With Ludo, Mr. Basu firmly establishes himself as the Tarantino of Indian movie industry. It's a dark comedy crime caper based on a board game popular in the eastern part of India (ludo - namesake of the movie). 5 inter-woven by-plots with some of the characters interacting with each other is a treat for the mind. Writing and cinematography is brilliant. Acting is superb for the most part except Mr. Bachchan who seems to be stuck in his role in Yuva some twenty years back - not sure why he was cast - maybe his name. Rest of the cast - especially Mr. Rajkumar Rao - is superb. But the hidden gems at unknown side character artists ago have carried comedic yet realistic parts in the movie. The over the top violence like a Tarantino production has been handled masterfully. Mr. Pankaj Tripathy has been sensational. Indian movies had lost this space with Karan Johar NRI targeted big budget nonsense movies. With streaming production houses like NF and Amazon Prime, such movies are slowly becoming the norm rather than an annual exception. Well done indeed!