Plus: Reviews of ‘Gram Chikitsalay’, ‘Maria’ and ‘The Royals’. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
The Indo-Pak conflict has caused the week’s major Hindi film release,
Bhool Chuk Maaf, to be postponed to May 16. The Groundhog Day-style
comedy, starring Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi, will now be streamed directly on Prime Video on April 16. This is a time for couch
potatoing (and avoiding bellicose TV channels).
Viewers who might have caught up with Pushkar Mahabal’s remarkable
Black White & Gray on Sony LIV (those who haven’t, should) might be
curious about how the filmmaker spun a double-weave narrative that
upends the conventions of true crime. Mahabal told Scroll, “We don’t
have the understanding, time or IQ to appreciate nuance. This is
happening with general content too, which angers me. So I guess my
frustration came out through the show.”
Here is a replug of the Black White & Gray review.
Maria, Pablo Larrain’s 2024 biopic of legendary opera singer legend
Maria Callas, is finally available on Lionsgate Play. Does the film
have any attractions other than Angelina Jolie?
Panchayat producer TVF is back to rural India, this time with Gram Chikitsalay.
After last week’s Kull comes another show about aristocrats clinging
on to their privy purses. The Royals stars Ishaan Khatter and Bhumi
Pednekar.
What did WAVES 2025, the Information & Broadcasting Ministry’s
jamboree, achieve? Here are the highlights.
In the series ‘Start the week with a film’, a look back on the classic
Groundhog Day.
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