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‘Scoop’ review: A flat view of a highly irregular case of police overreach
Hansal Mehta directs a Netflix series inspired by Jigna Vora’s memoir ‘Behind Bars in Byculla’.
Nandini Ramnath
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
Laxman Utekar directs Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan.
Nandini Ramnath
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‘School of Lies’ review: An overloaded saga of secrets and trauma
Avinash Arun Dhaware’s eight episode series is out on Disney+ Hotstar.
Udita Jhunjhunwala
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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‘School of Lies’ review: An overloaded saga of secrets and trauma
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Film flashback: Before ‘Tubelight’, ‘Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani’ dreamt of Hindi-Chini bhai bhai
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‘Atithi Bhooto Bhava’ review: A love story with spirit (and a spirit)
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Books versus movie: The churn in Ian McEwan’s ‘Atonement’ is missing on the screen
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‘Mumbaikar’ review: A dated, draining exercise
Santosh Sivan’s film is out on JioCinema.
Nandini Ramnath
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Review: In ‘Fire in the Mountains’, the enormous burden of womanhood
Ajitpal Singh’s debut feature is available on SonyLIV.
Nandini Ramnath
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‘Chitrakut’ review: A wandering tour of complicated relationships
Himanshu Malik’s film is out on the JioCinema streaming platform.
Scroll Staff
Film Reviews
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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‘Jogira Sara Ra Ra’ review: Funny in bits and bobs
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‘2018’ review: A heart-tugging Kerala story
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‘Charles Enterprises’ review: A fun premise is undone by sluggishness
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‘8 A.M. Metro’ review: Slow-burning drama has moments of acuity
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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit
The biographical film can be rented from Prime Video.
Scroll Staff
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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
The Prime Video spy series is led by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden.
Nandini Ramnath
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
Nagesh Kukunoor’s show for Disney+ Hotstar stars Priya Bapat, Atul Kulkarni, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Eijaz Khan and Divya Seth Shah.
Deepa Gahlot
Documentary Channel
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A documentary revisits legendary studio potter Gurcharan Singh’s journey of utility and beauty
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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In documentary ‘Invisible Demons’, the grim poetics of pollution
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Kerala documentary festival preview: Films range from ecology to farming, caste to trans lives
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Ajay Raina on filming the Kashmiri Pandit crisis: ‘An act of asserting and reclaiming identity’