Vikramaditya Motwane

Review / Love, loss, and loops of life in ‘CTRL’

The world of “CTRL”, currently reigning at the top of Bangladesh’s most-watched movies on Netflix, beckons us into a juncture where technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), begins to infiltrate the most intimate corners of human life. While the theme of technology overtaking our existence is hardly new, director Vikramaditya Motwane's approach presents this circumstance with a fresh and distinctly Indian perspective — framed within the glossy yet perilous world of social media influencers.

October 10, 2024
October 10, 2024

Love, loss, and loops of life in ‘CTRL’

The world of “CTRL”, currently reigning at the top of Bangladesh’s most-watched movies on Netflix, beckons us into a juncture where technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), begins to infiltrate the most intimate corners of human life. While the theme of technology overtaking our existence is hardly new, director Vikramaditya Motwane's approach presents this circumstance with a fresh and distinctly Indian perspective — framed within the glossy yet perilous world of social media influencers.