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Rana Naidu (2023)
Terrific Performances , specially the Dad Son Dynamic
Totally blown over by Rana Daggubati and Venkatesh Daggubati in their stellar performances in Rana Naidu.
The entire cast and direction was par excellence.
Every episode peeled the strained and damaged relationship of Dad and son(s).
The realism is brought in through earthy dialogs, and a total go by to morality, which occupies a gray zone that makes you entranced as well as makes you shiver at the consequences.
Godmen are given a decent burial, promiscuity is winked at, loyalty is above murder, making the entire package a toxic, yet eye catching, reflection of reality.
Once you start, you stay hooked. The bets are off over whether you would see it all over a weekend.
Haseen Dillruba (2021)
Classic
A fantastic tale, told well.
Kudos to Tapsee Pannu, who carries the film well.
Must watch.
Special OPS (2020)
Must Watch
Ann engrossing thriller, where every frame is meticulously shot,and every character well fleshed out. The locales really underline the fact that there is more to this world than the West.
Hats off to Kay Kay, and the rest of the cast.
Binge worthy fare
Badla (2019)
Lack lustre
A dark print. A sub par denouement. A staged performance.
No copies resemble the original.
Nearly avoidable.
Paltan (2018)
Gritty, Realistic, Simplistic
Paltan is pretty slow, is simplistic in all moments apart from those at the border, where it comes to gritty and realistic life.
The relentless jostling for position, the eerie quiet in the barren plateaus of Sikkim, the reverberating hammer, driving the stake to the ground, where inch by inch, India washed the demons of 1962.
Its as if you are there, and watching the action. So, unlike a Bollywood movie, things happen slowly. Therefore it's not going to be a hit. Yet, if anyone needs to understand what's happening on the LAC day in and day out at Arunachal and Ladakh, this is a must see.
JP Dutta uses his motifs of letters from loved ones, calls to them, and the mandatory flashbacks, yet he doesn't quite create the magic of the iconic 'Border'.