QUEEN OF KATWEDirection: Mira NairActors: Madina Nalwanga, Lupita Nyong’o, David OyelowoRating: 3/5After four years, Mira Nair (The Reluctant Fundamentalist) returns to our multiplexes with one of the unlikeliest of true stories. Living with her widowed mother (a stirring performance by the 12 Years A Slave Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o) and three siblings, she was merely nine when she discovered the liberating potential of the board game. Sharpening her mental skills, she emerges victorious in inter-school competitions and eventually represents Uganda at the 2010 Moscow Chess Olympiad. Despite a few missteps, Queen of Katwe is worth a visit. Read: Queen of Katwe says anyone can realise their dreams: Mira Nair

Source: Hindustan Times October 07, 2016 11:26 UTC