That Femme Again: The 2021 film, Hasseen Dillruba, directed by Vinil Mathew, was based on the germ of an idea from Roald Dahl’s twisted thriller, Lamb To The Slaughter. It ended with the murder…
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Gone Guys: Science fiction has not yet caught in a big way on in the Indian OTT or cinema space. It is Korean serial Signal that offered up the opportunity of adapting…
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Anybody who wants to make a comedy about a loony family and a dysfunctional hotel should watch Fawlty Towers or Schitt’s Creek—not necessarily for inspiration, but to absorb some great comedy vibes. The…
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That Redux Feel: The thriller heavy filmography of Neeraj Pandey has given him enough of a following for aspiring writer-directors to want to emulate him, but when so many filmmakers…
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The Killer Question: If a play is called Qatl, then it can be assumed it is about murder. But if it is a Makrand Deshpande play, then it cannot be a…
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Surviving Love: A few days ago, the Crime Writers’ Association announced its annual awards, and the Gold Dagger went to Una Mannion’s Tell Me What I Am, which the judges commented…
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Punjabi Pops: There’s one thing this film deserves credit for—who’d have imagined that one day the term ‘heteropaternal superfecundation’ would be used in a mainstream Hindi film! Bad Newz, directed…
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Noida Nightmare: The lack of censorship on streaming platforms means that a show like Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper can get made. On the surface it is about a man forced to become…
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Boo That! In a country full of folklore, superstition and myths, a well made horror film is likely to work, as the recent hit Munjya showed. The now popular horror-comedy genre (Stree heralded…
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RAW Action: “Commander aata hai to Bawander aata hai,” he declares– this RAW guy, who zooms about on a motorbike that has ‘Mavrick’ stamped on it and registration number 0101.…