A rather heavy menu for cinemagoers this week

A MIXED BAG: This week there is plenty of choice for cinemagoers with “Persepolis”, “The Incredible Hulk”, “Get Smart” and “Duvidha” all competing for attention, besides “Memsahab” . A MIXED BAG: This week there is plenty of choice for cinemagoers with “Persepolis”, “The Incredible Hulk”, “Get Smart” and “Duvidha” all competing for attention, besides “Memsahab” . PERSEPOLIS (At Select City Walk, Saket, and other theatres in Delhi and elsewhere) The window comes with blinkers. Directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud take us to Iran in the tumultuous 1970s when the country was in a social and political ferment. A corrupt, pliant monarchy gave way to an Islamic Revolution which, using compulsion in religion, did not turn out to be an unmixed blessing either. Based on a true story, “Persepolis” reveals the mind-set of a... [read full story]