Disciples review – fresh-faced boys are sucked into a nightmare of extremism in India

A prestigious school in the holy city of Varanasi and its controversial, dogmatic teachings are the subject of this shocking documentary The effect of political and religious indoctrination on young minds resembles a slow-release poison. Unfolding in observational vignettes, Pankaj Johar and Sunaina Kapoor’s thought-provoking documentary centres on Vidya Mutth, a prestigious Hindu school in the…