‘Haseen Dillruba’ is an uneven, ultimately unsatisfying look at fraught relationships. It falls in love with its own twist much too soon, much too deep.
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From the splash of acid to acidic wit, from a hyperkinetic trial to virtual thrills, from old-fashioned murder to bloody folklore, 2020 movies slapped it all on.
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The top TV shows for 2020, the year where even the fact that you could watch TV was a top reason to be on the top list.
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Amazon Prime’s five-story anthology couldn’t have been timed better. Even if it’s uneven in segments, when it soars, it flies.
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‘Bandish Bandits’ boasts of director Anand Tiwari’s richly hued canvas, a fine cast, and terrific music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The shortcomings don’t matter after a point.
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‘Aandhi’ is a beautiful tapestry of the man-woman relationship that also doesn’t hesitate to tear it apart. Plus, Rahul Dev Burman weaves magic.
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The mostly effective ‘Ishq’ takes a seemingly interminably long look at a night of harrowing harassment and then seeks redemption. No matter how that goes, it’s lose-lose for the woman.
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Director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari shows Kangana Ranaut need not be on drugs, drunk, or angst-ridden to be effective in her slice-of-life, simple (and simplistic) outing.
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Falling in love is easy. Getting married isn’t too tough. Staying together is. Getting separated is an operation. Without the anesthetic.
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Director Raaj Shaandilyaa teams up with Ayushmann Khurrana to create another aspiring small-town character in a movie that can be best described as aspiring comedy. With a repetitive script and strained comedy, ‘Dream Girl’ remains a weak shadow of what it could have been.
