Palace Plots: There is a purpose that spooky old palaces serve— as locations for suspense or horror thrillers. Pavan Kirpalani’s Gaslight (on Disney+Hotstar) tries to be both with mixed results. The other minor advantage…

Faceless Mob: Looking at the signs of prosperity, at least in urban India, it seems as if people are eager to forget the trauma of the Covid months. Typically, those…

Twisty Turns: The film starts with such routine man stalking-wooing-winning woman sequences, that it is impossible to anticipate what is to come next in Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (the title comes…

Unbreakable Cop: The guy is shot at, stabbed, blown up, has a kidney extracted, but all he does is grimace and come up with some stream of consciousness philosophising. The…

When Kaz Met Zoe: This is multi-cultural Britain, where the Khan family of Pakistani origin and a white British family live next door to each other, without any overt signs…

Tiger Mom: In the opening sequence of the film, an Indian infant is being taken away by two white women; the mother runs after them, tries to hang on to…

Making Science Enjoyable: Amidst the line-up of crime shows, family dramas and campus capers, Rocket Boys dropped like welcome rain after an arid summer last year– a series about scientists that was…

No Ray Of Light: “I am a feminist,” says a slimy old lowlife at one point in Rana Naidu, which is probably the only laugh-out-loud moment in this grim remake…

Bring On The Gujjus: There is something about large, loud Gujarati clans that lends itself to comedy, and the laughs are mined from stereotyping the community.  They have certain typical…

History Heated Up: A lot of what is known of Mughal history is less from text books and more from movies, notably the epic Mughal-e-Azam. Viewers of Taj: Divided By Blood (ZEE5) would…