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We go behind the scenes – and beyond the clutter – of cinema and streaming.
One event dominated the week that was: the train wreck also known as Adipurush.
Om Raut’s expensive, visual effect-laden production went from red-hot Ramayana adaptation to bonfire of vanities in less time than it took for Hanuman to destroy Lanka.
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Plus: A chartered accountant becomes a sex worker; strange goings-on in a new Pakistani show. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Plus: Reviews of Sarfira, Hindustani 2, Kakuda, Pill, 36 Days and Wild Wild Punjab. Here's a list of this week's top reads from The Reel.
Also: Warm anecdotes from a Kamal Haasan biography. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Plus: Difficult daughters and mothers in 'Sharmajee Ki Beti'. Here's a list of this week's top reads from The Reel.
Plus: Will Return to the Jungle mark a return of animated films in theatres? Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity? This and other top reads from The Reel this week.
As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity? This and other top reads from The Reel this week.
Nirad Mohapatra's acclaimed Maya Miriga, restored by Film Heritage Foundation, examines the slow implosion of a joint family. Here are top reads from The Reel this week.
This week: Payal Kapadia's remarkable film 'All We Imagine as Light' bows at the Cannes Film Festival. Plus, is the talented Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema's white knight?
Here are The Reel's top articles from this week:
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Before Rajkumar Hirani’s comedy ‘Dunki’, starring Shah Rukh Khan, the Pakistani film ‘Zinda Bhaag’ tackled undocumented immigration.
The Marathi-language Naal 2 features an exemplar of the big-eyed children that the movies love. Chimi, who has the voice of a baby bird and an irresistible manner, is played by the enchanting Treesha Thosar. The film’s predecessor, Naal (2018), similarly starred an adorable child, played by Shreenivas Pokhale.
The present is even more frightening than the imagined future.
Why rushing out movies and shows on sensational crime cases can be premature.
What’s better than a brand-new film in the cinemas? A certified classic.
Toxic fathers have always been around. Now they are the in-thing. Plus: catch up on ‘Khufiya’, ‘The Creator’, ‘Sympathy for the Devil’, and more.
How many sequels, threequels and crossovers can we take?
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