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Kaala Climax: Why does it please everyone?

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I was convinced of the fact that Kaala is dead after Haridada’s men set Dharavi on fire. Kaala, like a valiant man as shown throughout the movie, goes out and saves the people of Dharavi singlehandedly. Kaala is dead now(atleast to a neutral fan). What we see next is Haridev Abhyankar(Nana Patekar) entering Dharavi to perform the ‘Bhoomi Puja’, to construct apartments by demolishing the makeshift houses in the slum. As he smells the sand of Dharavi, a young girl(deliberately clad in black) throws a ball of black sand towards Haridada. Now the whole of Dharavi  join the girl and wreck havoc by throwing around black coloured powder. As Haridada looks at the crowd and is trying to come to terms with what is happening around him, he sees Kaala emerging from amidst the crowd. A neutral fan knows that Haridada is just hallucinating because he still cannot believe that Dharavi is revolting after Kaala’s demise. He is hallucinating images of Kaala because he still feels that Kaala is s

Arjun Reddy: A coming-of-rage flick

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A TRIBUTE ARTICLE. Our hero is all that you wouldn't expect from a conventional hero. He has more attributes of a villain than a hero. Yes. These conventional blockbusters portray 'heroes' who have never had anger issues but when the villain does an unlawful activity in front of the hero, there is a sudden outburst of anger which was latent throughout a good part of the film. Then we see the stick-thin hero pulverizing the villain and his henchmen all alone. Then, like a bolt out of the blue, we have Vijay Deverakonda who plays Arjun Reddy after two hits(one as a supporting actor and the other as a lead actor) in Tollywood. This guy has broken the image of a perfect hero other heroes have been cashing in on. Millennials who were fed up of Indian cinema and were making Netflix rich, sat back and watched 'Arjun Reddy' unfurl its wings on screen. 'Arjun Reddy' will always be remembered as one of the cult classics of not just Tollywood but also as the pri