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- Like most rape-and-revenge melodramas, Simmba uses the heinous crime as a dishonest hash-tag; it is designed to exploit the current mood of a nation that often lets movies be its moral science textbooks.
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In their efforts to provide a great potboiler with a relevant social message, Simmba is turned into any other rape-revenge drama. By Ekata Lahiri Jan 8, 2019 4 min read. Dear reader, this article is free to read and it will remain free – but it isn’t free to produce.
‘Simmba’ has a very predictable trajectory – a typical 80s rape-revenge drama and a chor-police ki ladai.
Dec 28, 2018 · Like most rape-and-revenge melodramas, Simmba uses the heinous crime as a dishonest hash-tag; it is designed to exploit the current mood of a nation that often lets movies be its moral science textbooks.
Dec 29, 2018 · A ‘rape-revenge drama’. A popular genre in the 80s and 90s that one hoped one had seen the last of. But I can picture Rohit Shetty and his writers defending it – if rape hasn’t stopped, why should we stop making movies about it? That misguided logic yields a predictable plot turn. A young girl is raped; our hero grows a conscience.
Dec 28, 2018 · Simmba movie review: Simmba starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan in the lead roles and directed by Rohit Shetty, is a fun entertainer until it becomes a moral commentary on rape, says our review. Simmba is the big Bollywood release today.
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Dec 28, 2018 · It is ironic to see women sidelined in this 80s rape-revenge drama with Sara Ali Khan's role being that of a glorified extra despite her being the female lead.
Dec 28, 2018 · Simmba is a compromised police senior inspector who is happy to ignore real crimes as long as he gets paid off by drug smuggler Durva (Sonu Sood). A line in the movie describes it as “ Dabbang...
