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Reporting Live Review: Promising Thriller Lost In Cliched Script
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News18•09-10-2026, 12:40
Reporting Live Review: Promising Thriller Lost In Cliched Script
- •Reporting Live follows investigative journalist Sandhya played by Parineeti Chopra and video journalist Vinod played by Deven Bhojani as they investigate a bridge collapse linked to illegal sand mining.
- •The film features a compelling premise about journalists fighting a ruthless sand-mining syndicate, facing threats to their families and resistance from their own newsroom.
- •The first half is engaging and successfully reveals the inner workings of the illegal sand mafia, but the script eventually loses control and resorts to melodrama.
- •Performances by Deven Bhojani, Parineeti Chopra, Adil Hussain, and Shekhar Suman provide strong support despite the familiar tropes and lack of tension in the narrative.
Key Questions Answered
The film follows investigative journalist Sandhya and video journalist Vinod as they uncover an illegal sand-mining syndicate after a bridge collapse in Visrgaon kills 16 children and a pregnant woman. As they dig deeper, they face immense threats from a powerful criminal syndicate and obstacles within their own newsroom.
Reporting Live features Parineeti Chopra as field reporter Sandhya and Deven Bhojani as video journalist Vinod. The cast also includes Adil Hussain as editor-in-chief Vidur, Shekhar Suman as channel owner Shyam, and Amol Palekar.
Reporting Live is set to stream on Netflix on October 9, 2026.
