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Is this clickbait? Are you intentionally trying to write offensive crap so people will outrage and engage with your content? Because that’s the only reason I could fathom for somebody being so stupendously stupid.
Picking 5 “worst” movies of Ten Years from an industry that produces the second-highest number of films worldwide is a daunting task, I understand. Which is perhaps why you decided to not use your braincells altogether and come up with this shallow, “only bothering about the big films” bullcrap. It feels like you started well with 2011, then realized there is a lot of hardwork involved, so jumped straight to 2018. Did it cringe you even once that two of your “worst movies of the decade” involved critically-acclaimed performances? I am not sure you are self-aware enough to even feel that cringe. Even if one could ignore this entire load of bollocks, you strike the nail whe you mention “Raanjhana” in your ‘dishonourable mentions’.
I seems that the bar of being a *film critic* at The Print is just a) “are you very woke?” and b) “have you watched 2-3 movies lately?”.
I agree with your views on the movie list( no idea about ranjhanaa, didn’t watch). I’m quite surprised there’s no Bhai movie mentioned here. The hate comments would have doubled!
I must say your article sounds more like a rant though, the views could have been presented more objectively. What you might know already is that these movies are made for the masses, and you and I are now part of a very niche minority restricted mostly to urban centres. We can’t relate to these movies, let alone get entertained by them because they contain content treating sexism and misogyny as normal and boomer-era humour which has been passed down to the current generation.
Its sad but it is the reality. It’ll take a looong time, involving better education and gradual exposure, before we would be able to see more entertaining and acceptable material. Till then, enjoy Netflix and the like! There’s a whole wide world out there.
The critic is right, your family person should be doing all this and bcoz of this you are justifying Kabir Singh. The film is not the reflection of the society, mind it 1 percent doesn’t represent the whole society
Fake feminism at it’s peak.. If these directors should quit making movies, you should quit writing. Just because you don’t feel a movie is morally appealing to you doesn’t mean that the director or the actor is to be blamed.. By the way, one of the movies in your ‘dishonorable mentions’ is a National Award Winner… So I think you should do your homework well
This is the dumbest post i have ever seen, i never comment but i took my time,
First one. As a journalist you should not give verdicts , you should leave it to the audience based on the facts you present, facts should be from both side,
Stop self obsessing and keep an open mind. Get out of your daily soap obsessions, that time is past.
Few of the listed movies are very much loved by indian public. I wonder how can publisher of this article can declare them disaster. His confidense of giving such non sense reviews must be appreciated. He lost his mind completly while mentioning dishonourable. Those movies were hell of a fun man…..
Lol comments are funny. The list is apt. Why hide behind feminism. The movies were hours of my time so regrettably wasted that I feel I deserve a couple of get out of jail card or two or at least should be given an extension on life.
Not commenting on Kabir Singh though I haven’t watched that one and sometimes feel the movies made a couple of decades ago can echo the same reviews as I have read about this one. So perhaps it’s more about what we have been used to as a society than enjoying misogyny that’s to do with it’s success.
Don’t be offended but you know what?
That title for this article shouldn’t be whatever it is, it should be ‘Movies which represented women negatively / badly’, that might have been a better title considering the excuses you gave or I should say the review you gave on these movies.
All I can see in your list is bad things those movies shown about women for ex. for ‘Not a love story’ – Camera lingers over every curve of its lead actor Mahie Gill.
Sanju – Misogyny? Sanju used women like dirt?.
Thank you – Akshay Kumar’s sexist jokes?
Thugs of Hindustan – Well, that was a trash so as other movies in this list.
Kabir Singh – Treats women like chattel, yeah I agree whatever they showed in the movie was wrong, a women shouldn’t be treated like that.
This movies list was based on how they showed women. You should’ve given it another heading.
The whole list is quite accurate but tanu weds manu, Are you kidding me, it is one of the best movies, see the music, acting, and most importantly realism, how realistic are the scenes, dialects, everything. And how come none of the Salman Khan movies made it to the list. .
Wow.. writer samira sood has written a well versed piece of mastershit. Seriously this is the worst review. And yes raanjhna is too high a classic to be understood by a mediocre journo like you .
Well well i think u better start doing house hold work man.. A guy who says kabir Singh is a trash movie.. Seriously man.. Like where on earth that came from… Being a feminist i didn’t see anything wrong in it..
