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LSD2
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LSD 2 BRINGS A CHAOTIC DIGITAL JUNGLE TO ITS VIEWERS

“LSD 2” unfolds like a frenetic fever dream deliberately crafted to mirror the digital turmoil we navigate daily, and it ominously hints at a dystopian future we are racing toward. Scenes transition rapidly, reflecting our dwindling attention spans, and the camera becomes a colossal symbol of the myriad screens that dominate our lives.

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Chup
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R BALKI’S CHUP IS A FEARLESS MOVIE IN ITS IMMERSIVE ABSURDITY

An actor-filmmaker, was shunned by the fraternity in his lifetime (Guru Dutt), so a self-proclaimed successor plans to take revenge for the lifetime of wrong done to his idol, and for that, he kills the the entire community he feels is responsible. You know the thin line I am talking about now.

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Middle Class Love
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MIDDLE CLASS LOVE IS A BREEZY SURPRISE MOVIE

Director Ratna Sinha who has also written the story, keeps it youthful with Yudi’s pranks to catch Saisha’s eye. His cockiness does bring him into Saisha’s but he has a condition to fulfil before he can be with her. Saisha needs Yudi to hook up with her rival Aisha (Eisha Singh). ‘Hook up with Ash, break up with her, break her heart and come to me.’

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JOGI: FALLS SHORT OF DEPICTING THE TRAGEDY OF THE 1984 RIOTS

Netflix Original “Jogi” directed by Ali Abbas Zafar is a movie that tells the story of the Anti-Sikh Riots in 1984 following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards. For context, the assassination occurred after the order of Operation Blue Star to secure the Harmandir Sahib Sikh temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab. The riots that place afterwards took the lives of anywhere between 8000-17000 Sikhs.

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7days
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7 DAYS : THE ENDEARING STORY OF RAVI AND RITA

Roshan Sethi’s “7 Days”  is a story of mama’s boy Ravi (Karan Soni) and the rebel brown girl Rita (Geraldine Viswanathan), two Indian-American twentysomethings being pushed into an arranged marriage scenario by the plotting mothers.

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Brahmastra
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BRAHMASTRA PART ONE : TRIES TOO MANY THINGS

Produced by Star Studios, once co-owned by the companies Star India and 20th Century Fox, and now yet another Disney subsidiary, Brahmāstra is the most expensive Hindi production ever with a budget of over $51 million.

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Cuttputlli
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AKSHAY KUMAR’S CUTTPUTLLI COMES OFF AT BEST AMATEURISH

A frame by frame remake of a Tamil Classic, Ratsasan, Cuttputtli, in its 2hr 14 mins of runtime seems to be a lame frame by frame copy of the original. It looks lacklustre in its approach to recreate the thrill of the original. In its attempt to stick to another format, it comes off as a patch work job.

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Dobaaraa
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DOBAARAA : TAAPSEE BRINGS A DIMENSION TO HER PERFORMANCE

Dobaaraa, set in a Pune suburb in India, complies with the original storyline but also stands out in its style, script and pace in very unique ways that only Anurag Kashyap can pull off as he puts in opposition different characters playing mind games in a disruptive thunderstorm.

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