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Reel Take

Doctor G is not your average Ayushmann Khuranna film. He isn’t the hero with a message

Tina Das -
Written and directed by Anubhuti Kashyap, Doctor G has fewer laughs, more reality checks. But it’s never a preach fest.
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Hasan Minhaj’s The King’s Jester on Netflix is his grand resignation from political satire

Shania Mathew -
Hasan Minhaj amps up the stakes for The King’s Jester. Drawing from the title alone, it’s all about power play.
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How far will you go for revenge? Mammootty’s Rorschach shows the unthinkable

Nidhima Taneja -
Director Nissam Basheer's Rorschach is a psychological genre-bending thriller that leaves you wondering what you would have done.
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Hindutva Chapter 1 takes popular WhatsApp ideas and puts them together for big screen

Tina Das -
Writer-director Karan Razdan’s focus on using anti-Muslim tropes throws away any opportunity to sincerely handle a popular topic shaping India’s current politics.
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Amitabh Bachchan’s Goodbye is a satire on death. Bollywood is catching up with grief

Tina Das -
Amitabh Bachchan steals the show, and is only challenged by the iridescent Neena Gupta in Goodbye.
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Madhuri Dixit’s Maja Ma has a great plot twist but it gets cold feet

Tina Das -
In making its audience ‘comfortable’, Amazon Prime's first original film directed by Anand Tiwari loses its plot.
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Does Chiranjeevi’s GodFather oust Mohanlal’s Lucifer? Yes and no

Nidhima Taneja -
Scenes are powerful not because of ‘dialogue-baazi’ but Chiranjeevi's presence in the room, which only competes with Salman Khan's guest appearance.
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Julia Roberts, George Clooney give top-tier performances to salvage mid-tier Ticket to Paradise

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Wafer-thin characterisation of other supporting characters and lazy punchlines, but overall a retro rom-com that we need more of globally
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‘Greatest Beer Run Ever’ is a preachy but enjoyable trip to a Saigon theka during Vietnam War

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Directed by Peter Farrelly and starring Zac Efron, the Apple TV show lacks the insight and sharpness of superior satirical war films, but remains a largely satisfying watch.
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With Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde makes a fatal mistake and a hacky script lets it down

Raghav Bikhchandani -
A far more capable supporting cast is relegated to thinly written roles.
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Opinion

What is the beauty tyranny at play when a Panipat mother murders kids

Stela Dey -
India is horrified by Poonam’s actions. But it should also do what it rarely does — examine the mirror it keeps holding up to its women.

Why Bihar migrates has a 500-year old answer — from Mughal taxpayers to peasant warriors

Sanchar Saathi U-turn shows India’s cybersecurity strategy is broken

Economy

To make space for solar energy, India may tell coal plants to run at lower loads

Bloomberg News -
The additional costs would trickle down to consumers, in what could be a calculated trade off to help the country make the most of its solar capacity.

Defence

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

National Interest

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

Shekhar Gupta -
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.

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