Uphill Battle: Based on a true story, Costao evokes conflicting emotions. The fate of an honest government official who takes on a corrupt system acts as a cautionary tale. Still, the resilience …
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No Glitter: The good news is that this film is not a remake of the old Vijay Anand crime classic, though as a hat trip to the master, his name …
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Say Boo!: Sanjay Dutt is co-producer of The Bhootnii, and stars in it too. The actor in him must have had the unfulfilled wish to play a ghostbuster, otherwise there was …
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Dynasty Muddles: From the era of Dynasty down to the recent Succession, it is, kind of, inevitable that a wealthy family will be greedy, ruthless and degenerate. It is not surprising that the …
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More Gone Girls: The 2021 film Chhorii, used the horror format to make a comment on the gruesome practice of female infanticide. A woman found herself trapped in a village in the …
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Little Shine: The first season of Rohit Jugraj’s Chamak was a celebration of the music of Punjab, couched in a fictionalised version of the sensational and unsolved murder of legendary folk singer …
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Kolkata Confidential: The title song lists the various things Bengal is famous for and then promises to show a “ek aur rang”, which is the kind of macho, gruesome violence …
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Gangs Of Vancouver: This crime show is set in Canada, and is titled Kanneda, because that’s how Punjabis pronounce it. The characters are Punjabi migrants who have settled in Vancouver, after …
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Goan Monster: The new true crime documentary, The Dupatta Killer (on Docubay), bears an uncanny resemblance to Reema Kagti’s Dahaad. Both the fictional and non-fiction shows bring out the misogyny embedded in Indian …
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Guns And Heists: In 1995, the arms drop in Purulia had caused quite a sensation. The man, responsible for it, who gave himself the swashbuckling name of Kim Davy, was …