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A Cop, a crook, and a carnival of quirks
The Free Press Journal - Indore
|September 06, 2025
This is Manoj Bajpayee's parade.
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Actors' performance As Zende, he turns a potentially one-note parody into a performance brimming with warmth, wit, and weary dignity. His middle-class ticks and quiet sincerity make you root for him, even when the script veers into silliness. Bajpayee has played serious cops before; here, he plays one who knows the comedy of being serious, and that's the masterstroke.
This story is from the September 06, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal - Indore.
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