Riz Ahmed gives the performance of his career in Mogul Mowgli, a stirring drama about culture and community in the face of debilitating ill-health; All of this is deeply felt, oftentimes very powerful; a film that has many valuable things to say
profound drama about culture, family and what it means to represent a community; It is performed with forthright sincerity and it tackles the complexities of 21st-century British selfhood head on
a few shifts in tone feel occasionally jarring, but the film steers away from too sentimental an approach and finds a moving and invigorating conclusion with Ahmed firmly at its thumping heart
"Mogul Mowgli" is thoughtfully crafted and thematically rich, even if it feels a little too opaquely personal in places; Handsome and intense, Riz Ahmed is a reliably magnetic screen presence here
by Jonathan Wilson [Ready Steady Cut ]
