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	Title Publication	Review Date	Rating	Quote
1.	Chandni Chowk to China New York Times	01/16/09	Good	"...the first Bollywood movie to be financed and distributed by Warner Brothers, starts too frantically but settles down to become an enjoyable if slight Saturday-matinee..."
2.	Delhi 6 New York Times	02/20/09	Good	"Sprawling, sentimental... can be maddeningly vague, which robs its ending -- a finale as joltingly (melo)dramatic as any in Bollywood -- of the impact it intends."
3.	Miss March New York Times	03/13/09	Moderate	"...it isn't very funny. There's much spraying liquid, predictable excrement, a smutty rapper, an epileptic girl and, of course, beautiful lesbians making out."
4.	New York New York Times	06/27/09	Good (Not Great)	"...looks at America after 9/11 through a Bollywood lens... While Mr. Khan's depictions of American life occasionally seem silly and the plot has some crater-size holes, 'New York' is continually fascinating."
5.	Kambakkht Ishq New York Times	07/03/09	Fair	"Slick and fast... has only one frantic desire: to entertain. It spottily succeeds, despite its frequently crude humor, relentless pace and a few unpalatable racial bits."
6.	Sikandar New York Times	08/21/09	Weak	"...an odd, unsuccessful movie, written and directed by Piyush Jha... too rigged to have any broader implications about the bloody standoff in Kashmir between militants and the Indian Army."
7.	Skiptracers New York Times	09/11/09	Fair	"...a good-ol'-boy comedy set in Alabama... When the shaggy-dog tales flag, director Harris Mendheim cranks up the soulful country-rock.... If Mr. Mendheim wanted heart, he should have provided it the old-fashioned way: in his storytelling."
8.	Do Knot Disturb New York Times	10/02/09	Poor	"Vulgar, noisy and excessive... a Bollywood sex farce with almost no sex, and comedy pitched so low you're more likely to groan than giggle.... Saddled with a witless script, the director, David Dhawan, mostly goes for loud."
9.	Wake Up Sid New York Times	10/03/09	Good (Not Great)	"...a genial, human-scaled romantic comedy.... With no big production numbers (songs play over montage sequences), a quiet style and credible characters, 'Wake Up Sid' is Bollywood in an indie mood.... it shows that Mr. Mukerji is a director to watch."
10.	The Heretics New York Times	10/09/09	Very Good	"...gives a joyful sense of what it was like to be a feminist in the 1970s... focuses on a group of feminists, including Ms. Braderman, who took matters into their own hands: they formed an art collective and put out a magazine, Heresies..."
11.	All the Best New York Times	10/23/09	Moderate	"...a more-is-more farce set in Goa that features spectacular car crashes, a mute villain who communicates by tapping a spoon on a glass, torture by ice, and rock 'n' roll mayhem on the beach.... While the movie has plenty of energy, it rarely hits the comic peaks it's working so hard to achieve."
12.	Paa New York Times	12/04/09	Good (Not Great)	"...odd and sometimes oddly affecting... Abhishek Bachchan keeps the movie anchored, bringing his own bright cool to this heroic hero. A barely recognizable Amitabh Bachchan seems to be enjoying himself..."
13.	Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year New York Times	12/18/09	Good	"...smart, focused... Director Shimit Amin dispenses with Bollywood's normal tangle of subplots and mashup of genres.... Ranbir Kapoor, a heartthrob who has quickly become a star playing cads, turns in a skillfully understated performance."
14.	Pyaar Impossible (Love Impossible) New York Times	01/09/10	Good	"...well made (if formulaic), enriched by slick production values and set in glossy faraway places... shouldn't work, but does. It's sweet, and as formula goes, deftly done and satisfying. (It's also an extended ad for Apple products.)"
15.	My Name Is Khan New York Times	02/13/10	Good	"...an effective exercise in Bollywood high emotionalism... there's something fascinating about looking at this country through a Bollywood lens..."
16.	Teen Patti New York Times	02/26/10	Moderate	"Director Leena Yadav, attempting something more than a typical Hindi movie, can't quite control her story... she can't resist clunky philosophizing about life, chance and certainty.... [but] Mr. Kingsley and Mr. Bachchan's scenes together have real charm."
17.	Road, Movie New York Times	05/05/10	Good (Not Great)	"...an occasionally lyrical, occasionally confused indie... rambles along amiably and predictably enough, stopping now and again to glory in the 'magic of cinema'.... But the film falters at dramatic moments... Vishnu never seems less than real."
18.	Ocean of Pearls New York Times	05/07/10	Good (Not Great)	"...smoothly directed by Sarab S. Neelam, mostly comes down on the side of tradition and, like Amrit, is dutiful and virtuous. And, like him, it's also a bit too well mannered to make a strong impact."
19.	Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then New York Times	05/07/10	Good	"A tinkerer's ode to a tinkerer, and a romantic's tribute to a romantic... radiates an oddball homemade charm.... belongs firmly to the American Eccentric School... Sometimes droll... sometimes moving..."
20.	Badmaash Company New York Times	05/08/10	Good	"Can you earn money and also earn respect?... a Hindi film about corruption and redemption.... 'Badmaash' (the word means scoundrel) may be a lesson in the importance of doing honest business, but it's also an opportunity to indulge in fantasies of the good life..."

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