He was having anger and impatience.. He controlled all of that for her girl only.. Secondly.. Even the girl slapped him.. Then what’s the fuckin problem man… U mean to say that a girl can hit a man.. And a man can’t.. Well I’m sure it’s a girl who has written this shitty article… Well cause of girls like you only.. Cases like amity University happens…
Have some air bruhh.. Think before commenting on something cause u r the media..
Even though many people are saying that the author is too frank… still I appreciate his straight-forward opinions. Movies and music are two sources that can mould a person’s emotions, thinking, and the way they see this society. If vulgarity is brought into art & literature, the society will surely diminish soon and so it is….. Isn’t it? We do know the truth that crimes like murder, robbery, rape and all are going on a very high pace. I’m not saying that they weren’t happening before but the thing is that they’ve increased hella lot in this decade. So I literally applaud the writer of this article for being genuine and I would like people to think in more broader ways than just defending their favourite celebrities and politicians…( whatever ) Just don’t be so insensitive that our country will loose all it’s treasure of pure movies and music!
You please take a bowl of water and sink yourself into it. You don’t have any right to underestimate the movies. I wish you must study a lot about this first.
Samira Sood…the critic who should take a chill and stop writing trashy movie reviews just to satisfy her misguided sense of feminism, bringing shame to the name of “THE PRINT”.
You are right! Dear repliers if you are good then it doesn’t mean everyone is! Specially in India our youths are very much attracted towards this type of movies and also get inspired and themselves as kabir singh. Take it as a view and i know this article will help some. And its not bad express own views!
I think now you should watch the whole movies , coz i think you only reviewed based on trailers , that for kabeer Singh and sanju seriously? And the list of excluded ones ? ranjhanaa was full entertainment so housefull was too and pyar ka punchnama was entertaining as well , btw an advise for you is instead of reviewing start atleast watching the movies first ?
Critics and reviewers should stop watching movies and try making movies. Do they mean that watching movies makes them bad??? Illogical fools should keep their opinions to themselves. Have people forgotten the difference between an movie and a documentary???
Hahahahah sanju is the highest grossing hindi movie ever,kabir singh is in top 10 highest grossing ever,people dont switch channels when they see thank you on television…..this reviewer is a shit and should be banned from writing any such coloumns
I can relate to what you said for all the movies you mentioned but one, that is Raanjhanaa. How can you even say bad about Raanjhanaa movie, it was one of the best movie of decade. I don’t know what you ate before writing this one movie’s name in your list of trash.
I am really surprised by this review….. Especially the list of dishonourable movies (excluding humshakals and housefull series)
Do you even watch Bollywood movies or just write articles on them?
I doubt you haven’t even seen these movies your have mentioned here.
Please go and watch all these to even take their name ?
That is the worst article I have ever seen…. Almost every movie you mentioned was great in its own way…..Movies never depict what society should be it depicts what it actually is…..
Where exactly is India headed? By not making these films would India have headed in a different direction? Why waste precious digital space given to you in critiquing films which are already widely critiqued? What’s new in your column, what’s new you are sharing that hasn’t already been shared? Don’t you feel there are more pressing issues to shed light on? Don’t you feel there are better films better content around us which are not getting enough platform, why not bat for those sections, why keep beating the same drum over and over again , this won’t change anything, you Know it your precious editor knows it, yet he /she will ask you to kill your creativity and write shit, and you being an obedient intern. Will go on and write and publish it…. disappointing stuff….
“Dishonourable mentions: the Housefull movies, Raanjhanaa, the Tanu Weds Manu series and the Pyaar Ka Punchnama movies and Sonu Ki Titu Ki Sweety, Sanju, Kabir Singh” WTF THESE ARE GOOD MOVIES THAT ACTUALLY MADE US LAUGH AND SOMETIMES ALSO CRY.
Nicely reported .I think many other movies could be added but even an unfinished list is good enough . Some parts felt like my own words. Thanks a lot for this highly needed appreciable article.
Leftists and feminist in today’s society can leave everything and just go to hell. Poor review because of the reasons. I understand that you were born to read quran and encourage triple talak
If Kabir Singh glorified misogyny, then, going by your reasoning and logic, did American Psycho glorify murder, too? Or, did Omerta glorify Omar Saeed Sheikh, a terrorist? But, but, Shahid .. and .. misogyny.. and..
