Babli Bouncer Review: Tamannaah Bhatia's film suffers from wokeness

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Films by Madhur Bhandarkar are renowned for going beyond the obvious.

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The director established a standard with his kind of

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"genuine" and "reflective" filmmaking after Fashion, Page 3 and Heroine.

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However, Babli Bouncer is a significant departure from that.

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Bhandarkar makes a long-awaited attempt at a lighthearted one

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with the Disney+ Hotstar original movie.

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He previously attempted a similar manoeuvre with Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji.

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