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Ludo (2020) movie review
Netflix's latest offering as their original feature film,  Ludo the eponymous board game which everyone as a child would have played. Lately it seems to have caught on the fancy of young and old alike in it's online Avatar. It sounds like an unlikely name for a movie and does aroused curiosity. Ludo, the movie juxtaposes this game as and with the game of life. One gets excited and is expectant to see something different or new, as for the last few offerings on the various OTT platforms are anything but entertaining or even vaguely logical. It seems that the makers set out to make something good with the kind of themes and story ideas at their disposal but somewhere in the intervening period they lose their way and the story meanders and hurtles towards its climax. Same is the case with Ludo, it starts out with high expectations as a bearded Anurag Basu (the director of the movie) and ....
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Thugs of Hindostan movie review
This epic action-adventure film has Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in lead roles. The story Written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya who earlier directed the blockbuster hit Dhoom 3. Thugs of Hindostan movie review... Produced by Yash Raj Films Thugs of Hindostan is set in 1795 and is a fictional story about the initial revolt by the Hindustanis during the early British Raj days when they set foot in India under the guise of East India Company. In the film, the Britishers refer to this gang of fighters who fight the East India Company to get back their kingdom as 'Thugs' (Bandits). They aren't bandits or criminals from the Indian perspective as they are fighting for what was snatched away by the 'whites'. Khudabaksh Azaad (Amitabh Bachchan) leads the band of Thugs aspiring to free Hindostan (the Indian subcontinent) from the cluthes of the expanding British East India Comp ....
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Dangal, hindi movie review
The master actor is back again with this bio-pic sports, drama playing the role of a Wrestling Champion Mahavir Singh Phogat who taught wrestling to his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. Geeta is India's first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal in the 55 kg category while her younger sister Babita Kumari won the silver in the 51 kg category. Aamir Khan and the entire crew underwent taining for months for the wrestling sequences in Dangal, directed by Nitesh Tiwari who earlier directed Chillar Party and Bhootnath Returns. Mahavir Singh Phogat was an amateur wrestler, forced to give up wrestling in order to obtain gainful employment. He was unable to win a gold medal for India and vows that his son will, one day. But he is disappointed when his wife gives birth to four daughters and therefore he gives up his dream thinking that gir ....
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Aakash Vani film review
Come, fall in love in college. Akaash (Kartik Aaryan) & Vani (Nushrat Bharucha) set out on their journey towards a common destination – St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. Right from the beginning when they meet, it becomes a memorable moment in their life. Little did they know that this acquaintance in the college for the next three years - could be the foundation of sharing their love throughout their lifetime. Vani is a girl who has grown up in Dehradun living by the social norms. She has dreams she wants to fulfill but doesn’t have the courage to stand up to the family or society to fight for them. A simple, girl next door whom you could easily fall in love with, but who never gives you the confidence that she would fight for her love, for you, for herself. Akaash is a charming rebel from Chandigarh who believes in doing his own thing. He doesn’t mind playing ....
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