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A spiritual sequel to Taare Zameen Par, Aamir Khan features in this remake of Campeones, wherein an assistant coach is given a punishment to coach specially disabled children for Basketball.

The writing was good and direction by R. S Prasanna, blending humour and fun without drifting away from the core storyline, gives a strong balance to the film. The pacing was decent, but the runtime could have been shorter by 20-25 minutes.

Talking about the performances, the characters of specially disabled were portrayed skillfully, with Aamir helming his role with precision. Genelia's act was short, but still felt impactful; and so were the rest of the others cast. Although it was far from his best performance, it was good seeing AK to give a positive performance.

The soundtrack blends well with the story and gives an uplifting + enjoyable vibes. The most important thing is the message that the movie gives - every person is special in their own way. Not the best I have seen, but Sitaare Zameen Par is an enjoyable film with good performances and a strong message.

Based on real life incident of 2003 Muthanga Incident, Narivetta is a gripping tale of police atrocities that affects the life of a tribal community seeking fairness for the land they reside in.

While it is based on real life, I personally felt the depiction was not effectively done. The character of Varghese Peter, played by Tovino Thomas, is praiseworthy and the cinematography is neat, capturing the essence of Wayanad.

The problem I had was with the screenplay. Although the story is shown from a policeman's POV, the urgency of the characters, the tension due to the protests were not much visible. The story and struggles of the tribals should have been given more focus as well.

The first half was slow and focussed too much on the character rather than the main issue, the second half was decent but went into too much melodrama. A significant portion of the initial part of the film focuses on the lead character's romance and his economic struggles. While it may have been intended to provide background for his motivations, it feels unnecessary and disconnected from the central narrative. These subplots seem to divert attention away from the core issue at hand, making the first half drag and somewhat irrelevant to the main story.

Overall, Narivetta is an average film that takes a very important historical incident and makes it into a tacky cinema, that focuses more on the character, rather than the incident.

Arriving after 5 years, the sequel to one of the well received Netflix original movie, The Old Guard 2 continues the story of immortals that fights against a new threatening enemy while reuniting with an old friend.

To start with, the sequel is a total mess. The characters are poorly written, the direction feels weird at times and the story is weak. Every element of this sequel was overdone that even Charlize Theron's performance couldn't save the sequel.

Even with introduction of Uma Thurman as the antagonist, the writing doesn't give her role the justice. A truly dreadful film, it was as bad as the initial film was good. There was no plot, no storyline, poor acting and a dreadful ending. A shocker - I was really looking forward to this, but sadly it did not work for me.

With very basic plot and underwritten characters, The Old Guard 2 is a mess that could not be saved, even with Theron's screen presence. One of the disappointing outlets I have seen this far.