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Oppenheimer, the Gita and a duty that Christopher Nolan owes Asia

The acclaimed film-maker should be mindful, like an architect who needs to be a social philosopher, that his movie on the ‘father of the atomic bomb’ is coming out when the world is in a peculiar churn.

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Cillian Murphy stars as the "father of the atomic bomb" J. Robert Oppenheimer in biopic Oppenheimer.

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Exactly a year from its scheduled July 21, 2023 release, Universal Pictures put out its first promotionals for the biopic Oppenheimer.
With a star-studded cast that includes Cillian Murphy as "father of the atomic bomb" J. Robert Oppenheimer, and big names such as Emily Blunt and Matt Damon, there is much anticipation about the film, especially since it is written and directed by Christopher Nolan.
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