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Anas Arif

(He/Him)
New Delhi
As seen in: The Indian Express, MSN India, Flipboard, High on Films, The Federal, Maktoob, Quick Gun Rangan
Covers:  Film and Web Series Reviews, Reported Stories, Long-Form Features, and Opinion Pieces on Cinema.
Film Writer @IndianExpress. Words previously: @NDTV @FilmCompanion @TheFederal_News @MaktoobMedia. Alumni: Mass Communication AJK MCRC, @ststephensclg.

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Anas Arif’s Biography

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I’m a media graduate from AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, with a specialisation in screenwriting. My longstanding interest in film journalism and reviewing has led me to write for publications like The Federal, Maktoob, High On Films, Film Companion and The Brief Bulletin.

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Movie review: Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Vaazhai,’ bearing a semi-autobiographical essence, is a masterpiece

Movie review: Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Vaazhai,’ bearing a semi-autobiographical essence, is a masterpiece

Mari Selvaraj’s Karnan was a film defined by its uncompromising fury. Rage permeated every frame, rebellion p…

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Stree 2: Amar Kaushik's film dismantles patriarchy with a supernatural twist

Stree 2: Amar Kaushik's film dismantles patriarchy with a supernatural twist

In the latest entry in Maddock Supernatural Universe, horror and satire merge to deliver a critique of patria…

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Anatomy of a Fall: A Thing Called Elusive Truth

Anatomy of a Fall: A Thing Called Elusive Truth

In the first minute of Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall, Zoe asks Sandra, "Do you think one can only write f…

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In A Dissent Manner (2023) Documentary Review: A Hard-Hitting Display of Student Protests and Sta...

In A Dissent Manner (2023) Documentary Review: A Hard-Hitting Display of Student Protests and Sta...

"In A Dissent Manner" is a powerful documentary, a hard-hitting portrayal of student protests and state bruta…

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Sriram Raghavan's Mastery in Film Endings

Sriram Raghavan's Mastery in Film Endings

Raghu (Varun Dhawan) witnesses the brutal murder of his wife and son during a daylight robbery. The perpetrat…

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Memorable Moments of 2023

Memorable Moments of 2023

There's an ineffable magic that happens when the lights dim, and the screen comes to life before our eyes. It…

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Sunny Deol’s force to Emraan Hashmi’s silence: Batwara 1947, Awarapan 2’s divine connect

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By Anas Arif
| The Indian Express Verified
A sense of time haunts both. With Awarapan 2, the nostalgia was almost inevitable. Its relationship with its 2007 predecessor was always going to be part of its appeal. Awarapan 2 understands that what it is selling is not simply a continuation of a story, but the return of a particular time.
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Operation Safed Sagar finds restraint in war; Vijeta reckons with its human cost

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By Anas Arif
| The Indian Express Verified
Created by Abhijeet Singh Parmar and Kushal Srivastava, the six-episode series chronicles the Indian Air Force’s ‘Golden Arrows’ squadron during the 1999 Kargil conflict, while balancing two distinct tonal registers. The first is familiar, fairly conventional: a base camp populated by young, zealous cadets and their mentors, Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja (Siddharth) and Wing Commander Tony (Jimmy Shergill).
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Khakee: Amitabh Bachchan as angry old man in the perfect masala vehicle

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By Anas Arif
| The Indian Express Verified
So when you see Bachchan, in the opening minutes, telling a roomful of newly trained cops that the world beyond their training will test their morals every day, with communalism and corruption waiting to wear them down, you can almost hear Salim–Javed’s Vijay speaking with the benediction of age and experience.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

As a film researcher for the YouTube Channel 5ocial

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope, sadly.

How is social media changing news?

Pathetically