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Wogma rating: Catch on TV/online for sure
Quick review: Has some powerful things to say, but mirrors the ‘the system is such, what can we do’ common-person attitude that it wants to complain against. And therefore, lacks the punch, maybe even rightly so.
Wogma rating: Even the keen, wait for it to come on TV/online
Quick review: When a Rohit Shetty film moves away from exploding cars to make way for forcefully imploding emotions–it is a step in the right direction. Only a teeny-tiny one though because the ‘women empowerment’ bit is still a huge charade.
Wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do
Quick review: Breaks my heart to not like a film that treats disability and abnormality with such forthrightness. How I wish everything else in the film wasn’t so disconnected.
Wogma rating: Even the keen, wait for it to come on TV/online
Quick review: Slick war action could make it worth a watch. But be warned, the forced and never-ending emotional drama is a bit much and the propaganda is inescapable.
Wogma rating: Switch channels if it's on cable
Quick review: It is almost like you are paying to watch an advertisement about someone you are not interested in. No, it’s not about Dr. Singh, that would actually be very interesting. This one is an “I, me, myself” on and almost completely by Sanjaya Baru.
Wogma rating: Even the keen, wait for it to come on TV/online
Quick review: An attempt at telling a done-to-death love story in a new way, with a different backdrop. Succeeds for a bit and then takes a turn that makes it visually engaging but emotionally not as much.
Wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do
Quick review: My worst fear came true–the action and CGI are good but not enough by themselves to pull you through the overdrawn public service announcement that the film ends up being.
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