Animol review – gritty young offenders drama challenges conventional machismo

Institutional menace and an idealistic take on redemption sit side-by-side in Top Boy actor Ashley Walters’ empathic and occasionally over-earnest film The lawless brutality of a young offender institution is the setting for this British movie written by Marching Powder ’s Nick Love and directed by Ashley Walters. It’s a place where terrified newbies realise they can survive only by abandoning their innocence and decency, and submitting to the gang authority of a psycho top G, naturally involving a horrible loyalty test. This is a place where drugs arrive by drone, where facially tattooed men meet each other’s gaze with a cool opaque challenge in the canteen, and where the cues and balls on the recreation area’s pool table have only one purpose: to give someone a three-month stay in the hospital wing while underpaid guards in lanyards and ill-fitting v-neck jumpers look the other way. Continue reading... from Film | The Guardian https://ift.tt/CLu4l65 via IFTTT

EXCLUSIVE: Sidharth Malhotra-Mahaveer Jain's out and out commercial entertainer to be directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa

In September 2024, Bollywood Hungama was the first one to break the news that Sidharth Malhotra has bagged an out-and-out commercial entertainer. Seven months later, we are back with another exciting update.

A source told Bollywood Hungama, “The film will be made by Raaj Shaandilyaa of Dream Girl (2019) fame. Producer Mahaveer Jain and Sidharth Malhotra are confident that he’s the right person to execute their film. Raaj is a rare commercial director who can handle comic capers in a mainstream manner. That’s the reason why his films work across the country. He also has an ear for music and that will also come in handy in getting a hit soundtrack for the film.”

The film is written by Sanjeev and Mrigdeep Singh Lamba serves as a production partner. The source continued, “The hunt is now on to find the leading lady. The makers want to take the film on floors in September. They are confident that by then, they’ll lock the star cast and also complete the pre-production work.”

Last year, a source told Bollywood Hungama, “The film has loads of comedy and also has a thrill element. Sidharth excitedly came on board as he knows that it’s a film that’ll present him in a never-before-seen avatar and also expand his fan base. As a result, he’s giving his hundred percent towards prepping for the role.”

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