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For Real

Aliens invade as her parents begin to drift apart. But this film isn’t sci-fi. It’s as real as it gets.

Dabangg

Unlike a typical Salman Khan movie, this has got a plot, a well-behaved hero, and even a script.

We Are Family

The Stepmom remake does not find resonance in the context of Indian nuclear families.

Aashayein

A tale about fighting cancer? Nearly mistook it for a homage to George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

Lafangey Parindey

A moving tale, supported by fine performances, about a friendship that comes with a price.

Peepli (Live)

Paradoxically, a film on the Indian media that shines only when the media is off-screen.

Aisha

A pale after-image of Jane Austen’s Emma, it has neither the depth of character nor the dialogue.

Bollywood on Trial

Can mainstream Hindi cinema defend itself against the charge that it is creatively bankrupt?

Once upon a Time in Mumbaai

This is nostalgia for a city of legendary gangsters and heroic cops.

Khatta Meetha

It is a treatise on corruption that is neither funny nor tragic, nor even moral.

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