The problem lies in Saif Ali Khan characterisation as he fails to convincingly play a secret agent.
Even if The Artist wasn't 2011's best film, Raja Sen doesn't have too much to complain about the Oscars this year.
Even if The Artist wasn't 2011's best film, Raja Sen doesn't have too much to complain about the Oscars this year.
The film is half-baked and unfulfilling.
Raja Sen, a Top Gear fan, points out that the problem with the show's Indian edition wasn't the host's political incorrectness, but the fact that it lacked its characteristic bite.
The film isn an exquisite and gorgeous motion picture.
Those in the need for the real, cerebral Holmes can find him in the BBC's terrific Sherlock, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch (Season Two starts on the first day of 2012) but for a rollicking winter evening, director Guy Ritchie provides stupid but striking fireworks.
The film looks really good, but ends up being a drag.
By the time the film winds down in extremely simplistic fashion, we just don't care anymore.
The actress makes the character her own with remarkable commitment to the role. Naseeruddin Shah and Emraan Hashmi put in great performances too.
Hamilton will need to sparkle a lot brighter than that to start winning back his shine, says Raja Sen.
Imtiaz Ali masterfully weaves in details that draw us in while his leading man basks magnificently in the glow of a bespoke script.
There are bits in the film that work, all the rest is just pedestrian fare.
"I think F1's best watched on TV," says Gul Panag speaking from a train on her way to Ambala to spend time with her parents. A little over twenty four hours ago, on Thursday evening, she compered the official opening ceremony for the Indian Grand Prix.
Arjun Rampal is the best thing in the biggest budget Indian feature of all time, says Raja Sen.
Both Pankaj Kapur and Shahid struggle, going from light and likable to irritating and implausible when the film changes gear from romcom to melodrama.
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Despite average performances from Mahie Gill and Deepak Dobriyal the treatment of the film amounts to nothing spectacular.
The gamshow stays just as it was.
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