Silent Noise: If a gimmick, like a silent movie, is to be used in a film today, the plot, situations and characters should justify it. The noisy and chaotic Ufff Yeh Siyapaa, written …
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Romancing Kerala: The message finally reached Bollywood that Kerala is making great films; so it was decided that if they can’t make films like Kerala does, they will make a …
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The Cop & The Fugitive: In an era, when cops could be trusted to go after criminals, without the help of computers and mobile phones, Inspector Zende made it to …
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Noughts & Crosses Becoming a Chartered Accountant (CA) is tough, and sometimes takes several attempts to crack it; so full sympathy for young students, who keep their lives on hold …
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Lost Songstress: The life of Kashmiri singer Raj Begum is the subject of Songs of Paradise—a partly fictionalized biopic– directed and co-written by Danish Renzu. The singer, named Noor Begum …
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The Bomb Story: Around Independence Day, there has to be at least one, if not more, film or show about patriotism. The streaming platforms have found a new way of …
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Lights Off: The sci-fi-paranormal horror series, Andhera, starts by introducing the idea that darkness is devouring the city, which is entirely believable. Then goes into a dizzying maze of subplots from which …
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Spy v/s Spy The deadpan spy, whose facial muscles move only when he is in disguise, is code named Salakaar (advisor) in Faruk Kabir’s web series of the same name. The show (on …
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Bicker Central: There are the overdone kitchen sink dramas that are still popular on television, and then the small family comedies, of which a large chunk of the has been …
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Sci-mytho-fi: In the end credits of Mandala Murders, Mahendra Jakhar’s novel The Butcher of Benaras is named as the source material. The synopsis of the 2014 book reveals an interesting plot, in which the …