At its first screening in Delhi, Roy recalls that “students jammed into the hall and crowded on to the floor. Within a few minutes the audience began to yell, roar with laughter and wolf-whistle through the film. They recognised themselves, their language, their clothes, their jokes, their silliness.” Source link
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