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Spy Versus Spy: Mick Herron created with his Slough House series of novels, a wonderfully absurd world of espionage. The most memorable character in his books is Jackson Lamb, the foul-mouthed and flatulent…

Love Lost: The title of this film, directed by Shashant Shah, comes from the actual name of an operation launched by the police in Delhi and parts of north India.…

  The viewer gets a non-touristy look at London, but there was no real reason for this series to be set in the UK capital. The comparison to Luther, with its troubled…

Don’t Mess With Mom: The six-part series, Mai, begins with Sheel sweeping the house, washing and drying clothes, cooking, to establish that the woman (Sakshi Tanwar) is an ‘ordinary’ homemaker.  As…

Pass Class: Harit Pradesh could stand in for any North Indian state, where uneducated and corrupt politicians rule, and amass a great number of followers, for whom showmanship and oratory…

Retired, Not Redundant: Most films about senior citizens are weepies about how they have been abandoned by their selfish children; of late there have been a few about finding love…

Father Dear Father: Venus and Serena Williams are tennis legends, but whether they would have been able to reach those heights without the motivation and push given to them by…

Lies, Deceit and Family Mayhem: In the OTT space in India, thrillers seem to be popular regardless of the violence, sex and profanity that are the norm. A few of…

Korean Import: Like so many mainstream films these days, Bachchhan Paandey (named after the character played by Akshay Kumar in Tashan), comes to Mumbai via Tamil Nadu (or Andhra Pradesh) and South Korea.…

Mumbai’s Parallel Mothers: The promo was intriguing, but unfortunately for Jalsa, it showed more or less what was worth watching in the film, because the full length of it was tedious–…