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"Main Vaapas Aaunga" features Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh alongside veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, with Vedang Raina and Sharvari Wagh portraying younger characters navigating questions of love and commitment.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
All the adult actors are very pretty, including the women, though the calculation—a helpful one—was to cast performers who don’t resemble the younger selves of the present-day characters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Briny cooking asks us to make stars out of supporting characters.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
By giving an episode to each of our lead four characters, we could use their view of the island to make sure the complexity of Golding’s telling shined.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Books required fingers to turn the pages and a heart to feel the emotions of the characters on the page, but the cinema was different.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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