Anurag Kashyap reacts to CJP protest controversy with cryptic post questioning police action

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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest near Parliament in Delhi, which reportedly turned violent and has triggered a political debate across the country. Known for speaking candidly on social and political issues, Kashyap took to Instagram to express his views through a strongly-worded note, adding his voice to the growing reactions surrounding the incident. Sharing a post on his Instagram Stories, the filmmaker wrote in Hindi, “Wardi pehenne ke liye aatma ka, aatmiyta ka, sabka sauda karna padta hai. Maloom nahi tha. Kya ek police wala hai is desh mein jo khada ho ke bol sake main iss aadesh ka palan nahin karoonga kyonki ye galat hai (I did not know that wearing a uniform requires one to sell their soul, compassion, and everything else. Is there even one police officer in this country who can stand up and say, ‘I will not follow this order because it is wrong).”   View this post on Instagram ...
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The Innocent review – enjoyably French romcom heist caper

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A lonely young widower is drawn into a dangerous plot to pilfer caviar and negotiates pleasingly barmy plot twists

With his fourth feature directing, mop-haired actor-director Louis Garrel puts a French stamp on the Hollywood heist movie. The Innocent is a screwball romcom-caper starring Garrel himself as a guy who gets caught up in a plot to pilfer a job lot of caviar (you don’t get more Gallic than that). It’s a broad, enjoyable, lighthearted movie with a fair few not-insignificant plot holes, but a genuinely surprising storyline that keeps you guessing to the end.

Garrel plays Abel, a young widower, just 32, who’s been emotionally dormant since his wife died. Though he is is close to his mum, Sylvie, a charismatic, warm chaotic actor played with fizzing comic energy by Anouk Grinberg. Sylvie has a thing for bad guys; her latest squeeze is suave thief Michel (Roschdy Zem). They met in prison when she was teaching an acting workshop and he was banged up for a five-stretch. Head over heels, they get married and after Michel is released, open a florist together.

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