The Ayushmann Khurrana starrer doesn’t spare anyone, including – and especially – the Indian public and media’s confused, helpless, and toxic relationship with stardom.
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‘Anek’: A Half Baked Attempt to Discuss Northeast India on the Silver Screen
Though it is one of the few movies to focus on the neglected region, it disappointingly treats all the states as one homogenous entity.

Review: ‘Anek’ Is Missing the Micro Moments That Make a Convincing Movie
Anek doesn’t have characters as much as argumentative Political Uncles — the embodiments of insufferable PhD theses one desperate moment away from saying “subaltern”.

‘Gentleman’ Kise Kehte Hain?’ and Other Bland Recipes for Baseline Decency
Why are men put on literal and figurative pedestals in public spheres and in our private lives for simply achieving what should be 'the baseline for human decency'?
‘Doctor G’ Shows the ‘Liberal Man’ a Mirror and It’s Not a Comforting Picture
Anubhuti Kashyap reverts Hindi cinema’s male gaze and remains in control of her film.
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