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'Sara'S' review: Anchored by a powerful script, this simple film breaks the conventions of the feel-good template

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Jude Anthany Joseph's third feature, after Ohm Shanti Oshana and Oru Muthassi Gadha, released on Prime Video at midnight today. This seemingly feel-good film, also seemingly made in limited spaces and with a shoestring budget, tackles a concept and issue never tested before in Malayalam cinema  circles. In Sara'S, we follow the life of Sara Vincent (Anna Ben), a young, bubbly, yet unapologetic filmmaker who struggles to make it big in the industry. She continuously assists male directors and is in the scripting works of her dream film. Sara has decided, from her school days, that she would not bear any kids. This is when she meets Jeevan (Sunny Wayne); her relationship with him subsequently brings her ideology and decision into a confrontation with the established norms of society, family and child-rearing.  Anna Ben in Sara'S The best aspect in which Sara'S has excelled, without doubt, is its hard-hitting taut script. Debutant Akshay Hareesh deserves praise for managin
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Lion King's live action rendition gears for release

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Jon Favreau's live action rendition of the 1994 classic animated film The Lion King is undoubtedly the most awaited films of the year. Favreau's phenomenal success with his 2016 live action Jungle Book is enough proof that the director-cum-actor can do justice to the classical film and it's remake. The makers released the second trailer of the upcoming film and the visuals teased in the trailer has got cinephiles all hyped up for The Lion King.

 It's been hyped that the new Lion King will follow the same storyline as it's parent film. As given in the film's synopsis-
From Disney Live Action, director Jon Favreau's all-new -The Lion King- journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother -and former heir to the throne- has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

The film has a stellar cast to voice the iconic characters- Simba, Mufasa, Scar, Timon and Pumbaa. The cast is helmed by the likes of Donald Glover, James Earl Jones, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Beyonce and others. Hans Zimmer and Elton John have returned to recreate the musical extravaganza the audiences relished when they watched the original film. The visual effects crew that graphically generated the characters in Favreau's previous directorial venture, Jungle Book, also returns for this film. The Lion King is the one in the four live-action re-imaginings of their classic films in 2019. Dumbo, the live-action remake of the 1941 animated film, was released last month to mixed reviews. Aladdin and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil are the other two intended releases. Disney's attempts to remake it's iconic films still continue with more upcoming projects under the belt.
The voice cast of The Lion King 
Credits: Rotten Tomatoes
The Lion King will debut in theaters on July 19, 2019. 

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