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Sports films are now dime a dozen in Indian cinema, and you can doze through most of them and safely wake up when the mean opponent is sneering at the protagonist only to be defeated in the final game. However, Pa Ranjith's Sarpatta Parambarai is like watching a live match ― it brings the heat of the sport, the excitement of each move, and most of all, the glorious unpredictability of sport. SP weaves in the history of how boxing came to North Madras, and brings alive the vibrant culture of this part of the city, recreated to suit the '70s time period. All actors have played their respective characters to the T. John David as Kevin, also known as 'Daddy', an Anglo Indian ex-boxer, Pasupathy as Rangan, the coach, John Karken as Vembuli, Shabeer Kallarakkal as The Dancing Rose, Harikrishnan as Vetri have displayed top-notch acting. At 2 hours and 53 minutes, you'd expect to be fatigued by the time Sarpatta comes to a close, but that isn't the case at all. Overall, an excellent movie and must watch, a total "paisa wasool" one for sure.

Ayushmann Khurrana's Article 15 holds a mirror to our society that's still grappling with caste disparities even after the birth of Indian Constitution.The primary aim of the movie to show the existence of caste discrimination in our society esp. in rural areas. For those who are unaware of Article 15 of Indian Constitution, it is a fundamental right which prohibits discrimination by the state against any citizen on grounds 'only' of religion, caste, race, sex, and place of birth. The use of the world only means that discrimination on other grounds is not prohibited. Coming back to the movie, it is based on the gruesome Badaun rapes in UP (happened in May 2014), where two teenage girls were found hanging from the tree. Not sure how of the story-line was borrowed from the real incident, the movie, nevertheless, is a hard-hitting story which portrays the horrors that corrode the country from within. Ayushmann gives a stellar performance and is well supported by Pahwa, Zeeshan & Sayani. Overall, a must watch movie; it might not change society but it at least can initiate a conversation and debate that examines the horrors that lurk in this very society, to our privileged eyes. It has a fair shares of flaws in screenplay and unrealistic climax hence I have given 4 stars to it.