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Shamshera is a plodding action drama with the themes of freedom and retribution at its core

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Shamshera is a plodding action drama with the themes of freedom and retribution at its core

Tribal chief Shamshera sacrifices his life in an effort to win his people’s freedom. 25 years later, his son takes up the cause, avenging his father’s death and rescuing his people from the control of the British and communal leaders.

Examining Samshera: Having been driven from his homeland along with his people, Shamshera (Ranbir Kapoor), a tribal leader, is compelled to rob the wealthy, who view themselves as belonging to a higher caste. An Indian commander in the British military named Shudh Singh (Sanjay Dutt) betrays Shamshera and forces his tribe into slavery alongside him. Balli (Ranbir once more) devotes his life to this revolt while Shamshera loses his life attempting to free his tribe from the dual clutches of the British and the high-caste people

The background music and the slick VFX-driven graphics immediately draw you into the imagined universe set in late 19th-century India. The video quickly provides a framework for the tribe’s origins and motivations before delving directly into Shamshera’s narrative. From that moment forward, the movie starts to drag. It continues to be a slow-moving action-drama that features a caste-based conflict, a romantic vengeance story, and a run-in with the British Raj.

You’ll be exhausted at the end of the movie, to say so without giving away too many plot points. The picture drags through the length with a number of small, but noticeable technical hiccups, feeling far too stretched for its paper-thin plot. Despite this, Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt continue to be the centre of this drama. The actors give sincere performances despite a mediocre storyline, a weaker writing, and weaker dialogue. Even if he makes a lot of effort to improve a lacklustre script, it is always a pleasure to see Ranbir on film again after a long absence. Sanjay Dutt also does a good job acting menacingly. In fact, each time the performers interact on-screen together, their dialogue

The supporting players in this drama, such as Ronit Bose Roy, Saurabh Shukla, and Iravati Harshe, don’t really add much to the story. If their characteristics had been chosen with greater consideration and care, it would have been very beneficial. It’s unexpected that they have such limited room to manoeuvre. Even Sona, a dancer played by Vaani Kapoor, falls far short in terms of an emotional curve.

The film’s action choreography is excellent, especially in the sequence just before the intermission and in some of the finale.

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The soundtrack to the movie contains certain songs that will stick in your head, such as the song that introduces Balli in the movie or the love ballad that describes Sona and Balli’s relationship. The highlights of the movie are its background music, VFX, and cinematography.
In conclusion, although director and co-writer Karan Malhotra initially seemed to have a magnificent vision, it’s his execution that appears to have let him down. We only wish that it had all been put together more skillfully than what was visible given the scope, the available canvas, and the skills of the makers.

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Post Kanguva debacle, Tamil Nadu producers demand ban of YouTube channels from theatres

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Post Kanguva debacle, Tamil Nadu producers demand ban of YouTube channels from theatres

This decision comes after the release of Kanguva on November 14, which saw a lot of negative feedback on the opening day from YouTube reviews.

On Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu Producers Council (TNPC) issued a strong statement requesting theatre owners to ban fans’ interviews by YouTube channels on theatre premises post the first day first shows (FDFS) and cooperate in doing away with this FDFS public review and opinion process completely. (Also read: Kanguva producer’s wife says Disha Patani’s role in film was to ‘look pretty’, deletes comment after backlash)

In a long four-page letter, the Tamil Nadu Producers Council has condemned ‘personal attacks and incitement of hatred in the name of film reviews.’ They said that films like Indian 2, Vettaiyan and Kanguva were highly impacted due to YouTube FDFS public reviews.

What the letter stated

This letter comes after the release of Suriya’s film Kanguva on November 14 which saw a tremendous amount of negative feedback from the audience in the first day first show YouTube reviews and opinion videos. The TNPC wrote that journalists have the right to criticise flaws in the film and talk about the positives and negatives but no one can engage in personal attacks and try to destroy the entire film in their reviews. According to them, this would lead to the downfall of the film industry itself.

The letter also stated, “Critics have every right to review movies. But we request all journalists to write film reviews keeping in mind that hatred towards a film should not be sown in the media because of personal malice. It is imperative that all the associations related to the film industry unite and stop this practice by not encouraging them anymore.”

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Kerala was the first state to establish this ban on YouTube reviews. In 2023, Mubeen Rauf, director of Aromalinte Adyathe Pranayam, who was supported by the Producers’ Association filed a case in court to ban YouTube reviewers from theatre premises as their negative public opinion videos were affecting the film business.

The Kerala High Court then issued a directive to the concerned authorities to prevent online reviews of films by social media influencers, YouTube reviewers, and bloggers for seven days following the release of a film.

The court went a step further and even issued notice to the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Central Board of Film Certification to establish clear and transparent guidelines for online film critics and vloggers. Producers felt this move would protect the industry.

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