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Joram review – old and new worlds collide in pressure cooker man and baby-hunt
Director Devashish Makhija slowly ramps up the tension with a sharp eye for oppressive realism and social sati…
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Chup: Revenge of the Artist review – a killer Bollywood horror to frighten film critics
A thriller that skewers the tense film-maker/reviewer relationship in this tale of a Mumbai serial killer out …
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83 review – cricket crowdpleaser puts a new spin on the underdog movie
India’s stunning 1983 World Cup triumph is retold in endearing style by a sports film with a sharp anticolonia…
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Toofaan review – Mumbai boxing drama is more Rocky than Raging Bull
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s film has high ambition but dodges complexity in favour of overheated melodramaPartly…
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The Run review – ultra-marathon documentary trips up
A film charting Pat Farmer’s 4,600km dash across India piles on the platitudes, reducing an amazing odyssey to…