Plus: Reviews of ‘Mirai’ and ‘Jugnuma’ plus a conversation with ‘4.5 Gang’ creator Krishand. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.

Udita Jhunjhunwala reviews Do You Wanna Partner, starring Tamannaah Bhatia and Diana Penty as women trying to brave the male-heavy alcobev world.

Review: ‘Do You Wanna Partner’ serves up more froth than flavour

The eight-episode show starring Tamannaah Bhatia and Diana Penty is out on Prime Video.

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Deepa Gahlot reviews Mirai, the latest fantasy-adventure starring Hanu-Man star Teja Sajja.

‘Mirai’ review: Extravagant fantasy adventure coasts along on visual effects and fight scenes

Kartik Gattamneni’s film, starring Teja Sajja, is out in cinemas.

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In Jugnuma, a fruit orchard owner battles the elements.

‘Jugnuma’ review: Enchanting visuals in fruit orchard owner’s battle with the elements

Raam Reddy’s film, led by Manoj Bajpayee, is out in cinemas.

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It’s been 30 years since the release of Ram Gopal Varma’s Rangeela and AR Rahman’s soundtrack still feels fresh. Here’s a replug of an analysis of the film’s songs by Amit Gurbaxani.

Audio master: ‘Rangeela’ remains one of AR Rahman’s most radical soundtracks

Every song from Ram Gopal Varma’s 1995 movie is a testament to the composer’s ability to take sonic risks that pay off.

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In an excerpt from a study of classic black and white Hindi films, a look at the ‘man-woman-balcony-violin’ moment in Raj Kapoor’s ‘Barsaat’.

The ripples and echoes of the ‘man-woman-balcony-violin’ moment in Raj Kapoor’s ‘Barsaat’

An excerpt from a study of black and white Hindi films from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.

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Malayalam director Krishand, most recently of the web series ‘4.5 Gang’, on why he loves genre-poking.

‘4.5 Gang’ creator Krishand on playing with form: ‘Include all the cliches and then break them’

The Sony LIV series, about the exploits of a group of friends, is also a meta-take on the crime genre.

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Anuparna Roy won the Best Director award for her very first movie Songs of Forgotten Trees at the recently concluded Venice Film Festival. Here’s a replug of Scroll’s conversation with her.

In film ‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’, the sisterhood between two women who share a flat

Anuparna Roy’s debut feature was premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

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Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now are always in conversation. So should be The Conversation.

Start the week with a film: Surveillance and paranoia in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Conversation’

The 1974 classic, starring Gene Hackman, can be rented on Prime Video.

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Swaranvel Eswaran pays tribute to Kalai Ganga, the iconic art director from Tamil cinema’s studio era.

Remembering ‘Kalai Ganga’, the iconic art director from Tamil cinema’s studio era

Across the mid-20th century, his hands wove the very visual texture of Tamil cinema, leaving an indelible mark upon approximately 300 films.

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