Sonny Dearest: The new show on Amazon Prime Video has Mona Singh shed the dour persona she had been made to adopt in recent project. In Maa Ka Sum, she plays …

Into The Fire: If inspiration is to strike, why not pick the best idea?  Soumik Sen’s series Jazz City (on SonyLiv) owes a tiny debt to the classic Casablanca. His version of the cynical …

One Man’s Army: The political drama directed by Prakash Jha, takes the idea of revenge as a dish best served cold to the next level. In Sankalp, a man who …

The Epstein Papers are causing explosions of scandal every time the name of a famous person is revealed. The notoriously corrupt and corrupting sex offender hanged  himself in prison, and …

Dull Romance: He has a speech impediment, that is hinted at in the title Do Deewane Seher Mein. She is burdened with enough complexes to sink a small boat. The film, …

 The Other Punjab: The first season of Kohraa (2023), an intense police procedural, was set in Punjab, the dark side of which is not usually seen on screen, making it one of …

Lost Lover: The film goes into carnage mode without wasting much time.  A man enters a movie theatre, “Kaun hai tu?” someone asks. “Hero,” he replies, as the song Dhak Dhak Karne Laga plays on …

Small Town Cacophony : The set-up is unusual—a Malayali Christian family in Ratlam. A railway junction where, a character says, trains only stop at night. It is otherwise a nondescript …

Swamp Creatures: The female protagonist and antagonist of Daldal both come from backgrounds of neglect and abuse. The former, Rita Ferreira  (Bhumi Pednekar), becomes a dedicated cop, the latter a murderous psychopath, …

A Complicated Crime: The name’s Jatil, not Jatin. A name meaning complicated suits this cop; the name is eccentric mother gave him but one he wears with a defiant pride. …