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UnIndian review – Brett Lee's film debut as lanky and charming as its lead
Tannishtha Chatterjee stands out opposite the former fast bowler in Anupam Sharma’s romcom, best when it taps the warm humour of Indian family values
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UnIndian: Brett Lee on the unlikely leap from cricket to romcom heart-throb
The former fast bowler prepared with acting training, vocal warm-ups, and pre-dawn starts to take on his latest test, starring in a cross-cultural feature film
Monica Tan
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Jazbaa review - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is back with a slo-mo Bollywood charge through murky legal soup
A remake of a system-attacking Korean thriller, this vehicle for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan might be pulpy but it manages to muster enough entertainment value
Mike McCahill
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Junun review – Paul Thomas Anderson and Jonny Greenwood rock Rajasthan
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood joins other westerners in a musical odyssey through the north Indian state for a documentary recalling Buena Vista Social Club
Leslie Felperin
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AR Rahman responds to Muhammad: Messenger of God fatwa
Slumdog Millionaire composer posts letter insisting that he acted in good faith after Mumbai-based clerics accuse film of mocking Islam
Ben Child
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Bear necessities: short but sweet first trailer for Disney's Jungle Book remake hits web
Tiny ‘mancub’ Mowgli fights for survival against a lush subcontinental backdrop teeming with photo-real CGI beasts in Jon Favreau’s fantasy
Ben Child
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Shyamalan gets career reprieve as The Visit marks 2015 horror high
In this week’s roundup of the global box-office scene, the Maze Runner franchise overtakes the Divergent series, and both Rogue Nation and Minions set records in China
Phil Hoad
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Indian clerics issue fatwa against makers of Muhammad: The Messenger of God
The Mumbai-based Raza Academy has called for Muslims to reject Majid Majidi’s $35m Iranian epic, which it claims is sacrilegious and makes a mockery of Islam
Ben Child
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Hero review - Salman Khan turns producer for punchbag of an action love-in
The Bajrangi Bhaijaan star puts his young protege Sooraj Pancholi into the lead role of a tough-guy kidnap film, but the result is a plotless mess
Mike McCahill
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Jurassic World joins the international billionaires club
In this week’s roundup of the global box-office scene, Bollywood comedy sequel manages India’s third-highest opening of 2015 and Jurassic World becomes the fourth film to make $1bn overseas
Phil Hoad
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Welcome Back review - Anil Kapoor in gangster comedy sequel that aims low and hits its target
Follow-up to the amiable Bollywood comedy Welcome transplants its Hangover-style goofiness to Dubai, but falls apart and loses the laughs
Mike McCahill
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Phantom review – India's Jack Bauer blows diplomacy out of the water
Kabir Khan’s pacy film about an army officer sent to flush out the killers of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks is a reckless yet revealing piece of pulp fiction
Mike McCahill
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Bangistan review – always something to chuckle at in sly suicide-bomber comedy
Two bumbling stooges – one Muslim, one Hindu – find they have much in common as they are both sent on a mission in Karan Anshuman’s answer to Four Lions
Mike McCahill
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Robert Downey Jr still world's best-paid actor as Bollywood stars crowd top 10
Avengers star tops annual Forbes list for the third year running, but Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp find themselves displaced by Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar
Ben Child
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Baahubali clash in India's heavyweight box office battle
In this week’s round-up of the global box-office scene:• Monster Hunt becomes the most successful Chinese film ever• Latin American love for Adam Sandler could rescue Pixels• Inside Out on track for a stellar global performance
Phil Hoad
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Cricket in cinema: heroes and villains on the big screen
Cricket films tend to focus on heroics on the pitch, but a new campaigning documentary, Death of a Gentleman, looks at the dirty tricks off the pitch
Toby Chasseaud
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Indian epic Baahubali breaks Guinness World Record for largest poster
Global United Media picks up gong as its Telugu blockbuster continues to smash box-office records after being touted as India’s most expensive film
Henry Barnes
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Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan establishes Indian dominance as Baahubali breaks more records
In this week’s round-up of the global box-office scene:• Hollywood’s Minions wins the battle for the second week running • Chinese superhero spoof and CGI/live-action hybrid Monster Hunt bag country’s most lucrative weekend ever• Ant-Man scores lowest-ever US debut for in-house Marvel film
Phil Hoad
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Best Exotic Marigold Hotel checks out of third instalment
Director of successful films about Indian retirement hotel says another film not on the horizon, citing age of principal cast as major factor
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan review: Salman Khan strong even when wet as he escorts mute six-year-old back to Pakistan
The star makes headlines for the right reasons in this end-of-Eid tale of a former wrestler, stricken with ticklishness, who embarks on a journey that winningly indicates one route out of the region’s political conflict
Mike McCahill
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Women set to dominate at London Indian film festival 2015
From the tale of a persecuted rights activist hounded from her home to Shabnam Sukhdev’s moving study of her father, this year’s programme foregrounds work by and about women – a far cry from the demure Bollywood heroines of the past
Nirpal Dhaliwal
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Telugu epic Baahubali smashes box-office record in Bollywood takedown
India’s most expensive movie makes overwhelming box-office debut, whileMinions grovels its way to second highest US animation debut ever
Phil Hoad
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Baahubali: The Beginning review – fantastic bang for your buck in most expensive Indian movie ever made
Topless men fight bulls, couples kiss amid orchids, hundreds of flogged extras erect a tower and there’s a 45 minute battle – SS Rajamouli’s two-part epic brilliantly ticks off the blockbuster wish-list, and innovates with it
Mike McCahill
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Papanasam review: cable TV could help Kamal Hassan get away with murder
There’s an abrupt tonal shift from dom-com to tough-thriller a third of a way through this intriguing meta-murder drama, ripe for English language remake
Mike McCahill