Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Film myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Hymns to the magic of filmmaking tend to be more entrancing when there is some ineptitude involved: seeing enthusiastic amateurs struggling with their inexperience puts viewers and creators on the same level, telling us that at heart we are all just fans. That\u2019s why Indian comedy Superboys of Malegaon is so engaging. Based on a true story, previously the subject of 2008 documentary Supermen of Malegaon, it is set in a city in western India where young movie enthusiast Nasir (Adarsh Gourav) runs a video parlour, showing films on VHS. The business is failing because its programme of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton doesn\u2019t attract audiences. Then Nasir gets the idea of splicing together Hollywood silents and Asian martial arts movies, Chaplin\u2019s comedy boxing switching to Bruce Lee\u2019s fists of fury in one snappy edit.He graduates to making his own films, roping in his friends to shoot made-in-Malegaon parodies of Bollywood hits like 1975 epic Sholay. Nasir\u2019s very cheap, very cheerful productions prove successful, but his hubris soon breaks up the gang. We are left wondering whether Nasir\u2019s faithful sidekick, magnificently mulleted Shafique (Shashank Arora), will ever get his longed-for moment in front of the camera, or whether idealistic writer Farogh (Vineet Singh) will make his social-realist drama or finally embrace the joys of the crowd pleaser?Romantic subplots apart, this is very much a story about men\u2019s friendship and flaws. Quick-firing and jubilantly good-humoured \u2014 but with some pronounced heart-tugging \u2014 Reema Kagti\u2019s film, scripted by Varun Grover, is also clever in showing Nasir getting to grips with changing technologies over several years, from basic video editing to DIY greenscreen. The dreams-come-true narrative is nicely played against the realist evocation of everyday life in Malegaon, and a genial ensemble cast is headed by Gourav, who personably traces Nasir\u2019s progress as a gradually maturing hothead.\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606In UK cinemas from February 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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