infuriating Space Parody that Manages to Waste Five Actresses
Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal joins the ranks of Bollywood space films that have no idea how to be one. The mission’s female scientists contribute nothing save for pressing a few buttons or looking worried, and if the film is to be believed, space travel is as easy as catching a Pokemon.
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Romeo Akbar Walter (RAW) Review: A Spy Thriller that Has as Much Suspense As a Delhi Capitals IPL Match
In the borefest set in 1971 called Romeo Akbar Walter, John Abraham plays a RAW spy. For an espionage thriller, the movie has just one chase scene, and even that is so inept that it’ll make you believe that apart from losing cricket matches and wars, Pakistanis also can’t run.
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Why Kunal Kamra’s “Bold” Satire Stands Out in the Age of Bollywood’s “Apolitical” Stars
In our vast and diverse democracy, is it really possible for every filmmaker, writer, and performer to have the same rose-tinted view of the country? Obviously not. That’s why Kunal Kamra, whose bracing political satire dares to challenge that status quo, stands out.
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Toilet: Ek Bhakt Ki Katha
Instead of being a satire that could goad people into understanding the sanitation crisis in India, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is a dishonest, factually incorrect love letter to Narendra Modi.
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20 Years of Taal: An Ode to the Time When Music Made the Movies
To try and find an original song in Bollywood in 2019 is as fruitless as searching for survival tips in PM Modi’s episode of Man vs Wild. But as any ‘90s kid could tell you, there was a time when music made the movies worth watching. The soundtrack of Taal elevated the film into an unforgettable experience.