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Direction
Yeleti's claustrophobic prison staging builds pressure like a vice.
Acting
Nithiin's poker face carries entire acts of silent calculation.
Writing
Chess gambits mirror narrative misdirections — deliciously layered.

Director
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
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