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incorporating aliens or anything of the sort in the Malayalam industry has always felt forced. Directors usually struggle to keep the movie entertaining for the audience and experimenting with novel concepts simultaneously. On the other hand, Lijo Jose Pellissery’s attention to detail is also remarkable, as the movie is riddled with subtle clues and foreshadowing.
Churuli is a must-watch thriller with Nolan-esque elements to question what you’ve watched. The movie is almost flawless except for its direction, which feels too random at times. The randomness makes the movie mysterious, but it also makes the movie hard to comprehend. Apart from that, this intense flick is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Alfredo Martinez -Artist vs Art WRITTEN BY
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Jayesh Pandey
Prasang Maheshwari
Chemical 3rd Year
Mechanical 2nd Year
“What unites people? Armies? Gold? Flags? Stories. There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. No enemy can defeat it.” - Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones. Picture this, it’s 2002 and hours ago you have made the perfect art deal. You bought two paintings of the renowned neo-expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat for a meagre sum of $38,500 from this six-feet tall, “all-brawn-no-brain moron” Alfredo Martinez, he does not realise the value of any Basquiat paintings. But you know its value. You know that in the world of art, the name Basquiat is synonymous with “Legend”. You sprint to your computer table, boot up the system, open the Internet Explorer, and look for places to sell these paintings. But as you’re scavenging the internet you smell something fishy — the paintings you bought and the ones on the internet have an uncanny difference. A sweat glides down your temple and only one thought diffuses on the insides of your cerebrum — “The paintings are fake”. This is what happened to Lio Malca, a renowned Columbian art collector. And he immediately contacted the FBI’s national art crime division, and the FBI in turn put America’s greatest art detective on the job. Someone who has recovered Civil War guns, Nazi diaries, gone undercover amongst Mexican cartels and Brazillian Gangs — Robert “Bob” Wittman. Bob had only one task — To catch Martinez. And to an untrained
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