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Leela Nair

Leela Nair writes the cinema scene at Filmistan. She follows the room, the festival, and the week that gathers around a film before it opens.

SceneDrishyam: The Conclusion Nears Padmaavat's RecordDrishyam: The Conclusion has Rs 540.79 crore worldwide gross after 16 days, Koimoi says. The film is Rs 19.21 crore short of Padmaavat. The numbers.CriticsChevittorma Review: Dileesh Pothan on a DeathbedLeo Thaddeus's Malayalam drama, which premiered at Busan, gets 3.5 stars from The Indian Express for Dileesh Pothan and Pauly Valsan's restrained acting.SceneRaftaar Opens: Rajkummar Rao's Start-Up DramaRaftaar, with Rajkummar Rao and Keerthy Suresh, opened on Oct. 16 after a July date was dropped. What is known, and what is not.ScenePremada Oorali: A Rs 2.5 Crore Kannada Film Takes OffA Kannada film made on Rs 2.5 crore opened to 60 shows and is past Rs 75 crore net. How Premada Oorali grew, and how it was sold.ActorsRandeep Hooda's Directing Debut Wins a National AwardRandeep Hooda won Best Debut Director for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. His statement, the film's subject and a career built on transformations.CriticsReporting Live Review: Parineeti Chopra's Newsroom ThrillerParineeti Chopra plays a reporter chasing a sand-mining story in a Netflix film. Reviews credit its subject and fault its predictable path.CriticsAasha Review: Urvashi Shines in a Thriller That FizzlesUrvashi is praised in Aasha, now on ZEE5, but critics say the Malayalam thriller fizzles in its second half. What The Hindu and others wrote.