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MOVIE REVIEW OF LUDO

  In Hollywood, we have the MCU, i.e the MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE. Over these few years, I have realized that Bollywood has a different universe of its own, which I would like to call the "Basu Cinematic Universe". This consists of films by Anurag Basu which literally transport you to another world. These are films which are by no means perfect or flawless. These are films which are not at all relateable. At times, there is no logic to a few sequences. Like the old cartoons or English comedy sitcoms of the 1990s. however, I will anyday prefer these to the slapstick illogical comedies in Bollywood. (Read Housefull, Golmaal, Dhamaal, etc) "Ludo" streamed at exactly 1.30 pm on 12/11/2020 netflix. I had started it at 1.31 pm. However, I waited for a few days and then watched it again. I knew a second viewing would only enhance the beauty of a film in which there is so much going on and there is so much to appreciate.   The movie starts with Anurag Basu himself pl