Also Read: Reviews of Khauf, Kesari Chapter 2, Paddington in Peru and Logout. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.

Ananth Mahadevan’s upcoming biopic of social reformer Jyotirao Phule,
starring Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa, ran into trouble with the
censors. Why did ‘Phule’ suffer where other biopics have not?

Why ‘Phule’ is facing censorship – though previous biopics of the reformer did not

Ananth Mahadevan’s Hindi-language film has come under fire for exploring the anti-caste reformer’s ideas.

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Leading Kannada director Hemanth M Rao turned producer with the
thriller ‘Agnyathavasi’. He tells Sruthi Ganapathy Raman about what
drew him to the script, and what’s exciting and troubling about
contemporary Kannada cinema.

Big ideas rather than a big canvas: Hemanth M Rao on what Kannada cinema needs to thrive

The ‘Sapta Sagaradaache Ello’ director has turned producer with the acclaimed thriller ‘Agnyathavasi’.

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What makes a good horror film? Area expert Vishal Furia (‘Lapacchapi’,
‘Chhorii 2’) tells Devarsi Ghosh about his favourite scary movies.

Vishal Furia on what makes a horror hit: Claustrophobia, metaphor, heart

The ‘Chhorri 2’ director lists his favourite scary movies, from ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ to ‘Bramayugam’.

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The streaming platform MUBI marked BT Ambedkar’s birth anniversary
with the release of two documentaries that explore the legacy of the
Dalit icon and the reality of caste in contemporary India. One is ‘Dr
BR Ambedkar: Now & Then’, by Jyoti Nisha.

In ‘Dr BR Ambedkar: Now & Then’, living through caste injustice and seeking a way out

Jyoti Nisha’s documentary is out on MUBI.

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Here’s a replug for the other documentary that ‘Scroll’ had previously
written about, Somnath Waghmare’s ‘Chaityabhumi’.

Documentary ‘Chaityabhumi’ reveals Ambedkar memorial’s centrality in the Dalit imagination

Somnath Waghmare’s documentary is a tribute to a site of ‘strength and inspiration’, the filmmaker tells ‘Scroll’.

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The trailer of ‘The Roses’, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia
Colman, is out. It’s a reimagining of the movie about the violent
divorce between a seemingly happily married couple. Here’s why ‘The
War of the Roses’ is such deadly fun.

Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’

Danny DeVito’s black comedy stars Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas.

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This week’s reviews include ‘Kesari: Chapter 2’, based on C Sankaran
Nair’s legal battle against British colonisers over the Jallianwala
Bagh massacre.

‘Kesari Chapter 2’ review: A historical tragedy gets the over-the-top treatment

Karan Singh Tyagi’s film, inspired by the lawyer and Congress leader C Sankaran Nair, stars Akshay Kumar and R Madhavan.

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In the streaming series Khauf, reviewed by Udita Jhunjunwala, a young
woman takes on a twisted shaman, spirits and her own traumatic past.

‘Khauf’ review: A relentlessly dark tale of human and demonic possession

The eight-episode Hindi series stars Monika Panwar, Rajat Kapoor, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Chum Darang, Priyanka Setia and Shilpa Shukla.

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Babil Khan stars in ‘Logout’, a cautionary tale of social media behaviour.

‘Logout’ review: Stalker thriller has sharp things to say about social media behaviour

Amit Golani’s Hindi film, starring Babil Khan, is out on ZEE5.

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That will do, bear: Paddington is back – and he’s going home.

‘Paddington in Peru’ review: Third time unlucky for the cuddly bear

Douglas Wilson directs Ben Wishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas.

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