Oh, please! Movies are a reflection of what the society is, and not what it should be. Nobody gets inspired by American Psycho to go on a killing spree. Nobody “becomes” a misogynist by watching Kabir Singh. You need a hard relook at your worldview and biases.
I am really surprised by this review….. Especially the list of dishonourable movies (excluding humshakals and housefull series)
Do you even watch Bollywood movies or just write articles on them?
I doubt you haven’t even seen these movies your have mentioned here.
Please go and watch all these to even take their name ?
Well Kabir Singh took the prize for be8ing ultra-trashy, but one wonders, why did a modern woman like Kiara Advani accept this highly misogynistic movie? Roti-kapda sabko chahiye; feminism can go to hell.
Mr…not feminism but you must go to hell…… I will not say anything about other content of the movie but the the Preeti’s (Kabir singh) character was completely shit ???.
A girl shown like her…… I dont think exist in our society…… So weak, stupid and Inconfident girl
Is this clickbait? Are you intentionally trying to write offensive crap so people will outrage and engage with your content? Because that’s the only reason I could fathom for somebody being so stupendously stupid.
Picking 5 “worst” movies of Ten Years from an industry that produces the second-highest number of films worldwide is a daunting task, I understand. Which is perhaps why you decided to not use your braincells altogether and come up with this shallow, “only bothering about the big films” bullcrap. It feels like you started well with 2011, then realized there is a lot of hardwork involved, so jumped straight to 2018. Did it cringe you even once that two of your “worst movies of the decade” involved critically-acclaimed performances? I am not sure you are self-aware enough to even feel that cringe. Even if one could ignore this entire load of bollocks, you strike the nail whe you mention “Raanjhana” in your ‘dishonourable mentions’.
I seems that the bar of being a *film critic* at The Print is just a) “are you very woke?” and b) “have you watched 2-3 movies lately?”.
“Tanu Weds Manu”…
Stop right there.
I agree with your views on the movie list( no idea about ranjhanaa, didn’t watch). I’m quite surprised there’s no Bhai movie mentioned here. The hate comments would have doubled!
I must say your article sounds more like a rant though, the views could have been presented more objectively. What you might know already is that these movies are made for the masses, and you and I are now part of a very niche minority restricted mostly to urban centres. We can’t relate to these movies, let alone get entertained by them because they contain content treating sexism and misogyny as normal and boomer-era humour which has been passed down to the current generation.
Its sad but it is the reality. It’ll take a looong time, involving better education and gradual exposure, before we would be able to see more entertaining and acceptable material. Till then, enjoy Netflix and the like! There’s a whole wide world out there.
totally agree with your reasoning of why these movies should not have been made or watched! look forward to your next article!
The critic is right, your family person should be doing all this and bcoz of this you are justifying Kabir Singh. The film is not the reflection of the society, mind it 1 percent doesn’t represent the whole society
Fake feminism at it’s peak.. If these directors should quit making movies, you should quit writing. Just because you don’t feel a movie is morally appealing to you doesn’t mean that the director or the actor is to be blamed.. By the way, one of the movies in your ‘dishonorable mentions’ is a National Award Winner… So I think you should do your homework well
This is the dumbest post i have ever seen, i never comment but i took my time,
First one. As a journalist you should not give verdicts , you should leave it to the audience based on the facts you present, facts should be from both side,
Stop self obsessing and keep an open mind. Get out of your daily soap obsessions, that time is past.
In next decade, i know who should get fired.
Few of the listed movies are very much loved by indian public. I wonder how can publisher of this article can declare them disaster. His confidense of giving such non sense reviews must be appreciated. He lost his mind completly while mentioning dishonourable. Those movies were hell of a fun man…..
What a shitty review , You must be from Bhai Camp to not include any of his movies as shitty.
Lol comments are funny. The list is apt. Why hide behind feminism. The movies were hours of my time so regrettably wasted that I feel I deserve a couple of get out of jail card or two or at least should be given an extension on life.
Not commenting on Kabir Singh though I haven’t watched that one and sometimes feel the movies made a couple of decades ago can echo the same reviews as I have read about this one. So perhaps it’s more about what we have been used to as a society than enjoying misogyny that’s to do with it’s success.
Trash
Worst article of this decade.
Don’t be offended but you know what?
