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For balance, there’s also a scene where Lucy and John stand so close to each other without touching that their chemistry is suffocating.

United's central midfield are frequently suffocated by the press, forcing them to pass it backwards to the back three.

"I felt so suffocated, and I suddenly had an urge to leave."

Being centred mainly around the cities of Mumbai and Pune, Marathi films "feel the full, suffocating weight of Bollywood, that other regional cinemas don't", says Shedde.

It’s one sort of problem to litter the narrative with flat characters and airless performances; the cast must be suffocating from how little life they breathe into their roles.