This review was originally published in conjunction with Kill’s theatrical release. It has been updated and republished for the movie’s streaming release.
It’s been nice to see the growing popularity of Indian cinema in the States. For many people — especially those not familiar with the work of the legendary Satyajit Ray — their entry place was Aamir Khan’s excellent 2001 cricket drama Lagaan, the most recent Indian film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. For others, it was S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR, the exuberant and maximalist epic anti-colonialist saga and the first Indian film by an Indian production to win an Academy Award.
Those movies aren’t very similar in their stylistic approach, but they do have a lot in common: action buoyed by romance, big musical numbers with lavish visuals, and strong anti-colonialist narratives. They — and many other recent successful Indian movie exports — contain elements
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