That title for this article shouldn’t be whatever it is, it should be ‘Movies which represented women negatively / badly’, that might have been a better title considering the excuses you gave or I should say the review you gave on these movies.
All I can see in your list is bad things those movies shown about women for ex. for ‘Not a love story’ – Camera lingers over every curve of its lead actor Mahie Gill.
Sanju – Misogyny? Sanju used women like dirt?.
Thank you – Akshay Kumar’s sexist jokes?
Thugs of Hindustan – Well, that was a trash so as other movies in this list.
Kabir Singh – Treats women like chattel, yeah I agree whatever they showed in the movie was wrong, a women shouldn’t be treated like that.
This movies list was based on how they showed women. You should’ve given it another heading.
This is not readable.
All you need is quite your job and do something which you think you’re capable of coz writing and thinking is not your cup of tea girl.
Worst article of this decade
The whole list is quite accurate but tanu weds manu, Are you kidding me, it is one of the best movies, see the music, acting, and most importantly realism, how realistic are the scenes, dialects, everything. And how come none of the Salman Khan movies made it to the list. .
Wow.. writer samira sood has written a well versed piece of mastershit. Seriously this is the worst review. And yes raanjhna is too high a classic to be understood by a mediocre journo like you .
Well well i think u better start doing house hold work man.. A guy who says kabir Singh is a trash movie.. Seriously man.. Like where on earth that came from… Being a feminist i didn’t see anything wrong in it..
He was having anger and impatience.. He controlled all of that for her girl only.. Secondly.. Even the girl slapped him.. Then what’s the fuckin problem man… U mean to say that a girl can hit a man.. And a man can’t.. Well I’m sure it’s a girl who has written this shitty article… Well cause of girls like you only.. Cases like amity University happens…
Have some air bruhh.. Think before commenting on something cause u r the media..
Even though many people are saying that the author is too frank… still I appreciate his straight-forward opinions. Movies and music are two sources that can mould a person’s emotions, thinking, and the way they see this society. If vulgarity is brought into art & literature, the society will surely diminish soon and so it is….. Isn’t it? We do know the truth that crimes like murder, robbery, rape and all are going on a very high pace. I’m not saying that they weren’t happening before but the thing is that they’ve increased hella lot in this decade. So I literally applaud the writer of this article for being genuine and I would like people to think in more broader ways than just defending their favourite celebrities and politicians…( whatever ) Just don’t be so insensitive that our country will loose all it’s treasure of pure movies and music!
You please take a bowl of water and sink yourself into it. You don’t have any right to underestimate the movies. I wish you must study a lot about this first.
Surprised that there’s no mention of Verey di Wedding…!
Bhaad mein jaao
Amazing review! Can’t agree more.
Samira Sood…the critic who should take a chill and stop writing trashy movie reviews just to satisfy her misguided sense of feminism, bringing shame to the name of “THE PRINT”.
When a feminist writes / comments on movies , her picks are bound to be stupid. They just hover around women, many times.
You are right! Dear repliers if you are good then it doesn’t mean everyone is! Specially in India our youths are very much attracted towards this type of movies and also get inspired and themselves as kabir singh. Take it as a view and i know this article will help some. And its not bad express own views!
Clearly a gender biased article from a novice… Intern probably !
Everything bis wrong with this article. Where are you writer?
Movies should be considered as entertainment or art, not as guidelines for life.
Your reviews are the worst of this decade
This has to be the worst article i have ever come across
I think now you should watch the whole movies , coz i think you only reviewed based on trailers , that for kabeer Singh and sanju seriously? And the list of excluded ones ? ranjhanaa was full entertainment so housefull was too and pyar ka punchnama was entertaining as well , btw an advise for you is instead of reviewing start atleast watching the movies first ?
Critics and reviewers should stop watching movies and try making movies. Do they mean that watching movies makes them bad??? Illogical fools should keep their opinions to themselves. Have people forgotten the difference between an movie and a documentary???
What a joke? Journalism is at all time low… Get some taste before reviewing.
You should stop writing.
Idiot
Veere Di Wedding is the best movie of the decade.
No didi?
Hahahahah sanju is the highest grossing hindi movie ever,kabir singh is in top 10 highest grossing ever,people dont switch channels when they see thank you on television…..this reviewer is a shit and should be banned from writing any such coloumns
One thing you forgot that should not be made this decade is theprint.in
Ek kaam kro aap hi movies bana lo. Agar tumhe ranjhana pasand nai ha to please journalism chor do. ? ?
