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Dil Bechara

On any other Saturday morning I would have sat down to write about a film I just watched with an analytical gaze, creating a list of pros and cons in my head, clinically evaluating every aspect of the film and thinking about how to structure my post. If I was writing about Dil Bechara under usual circumstances, I might have went on to weigh it against John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (and its Hollywood adaptation) and drawn comparisons. But now it is impossible to look at Dil Bechara as just another film, right? With the tragic and untimely demise of Sushant Singh Rajput looming large above our heads, this film (which is also about death and dying) feels like it is so much more.

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Thoughts on Bulbbul

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I haven’t seen (and don’t intend to) watch Pataal Lok, but I have really appreciated the films Anushka has produced under her banner. They are all exclusively stories of women, and wonderfully feminist at that. Bulbbul too is no different, and it- along with Pari – is the best to have come out of her production house in my opinion.

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