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potboiler

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potboiler
Informal a literary or artistic work of little merit produced quickly in order to make money


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Though the venue and the ticket costs are yet to be finalised, the guest list reads something out of a B-grade Bollywood potboiler.
12," the one-time romantic realist's take on the classic jury room potboiler "12 Angry Men," reels with breakneck camera moves, power-chord acting and cuts to Caucasus combat to keep things from ever getting boring in the deliberation room.
Going by Rushdie's comments, the film's central weakness was that it was adapted from a book by Indian diplomat-novelist Vikas Swarup called Q and A, which is itself "a corny potboiler with a plot that defies belief".
 
 
 
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