In this episode of Do I Like It, Prateek Lidhoo talks about some Hindi films that were written, shot and edited, but never released to be viewed by the public.
These films were canned even though they were finished, due to legal issues, censorship, or not being picked up by any OTT platform. Through this list, we try to understand the times we are living in, where some of the best work of Indian cinema is kept away from audiences, lying dormant in a studio's archive.
Watch the full video and tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:53 - Shoebite - Amitabh Bachchan and Shoojit Sircar's ode to resilience
3:10 - RK/RKay - Rajat Kapoor's masterpiece that no one has seen
5:02 - Tees & Indi(r)a's Emergency - Two films comissioned and abandoned by Netflix
6:55 - Bombay Velvet - RELEASE THE KASHYAP CUT!!!
9:08 - Malabar Cadillac - Neville Shah probably doesn't want you to watch it!
Camera: Athar Rather, Gargee Sarkar
Video: The Quint
Music: BMG
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