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Posted on July 27, 2011October 24, 2014

SINGHAM (Dir. Rohit Shetty, India, 2011) – Return of The ‘Hard Body’

Picking up from where Dabangg left off, Singham is a police action thriller directed in tribute form by an unashamed fan (Rohit Shetty) of the angry young man films of…

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Posted on April 30, 2011October 24, 2014

SADGATI / DELIVERANCE (Dir. Satyajit Ray, 1981, India) – High and Low

                      Pikoo (1980) and Sadgati (1981) were short films Ray directed for television, marking his shift into the 1980s and…

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Posted on April 23, 2011October 24, 2014

ISHQIYA (Dir. Abhishek Chaubey, 2010, India) – Rural Noir

It’s hard to believe that this is director Abhishek Chaubey’s debut given the confidence, maturity and assurance with which he handles the material. Chaubey’s emergence has been under the tutorage…

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