Shah Rukh Khan yelps and squeaks and shrieks and bares fangs and pouts and, well, exhausts himself overcompensating at every step, despite nobody else in the film following this template.
The film is so bad, it belongs to an entire different league of idiocy.
In a career spanning two decades, Begali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh directed movies that spoke volumes of his deep understanding of human emotions and relationships. Hailed as one of the most important Indian directors of his time, Ghosh's journey to cinematic greatness was abruptly cut short when he passed away in his sleep early Thursday morning. Raja Sen remembers the late maverick.
The 81st Annual Academy Awards, if trends are anything to go by, seem to be more or less on the same page with me this season, which is a peculiar feeling indeed since I'm used to ranting about the results. However, this year the Academy's likely winners and my who-should-win picks are uncannily mirroring each other, a fact displayed in this list of the nominees. The Academy picks are marked by the [A] sign, my picks are marked by the [R] sign.
And you won't guess which film tops Raja's list! And why.
After all these years, Jaws still taps into the nightmares, says Raja Sen.
Mad Max: Fury Road has a very realistic chance of sweeping the Oscars, predicts Raja Sen.
Akshay Kumar makes some of those lines work, but things have gotten far worse this time around, notes Raja Sen
Birdman. Boyhood. The Grand Budapest Hotel...
The SuperBat movie could be a massive letdown, but it won't be because of Ben Affleck, believes Raja Sen.
Who were the ones we'd have liked to see more of, or ones we wouldn't mind running into again?
Dibakar Banerjee's movie is bleak, bittersweet, funny and markedly unglamorous, and yet you come out humming the theme tune, your head blown clear off your shoulders.
Dhoom 3 is a children's film made for children who've never seen a film, writes Raja Sen.
This year my Worst Of list is a blend of the big and the banal, the inevitably tacky as well as the fatally flawed, says Raja Sen.
The year 2012 has offered up several shards of cinematic joy.
The filmmaker turns 42 today, September 10.
It is a film that bares its bloody teeth and grins at the end; it's even sneaked a bite out of the viewer.
Krrish 3 was among the films that stood at the bottom of the barrel this year.
My Name Is Khan is a film that will have the galleries cheering and making sure there aren't many dry eyes in the house.
Will his list match the Oscar noms, to be disclosed on February 2? Let's wait and watch.
Raja Sen reviews Imtiaz Ali's Love Aaj Kal on video and shares what he liked and disliked about the film.
Here's a look at year's top 10 brightest trailers.
'The common ground between a film-maker and a film critic is a mad masochistic love for the movie.'
Kites starts off well enough, but loses itself in a mess of superficiality, which would have been just fine if the film wasn't also masquerading as operatic drama.
'After many years of having to find new adjectives to say horrible, I realised I would rather write about things I want to write about.'
'You become a critic because the job entails watching a 100 films a year, out of which there will be five or six good films.' 'It's really a glutton for punishment, but you're also optimistic and want to see exciting things.'
Glimpses from the launch of Raja Sen's first book, The Best Baker In The World.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the Independence Day releases over the years.
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