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Anuj Kumar

The Hindu

Anuj Kumar is a senior film critic with The Hindu. He has written extensively on Hindi film trends, conducted interviews, and contributed nostalgia pieces. He has contributed to Housefull (Om Books), a collection of short essays on films made during the Golden Age of Hindi cinema.

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Image of scene from the film CTRL
Director:Vikramaditya Motwane
Cast:Ananya Panday, Vihaan Samat, Devika Vatsa, Kamakshi Bhat, Suchita Trivedi, Samit Gambhir, Ravish Desai, Aparshakti Khurana, Tanmay Bhat, Rohan Joshi

CTRL

Thriller, Drama (Hindi)

Ananya Panday is in control in this timely lesson on the dangers of AI

Fri, October 4 2024

Director Vikramaditya Motwane succeeds in creating the mood, moments, and message but the thriller lacks the killer punch

A cautionary tale on cybercrime and artificial intelligence, CTRL works like a ready reckoning on online behaviour for social media junkies and feels like it has been designed to showcase the budding talent of Ananya Panday. Many of us have yet to recover from the shenanigans of Bae when director Vikramaditya Motwane unleashes the effervescence of Ananya in yet another variant of the coming-of-age template for Gen-Z.

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