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Rahul Desai is a Mumbai-based film and TV critic. His reviews and life-meets-cinema columns have featured in publications like Film Companion, The Hindu, Firstpost, News9, Mumbai Mirror and Ottplay. When he isn't writing about movies, he is travelling to find obscure locations from his favourite movies.
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