Review of Fitoor (2016) by Anil Sinanan for Time Out — 23 Oct 2017

Worth seeing but go with low expectations.

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This review of Fitoor (2016) was written by Anil Sinanan and published by Time Out on 23 Oct 2017.

Fitoor has generally received mixed reviews.

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