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Swatantra Veer Savarkar review – biopic of Hindu nationalist is self-defeating call to arms
Politically-inspired biopic of Indian politician who opposed Gandhi’s non-violence is hamstrung by its own lac…
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Sam Bahadur review – Indian war hero Sam Manekshaw is the guy who can do no wrong
Meghna Gulzar’s somewhat episodic biopic of Indian army officer Sam ‘The Brave’ Manekshaw presents him in term…
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Shakuntala Devi review – spirited biopic of a mathematical genius
Vidya Balan puts in a blazing performance as the eponymous Indian maths genius in Anu Menon’s characterful fem…