Maharaja
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My friend Praba Ram and I had a lovely discussion about Maharaja, and it brought up a number of interesting points, some of which I felt merited a separate blog post. VERY SPOILERIFIC, so don’t read this unless you’ve watched the film or don’t plan to. First, the dustbin. My first thought was that it
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Nithilan Swaminathan’s Maharaja is a curious film. It does a heck of a lot to earn your admiration, but very little to earn your emotional involvement. It is thanks to a magnificent Vijay Sethupathi performance that the latter quality is not to its detriment.
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