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TV Movie · Family · Music · 2021

Rhea discovers her passion for creating DJ mixes that blend the rich textures of her South Asian culture and the world around her. Her life revolves around her eclectic group of friends, her after-school coding club, her family’s Indian restaurant and her tight-knit, multigenerational family. Everything changes when she falls for aspiring DJ Max, and her long-lost fervor for music is re-ignited. Rhea discovers that she has a natural gift for creating beats and producing music but must find the courage to follow her true inner talent.

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Spin

“Music is everything.”

2021 TV Movie · Family · Music 1h 33m

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6.9 / 10

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Rhea discovers her passion for creating DJ mixes that blend the rich textures of her South Asian culture and the world around her. Her life revolves around her eclectic group of friends, her after-school coding club, her family’s Indian restaurant and her tight-knit, multigenerational family. Everything changes when she falls for aspiring DJ Max, and her long-lost fervor for music is re-ignited. Rhea discovers that she has a natural gift for creating beats and producing music but must find the courage to follow her true inner talent.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Manjari Makijany

Written by

Josh A. Cagan · Carley Steiner

Avantika

Avantika

Rhea Kumar

Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol

Arvind

Meera Syal

Meera Syal

Asha

Michael Bishop

Michael Bishop

DJ Max

Kerri Medders

Kerri Medders

Ginger

Michela Luci

Michela Luci

Debbie

Anna Cathcart

Anna Cathcart

Molly

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Put Spin on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.