You have to hand it to writer/director Nida Manzoor for mashing up genres so bombastically in Polite Society and still managing it to make sense when our lead heroine finally lands with her feet planted on the ground. And that’s meant quite literally, as Polite Society‘s lead energy charge – Priya Kansara‘s Ria – has a…
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Polite Society tells the story of two Pakistani-Muslim sisters in London; plucky Ria (Priya Kansara), who dreams of being a stuntwoman, and Lena (Ritu Arya), her world-weary older sister who wants to be an artist. With Lena recently returned home after dropping out of art school, Ria constantly goads her into helping her make YouTube…
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