Also: Reviews of The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Flow, Suzhal season two and Ziddi Girls. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.

Malegaon’s movie mania has been widely documented, most vividly by Faiza Ahmed Khan in her 2028 documentary Supermen of Malegaon. Reema Kagta’s fiction film Superboys of Malegaon revisits the madness of Nasir Shaikh, who parodied Bollywood with very little money and endless audacity.

‘Superboys of Malegaon’ review: A fond tribute to small-town cinema dreams

Reema Kagti’s Hindi film stars Adarsh Gourav, Vineet Kumar Singh, and Shashank Arora.

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Reema Kagti saw herself in Nasir Shaikh, she told Scroll.

‘Superboys of Malegaon’ director Reema Kagti: ‘A film that celebrates the magic of cinema’

The tribute to Malegaon’s no-budget filmmaking scene will be released on February 28 in cinemas.

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Malegaon has moved on from Mollywood, as we discovered when we visited the textile town in Maharashtra in 2024.

How Malegaon’s film superheroes flew low and reached great heights

Malegaon’s homegrown movie sector became famous for its parodies. But as Bollywood makes it the subject of a new film, Mollywood has moved on.

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The Oscars will take place on March 2. Some of the nominated films have been released in India, such as the frontrunner The Brutalist.

‘The Brutalist’ review: The limits of architecture in building a new home

Brady Corbet’s Oscar-nominated film stars Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones.

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In A Complete Unknown, Timothee Chalamet harnesses Bob Dylan’s enduring enigma.

‘A Complete Unknown’ review: An immersive chronicle of Bob Dylan’s music and lyrics

James Mangold directs Timothee Chalamet as the cultural icon.

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The Latvian animated film Flow has two Oscar nominated – both richly deserved.

‘Flow’ review: A sublime journey of survival and hope

Gints Zilbalodis’s Oscar-nominated animated film is out in cinemas.

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Ziddi Girls is about restless adolescents taking on a system that’s trying to crush them.

‘Ziddi Girls’ review: A glossy, pacy drama about friendship and free speech

The Prime Video series stars Simran, Nandita Das, Nandish Singh Sandhu, Anupriya Caroli, Atiya Tara Nayak and Zaina Ali, among others.

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Suzhal: The Vortex season 2 can’t match up to the potency of its predecessor.

Review: ‘Suzhal: The Vortex’ gets an unwieldy second season

The eight-episode Tamil series is out on Prime Video.

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In Dabba Cartel, drug-trafficking women run into Bad Pharma.

‘Dabba Cartel’ review: Overcooked serving of Bad Pharma and the drug trade

The seven-episode series is out on Netflix.

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