I can relate to what you said for all the movies you mentioned but one, that is Raanjhanaa. How can you even say bad about Raanjhanaa movie, it was one of the best movie of decade. I don’t know what you ate before writing this one movie’s name in your list of trash.
Cmn How can put Raanjhana in such a list. Clearly print your team’s movie taste is “Ghatiya”.
I should stop reading the print articles it seems
You should stop reviewing movies. Kabir singh was worst movie but Fake feminism deserves to go to hell.
I am really surprised by this review….. Especially the list of dishonourable movies (excluding humshakals and housefull series)
Do you even watch Bollywood movies or just write articles on them?
I doubt you haven’t even seen these movies your have mentioned here.
Please go and watch all these to even take their name ?
Ghanta fark nhi padta tere review se humara paisa hume jaha kharcha karna hai waha kare tum mat sikhao kya dekhna hai hume
That is the worst article I have ever seen…. Almost every movie you mentioned was great in its own way…..Movies never depict what society should be it depicts what it actually is…..
Where exactly is India headed? By not making these films would India have headed in a different direction? Why waste precious digital space given to you in critiquing films which are already widely critiqued? What’s new in your column, what’s new you are sharing that hasn’t already been shared? Don’t you feel there are more pressing issues to shed light on? Don’t you feel there are better films better content around us which are not getting enough platform, why not bat for those sections, why keep beating the same drum over and over again , this won’t change anything, you Know it your precious editor knows it, yet he /she will ask you to kill your creativity and write shit, and you being an obedient intern. Will go on and write and publish it…. disappointing stuff….
One of the worst article ever ,wrote in this decade.
Either you don’t have any sense of writing or you simply want to garner negative reactions.
Agree to disagree. Movies are made for fun. Don’t take them so seriously. Another article that proves that it doesn’t take a lot to be critic.
The worst review by THE PRINT that should not have been made this decade.
“Dishonourable mentions: the Housefull movies, Raanjhanaa, the Tanu Weds Manu series and the Pyaar Ka Punchnama movies and Sonu Ki Titu Ki Sweety, Sanju, Kabir Singh” WTF THESE ARE GOOD MOVIES THAT ACTUALLY MADE US LAUGH AND SOMETIMES ALSO CRY.
Nicely reported .I think many other movies could be added but even an unfinished list is good enough . Some parts felt like my own words. Thanks a lot for this highly needed appreciable article.
Leftists and feminist in today’s society can leave everything and just go to hell. Poor review because of the reasons. I understand that you were born to read quran and encourage triple talak
The character Kabir Singh is supposed to be fucked up , learn to appreciate and it is just a movie.
Avoid reading this article too
Basically you don’t like movies that don’t fit feminist narrative of society.
And you should stop reviewing movies .
???
You don’t have brain. That’s it.
Men what a critic
Sood keep your ideas in bed and make happy if you have living person duffer why not you produce one film and then write such nuisance
The person who wrote the article is too uptight.
If Kabir Singh glorified misogyny, then, going by your reasoning and logic, did American Psycho glorify murder, too? Or, did Omerta glorify Omar Saeed Sheikh, a terrorist? But, but, Shahid .. and .. misogyny.. and..
Oh, please! Movies are a reflection of what the society is, and not what it should be. Nobody gets inspired by American Psycho to go on a killing spree. Nobody “becomes” a misogynist by watching Kabir Singh. You need a hard relook at your worldview and biases.
I am really surprised by this review….. Especially the list of dishonourable movies (excluding humshakals and housefull series)
Do you even watch Bollywood movies or just write articles on them?
I doubt you haven’t even seen these movies your have mentioned here.
Please go and watch all these to even take their name ?
Well Kabir Singh took the prize for be8ing ultra-trashy, but one wonders, why did a modern woman like Kiara Advani accept this highly misogynistic movie? Roti-kapda sabko chahiye; feminism can go to hell.
Feminism deserves to go to hell
Mr…not feminism but you must go to hell…… I will not say anything about other content of the movie but the the Preeti’s (Kabir singh) character was completely shit ???.
A girl shown like her…… I dont think exist in our society…… So weak, stupid and Inconfident girl