Plus reviews of ‘Nishaanchi’, ‘Jolly LLB 3’, ‘The Trial’ season 2 and ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.

The best thing about the Oscars is that Indian art and independent films get released in theatres in order to qualify as the country’s official entry. The list includes Rohan Kanawade’s award-winning Sabar Bonda, a delicate and tender romance.

‘Sabar Bonda’ review: A delicate, tender and resonant romance

Rohan Kanawade’s Marathi-language feature debut stars Bhushaan Manoj and Suraaj Suman.

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Sabar Bonda’s cinematographer Vikas Urs tells Scroll about how his visual schema plays on the film’s themes.

How ‘Sabar Bonda’ draws us into the heads and hearts of its lovers

Vikas Urs, the cinematographer of Rohan Kanawade’s award-winning film, discusses his creative decisions and choices.

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Anurag Kashyap’s new movie Nishaanchi is about competing identical twins.

‘Nishaanchi’ review: Saga of identical squabbling twins misses its mark

Anurag Kashyap directs Aaishvary Thackeray, Monika Panwar, Kumud Mishra and Vedika Pinto.

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In Subhash Kapoor’s Jolly LLB 3, Jolly from Meerut meets Jolly from Kanpur. The judge stays the same.

‘Jolly LLB 3’ review: Two lawyers share a name but the judge is the real deal

Subhash Kapoor’s sequel to the previous ‘Jolly LLB’ movies stars Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi and Saurabh Shukla.

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What’s Aryan Khan’s ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ like?

‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ review: Scattershot satire has its share of amusing moments

The seven-episode series directed by Aryan Khan is out on Netflix.

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Kajol returns as a lawyer in the second season of The Trial.

‘The Trial’ season 2 review: No shortage of drama but the spark is missing

Umesh Bist directs Kajol, Jisshu Sengupta, Sonali Kulkarni, Karanvir Sharma, Alyy Khan, Sheeba Chaddha and Kubbra Sait.

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In a book of interviews with screenwriters, Imtiaz Ali talks about what lights his fuse.

Imtiaz Ali on his creative process: ‘The reality is the trigger; the rest is imagination’

Edited excerpts from a book of interviews with directors and screenwriters working in films and web series.

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Dolores Claiborne is the pick of the series ‘Start the week with a film’.

Start the week with a film: In ‘Dolores Claiborne’, a woman wonders if her mother has killed – twice

Taylor Hackford’s thriller stars Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

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