Plus: Reviews of ‘Weapons’, ‘Arabia Kadali’, ‘Salaakar’ and ‘Mayasabha’. Here are this week's top reads from TheReel
JP Thuminad’s Kannada-language Su From So came out of nowhere and has gone places. The side-splitting comedy centred on a ghost who may or may not be real has conquered the Kannada box office. Thuminad,
producer Raj B Shetty and lead actor Shaneel Gautham (the already-iconic ‘Ravi Anna’) spoke to Scroll about the film’s secret sauce.
Dea Kulumbegashvili is just two films old and already, she has been
added to the ranks of the most sensational directors in world cinema.
The Georgian filmmaker’s mastery in creating intense sensorial narratives that are felt as much as they are seen is evident in Beginning (2020) and April (2024).
In Zach Cregger’s Weapons, 17 school students vanish one night at the
exact same time. The disappearance is blamed on their teacher.
Ankur Singla’s debut feature Ghich Pich is a coming-of-age tale about
three teenage boys from Chandigarh.
In the Telugu series Arabia Kadali, Indian fishermen from rival
villages are arrested after they stray into international waters. Udita Jhunjhunwala reviews the survival drama that stars Satyadev and
Anandhi, among others.
The series Salakaar stars Naveen Kasturia as an undercover Indian
agent racing against time to stop Pakistan from testing a nuclear
bomb.
The Telugu show Mayasabha is set in undivided Andhra Pradesh, and
follows the twinned fortunes of two political aspirants played by
Aadhi Pinisetty and Chaitanya Rao.
Amy Adams in barking brilliant in Nightbitch, the pick of the week
across streaming platforms.
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