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Bareilly Ki Barfi: A sweet offering to light-hearted films

Director Ashwini Iyer Tiwari goes to town again. He offers you the barfi with the right saccharine content. There is a certain raw intensity to this light-hearted film that it endears. Not to be taken seriously, yet a film that is not frivolous. It is an interesting piece of cinema that pushes the Hrishikesh genre ahead and is a fine tribute to lig
VIP 2: High on drama, low on emotions

Film: VIP 2: Lalkar; Director: Soundarya Rajinikanth; Cast: Dhanush, Kajol, Amala Paul, Ritu Verma, Balaji Mohan, Samuthirakani, Vivek; Rating: **1/2
Bareilly ki Barfi: An endearing rom-com worth tasting

Film: Bareilly ki Barfi; Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari; Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, Seema Pahwa, Pankaj Tripathi, Rating: ***1/2
Annabelle: Creation: Lazily scripted and lacks spirit

Film: Annabelle: Creation; Director: David F. Sandberg; Cast: Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Coulthard, Grace Fulton, Lou Lou Safran, Samara Lee, Tayler Buck, Anthony LaPaglia, Miranda Otto and Mark Bramhall; Rating: **
Partition 1947: Partially riveting

Film: Partition 1947; Director: Gurinder Chadha; Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Om Puri, Michael Gambon, Neeraj Kabi, Denzil Smith, Tanveer Ghani, Simon Callow and Lily Travers; Rating: ***
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha: Too preachy to handle

Film: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Director: Shree Narayan Singh Cast: Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Divyendu Sharma, Anupam Kher
Nene Raju Nene Mantri: This revenge saga is worth a watch

Film: Nene Raju Nene Mantri Director: Teja Cast: Rana Daggubati, Kajal Aggarwal, Catherine Tresa
‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’: A directorial triumph

Film: "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" Director: Shree Narayan Singh Cast: Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Divyendu Sharma, Sudhir Pande and Anupam Kher Rating: ****
Nakshatram: An out and out cop drama

Title: Nakshatram Cast: Sundeep Kishan, Sai Dharam Tej, Prakash Raj, Tanish, Pragya Jaiswal, JD Chakravarthy Director: Krishna Vamsi
Jab Harry Met Sejal: One more ‘Tamasha’

Film: Jab Harry Met Sejal; Director: Imtiaz Ali; Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma; Rating: **1/2
Vasuki: Full drawn revenge drama

Movie: Vasuki Director : A K Sajan Cast: Mammootty, Nayantara
Gautham Nanda: Full-fledged entertainer

Film: Gautham Nanda Director: Sampath Nandi Cast: Gopichand, Catherine Tresa and Hansika Motwani
Mubarakan: A laugh riot all the way

Film: Mubarakan Director: Anees Bazmee Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Illeana D’Cruz, Athiya Shetty
Baaraat Company: Entertaining but cliched

Film: Baaraat Company; Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal; Cast: Sandeepa Dhar, Anurita Jha, Ranveer Kumar, Vishal Karwal, Rohit Bhatnagar and Nasser Abdullah; Rating: **
Mubarakan: Strong performance uplift this comedy

Film: Mubarakan; Director: Anees Bazmee; Cast: Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Athiya Shetty, Neha Sharma, Ratna Pathak Shah and Pavan Raj Malhotra; Rating: ***
Raagdesh: Historical Overload

Film: Raagdesh; Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia; Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Mohit Marwah, Amit Sadh, Kanwaljit Singh, Kenneth Desai, Mrudula Murali and Kenny Basumatary; Rating: ***
The Mind Game: A neat effort, but no different

Devika Das’ The Mind Game is a mere revision of understanding emotions, leading a simple life, analysing people, finding true happiness, managing anger creatively and succeeding on the career front.
New faces make ‘Vaishakam’ refreshing

Film: Vaisakham Cast: Harsha Varma, Avantika Mishra Director: B Jaya
The Black Prince: Strong subject poorly executed

Film: The Black Prince; Director: Kavi Raz; Cast: Satinder Sartaaj, Shabana Azmi, Amanda Root, Jason Flemyng, Atul Sharma, Rup Magon, Sophie Stephen; Rating: **
A magical treat that’ll make you go ‘Fidaa’

Film: Fidaa Director: Sekhar Kammula Cast: Varun Tej, Sai Pallavi, Raja Chemboulu