Romance films
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Girls Will Be Girls review – sexual awakening in Indian boarding school is poised and plausible
Preeti Panigrahi is excellent as Mira, a prefect dealing with first love and, unusually, sex, as she navigates…
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Mr & Mrs Mahi review – Indian cricketing love story is more than just a boys’ own tale
Janhvi Kapoor plays a medical student with the prospect of a pro career in the game, with Rajkummar Rao as the…
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Do Aur Do Pyaar (Two Plus Two Is Love) review – refreshingly nonjudgmental infidelity romcom
Vidya Balan shines in this witty remake that sees a married couple, both cheating on each other, on the verge …
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The Archies review – Riverdale goes to India for goofy lessons in capitalism
Relocated to north India in 1964, the comic-book class struggle here comes complete with romance and brilliant…
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Bawaal review – redemption romcom in spectacularly poor taste
While the premise – an awful man learns from his much better wife – is serviceable, the plot, centring on a to…
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Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom review – heart and feet-warming tale of a Bhutan village
A trainee teacher’s dreams of becoming a singer are interrupted when he is posted to the world’s remotest scho…
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Joyland review – subtle trans drama from Pakistan is remarkable debut
Saim Sadiq’s film explores the unsettled social and sexual identities of a widower and his children with delic…
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Raksha Bandhan review – women get a bad deal from dowry melodrama
Akshay Kumar is the noble-souled hero charged with marrying off his four sisters, while they are left mostly a…
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A biryani western, on bhang: RRR and Indian cinema reopens
Fans and critics welcome multilingual, pan-Indian, historical-action-romance blockbuster from the renowned Tel…
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Gehraiyaan review – Deepika Padukone mesmerises in a torrid drama
There are shades of 90s erotic thrillers in this enjoyable if overcooked tale of romantic dissatisfaction and …
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The Wasps Are Here review – gently sensual Sri Lankan classic
Dharmasena Pathiraja’s 1978 drama, now revived, elegantly broaches universal themes with its story of city sli…