Plus: Reviews of ‘Bad Girl’, ‘Humans in the Loop’, ‘Inspector Zende’ and ‘Kammatam’ and more. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Dominic Arun’s Malayalam-language Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra is the first in a series of films about a league of superheroes protecting the world from evil. Released on August 28 in Kerala, in other states with English subtitles and now available in a Hindu dub, the supernatural fantasy adventure is already a smash hit.
Anuparna Roy’s assured directing debut was recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Songs of Forgotten Trees explores the relationship between two women sharing an apartment inMumbai.
September is a ridiculously busy month for films as well as web series.
The week’s most compelling release is Varsha Bharath’s terrific Bad Girl, starring Anjali Sivaraman.
Aranya Sahay’s Humans in the Loop examines an Adivasi woman’s attempts to tame AI.
Inspector Zende is a cartoonish film about the storied Mumbai cop Madhukar Zende.
Should Akshay Shah’s charming documentary on Madhukar Zende have been released instead?
Baaghi 4, starring Tiger Shroff, is a game of good butcher versus bad butcher.
In the web series Kammatam, Sudev Nair’s cop demonstrates the value of dogged footwork and clever brainwork.
Ufff Yeh Siyapaa is a very hopeful comedy of errors.
In the Korean thriller Sleep, the horrors of modern marriage
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