2012 · biography · crime · sports
Paan Singh Tomar
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia2h 15m2012
Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
Our read: Paan Singh Tomar (2012) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded biography · crime · sports entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured biography / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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