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‘Hindi version is 100 times better’: Malayalam viewers hail Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam 3, compare it with Mohanlal’s film

2 reports from 2 outlets over 75 min.

1. HT Hindustan Times · 20 h
   ‘Hindi version is 100 times better’: Malayalam viewers hail Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam 3, compare it with Mohanlal’s film

   Words only this outlet used: compare, film.

2. TI Times of India · 19 h
   Malayalam viewers hail Ajay Devgn's 'Drishyam 3', say this Hindi version 100 times better than the Mohanlal starrer: 'They wrote it so brilliantly'

   Words only this outlet used: say, starrer, wrote, brilliantly.

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