Month: November 2024

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The Buckingham Murders

Buckingham Murders has the requisite twists and turns one would expect from a murder mystery. The title of the movie was a little misleading to me. I expected more British influence, but the star cast is primarily Indian with a setting in an Indian dominant community. The murders in plural led me to believe a serial killer on the loose. While multiple bodies do turn up, and there are unexpected plot twists with adequate hints of something amiss; the movie like Khan’s role appears muted and fails to ignite edge of the seat anticipation or thrill of the unknown.

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PAGGLAIT

Pagglait is about a newly married widow, Sandhya, who comes to terms with the unexpected death of her husband. As she craves for pepsi and chips in the isolation of her room, Sandhya cannot yet fathom the reason for her listless indifference to the situation, while outside her in-laws shed tears preparing for their son’s 13 day Shraadh ceremony ( a sendoff for the peaceful departure of the deceased soul in hindu customs). As Tayaji (uncle) explains, during this period, the soul sheds all its earthly bindings and takes on a new body to undertake the journey to the underworld.

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