LFF: Talvar (2015)
‘Talvar’, or ‘Guilty’ as it was penned to the London Film Festival crowds, is a true crime thriller that rocked India in 2008 when the crime occurred, and subsequently stormed the […]
‘Talvar’, or ‘Guilty’ as it was penned to the London Film Festival crowds, is a true crime thriller that rocked India in 2008 when the crime occurred, and subsequently stormed the […]
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