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The first memory that the trailer of ‘The Disciple’ evoked was ‘Whiplash.’ I thought the movie is a rehash for an Indianized version. But the brand of Chaitanya Tamhane (Court, 2014) was enough for giving it a try. Some parallels do exist. The Guruji of ‘The Disciple’ is a hard taskmaster like Fletcher (Whiplash). Both …
October is essentially ‘a film’. It is not a story, it cannot be a novel, it can only be a film. Visuals are the soul of the film, no powerful dialog, none of the excessively dramatic performances we are accustomed to in a hindi film, here the film conveys everything in a subtle sublime manner. …
Fukrey Returns Sequels of movies as a audience are harder to watch. Now many actors, directors, complain that making a sequel is a difficult because of the expectations burden. However as an audience member, I can testify that, if you go by the history of sequels in Hindi cinema, the expectation bar is very low!, …
