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  Lucky Baskhar 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  Take a common man
  Give him brains
  Add some luck
  Add some more
  Some more brains
  Did I add luck?
  More luck for good measure...

  And there you have your Baskhar!
  Engaging, fast and Lucky.

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  Joji 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  Dark, chilling
  There's this persistent dark energy throughout the movie that makes you look at it.
  There's some pretty grim stuff ongoing in the pleasant, beautiful setting of Kottayam, Kerela. This contrast between the setting of the movie and what happens reminds of an exchange between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on one of their train journeys to the countryside:

  Dr. John Watson: What delightful little farms these are, don't you agree? Aren't they fresh and beautiful?
  Sherlock Holmes: Do…

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  Death of a Doctor 1990

  ★★★ Watched 08 Feb 2025

  I'd say, overall, a good drama on the omnipresent quagmire of Indian bureaucracy and the complete disregard for a scientific mindset.
  However, the character of Pankaj Kapur should have had more substance and depth to it (although it was got better towards the conclusion); while Shabana Azmi felt highly under-utilised despite all her prowess.

  And yet, a pretty decent watch.

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  Aavesham 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 26 Jan 2025

  And sometimes, I guess, you need a bit of extra spice in your regular food, just for the heck of it. I guess this one's it.
  (It'll have you saying, "Yess, maar usko... Peet de..!!"; somewhat having the same feeling like watching a 90s Bollywood action movie, albeit with a slighter better plot)

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