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Vikramaditya Motwane's Jubilee is a fitting tribute to a bygone era of cinema, one that was free from the constraints and expectations of modern times. With its 10-part series on Amazon Prime, the show takes you on a nostalgic journey back to a time of simplicity and elegance, where the beauty of movies was unencumbered by the pressures and tricks of today's world. Set against the backdrop of the Partition era, Jubilee is a celebration of the love for movies, as its name suggests. The first episode introduces us to Srikant Roy, a studio owner who is on a quest to find a fresh face for his films. When he comes across Jamshed Khan, he knows he has found his leading man, Madan Kumar, but the road to success is far from smooth, with many twists, turns, thorns and obstacles along the way. One of Srikant's employees, Binod Das, secretly harbours a desire to become an actor himself, and when he is tasked with bringing Jamshed to Mumbai, he does everything in his power to prevent i...