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Sikandar Review | Salman Khan Unites People on Eid by Making Them Unanimously Laugh at His Film

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:30:49 +0000

Towards the very end of the movie, Sikandar, Salman Khan’s character, says “I don’t care” twice during an emotional scene. I felt that he was breaking the fourth wall and speaking to all those people who still think he will deliver. Looking at the quality of most of the recent Salman Khan movies, including the […]

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Baby John Review | A Scaled-up Remake That Misses Out on All the Punches

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:46:32 +0000

The mass masala movie exaggerations and compromises were definitely there in a movie like Theri, and the reason why it sort of worked for almost everyone was certain elements like the chemistry of the lead pair, the subtle swagger in Vijay’s performance in the police officer chapter and of course the overall heroics. When it […]

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Singham Again Review | Valmiki Might Reincarnate Just to Renew His IP and Stop More Ramayana Adaptations

Aswin Bharadwaj — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:06:37 +0000

Physics has always stayed away from Rohit Shetty’s movies, and so I was very cautious to put my thinking cap in the dustbin before entering the theater. Now, the problem is, since he is making movies about terrorism, India’s history, etc., in his cop universe movies, you can’t really part ways with rationality and logic […]

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Tiger 3 Review | Bhai Saves Pakistan and Democracy in This Guilty Pleasure Entertainer

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:24:33 +0000

Tiger 3 has a very peculiar packaging, considering the hate politics we see in Bollywood movies of late. SPOILER ALERT! It is actually the story of an Indian agent helping Pakistan to continue as a democracy. On paper, that thought is very inspiring as a mainstream potboiler trying to infuse some political awareness to the […]

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Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Review | Dhoti, Delhi Metro, and Coherence Are the Main Casualties of This Salman Khan Film

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 02:31:51 +0000

It is no secret that Bollywood faces major adversity as many biggies have not worked at the box office. The success of South Indian films has actually triggered conversations on what needs to be done and fixed. While a section of the Hindi film industry is making an effort to improve things, superstar Salman Khan […]

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Pathaan Review | A Passable Action Entertainer That Celebrates Brand SRK

Aswin Bharadwaj — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:47:00 +0000

Every movie in the YRF Spy Universe has a template more inclined to celebrate its star actor by creating over-the-top action set pieces. Pathaan, the fourth movie in this universe, which also marks the return of Shah Rukh Khan after a 4-year break from film, is also a template action package that mixes patriotism with […]

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Antim

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 06:21:07 +0000

Antim, at its core, is a gangster drama that wants to show the rise and fall of a gangster. The idea is to make us feel for the character in the end because he was, in a way, a victim of the social hierarchy. But this Aayush Sharma starrer is a deafening masala that forgets […]

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Radhe

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 13 May 2021 16:27:02 +0000

It seems like there is somebody in the inner circle of Mr. Salman Khan who has made him believe that Dabangg 3 and Race 3 are “good” entertainers. Looking at the way he is pushing the boundaries of “Kuch Bhi?” in his recent releases, it becomes more and more evident that he has no regard […]

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Dabangg 3

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 05:15:19 +0000

When the first Dabangg came, even though I wasn’t a huge fan of that movie, on the whole, I really enjoyed watching Salman Khan playing this irreverent cop Chulbul Pandey. The second part was a forgettable attempt to cash in on the likability of the character and when it comes to the third part the […]

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