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Synccinema Quickie - Paagal

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 P aagal – It’s the “Crazy” romance that is in question. Paagal is similar to a  biopic, that films the life of a man who broke the record of  Sanju  – not in terms of box office collections since  Paagal  was released only yesterday, but in terms of the number of girls the man hooks up with.  Vishwak Sen’s  Prem outnumbers  Sanju  with romantic (not sexually as latter) approach and association with 1600 girls (and also a guy, guess who?). Though he’s relatively on the softer and socially comfortable grounds, the overall arc is suffocatingly noxious, on par with  Sanju .  You’re entertained only if you wear the right mask. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find one. Paagal is a revamp of the Youthful Entertainers this production house is promptly delivering since its inception. It is an uncanny successor to  Cinema Chupistha Mava, Nenu Local  and partly the 2018 smash hit  Hushaaru . These films, at least the first two, completely rely on the energetics of a sprightly hero and his parables of