Why Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’ has barely aged

Plus, the week’s reviews, from ‘Babygirl’ to ‘Crime Beat’. Here's a list of this week's top reads from The Reel.


A restored version of Satyajit Ray’s Bengali classic Nayak, starring Uttam Kumar, is out.

Here’s an older deep dive into Subrata Mitra, the brilliant cinematographer of Satyajit Ray’s earlier films.

In the week’s other reviews, Nicole Kidman surprises yet again in ‘Babygirl.

The series ‘Crime Beat’ is compulsively conspiratorial.

‘Kaushaljis Vs Kaushal’ chases the wrong couple.

‘Mere Husband Ki Biwi’ is neither funny nor dramatic enough.

A young virgin gets pregnant and more conundrums in ‘Oops! Ab Kya?’

In ‘Three Daughters’, waiting for death and learning to live again.

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