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2.5/5
In the landscape of contemporary Malayalam cinema, King of Kotha (2023) stands as an ambitious attempt to build a gritty, large-scale gangster universe. Directed by Abhilash Joshiy and produced by Dulquer Salmaan, the film attempts to transplant the tropes of a classic North Indian or Hollywood mafia saga into the rural, rustic backdrop of the 1990s Kerala-Maharashtra border. kotha movie
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