How to Act Out "The Purvanchal Files" (2023) in Dumb Charades
📅 2023
🎭 R . Siddharth, Shivani Thakur, Zarina Wahab, Govind Namdeo
Easy
Acting Clues, Word by Word
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The (1 syllable)
- Use the small-word pinch: pinch thumb and forefinger together to show a tiny connecting word.
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Purvanchal (3 syllables)
- Cup a hand to your ear for 'sounds like', then mime unrolling a large map and tapping an eastern region on it.
- Point firmly toward the east direction with a flat hand, then plant feet wide like a strongman.
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Files (1 syllable)
- Mime flipping open a thick dusty folder and scanning documents intensely with a finger.
- Stack invisible folders on top of each other and slam one shut secretively.
💡 Bollywood Shortcut
- Mime a gang of tough men splitting a bundle of cash under a table, glancing over shoulders.
- Point a finger like a gun sideways, gangster style, then slam a file shut.