Fuddu, a comedy about the misadventures of a migrant from Varanasi, has had to shed close to 20 minutes of its running time. The Girl on the Train loses ‘visuals of jerk movement in the woods’.



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Fuddu, a comedy about the misadventures of a migrant from Varanasi, has had to shed close to 20 minutes of its running time. The Girl on the Train loses ‘visuals of jerk movement in the woods’.