As the Awards season in the US and UK begins to lead up to the biggest show in the movie industry—the Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars–two actresses who …

Marriage Story: What happens when the communication between a couple reduces to non-stop bickering? Atul Satya Koushik’s new play, MY WIFE’S 8TH VACHAN, attempts to answer this question in a comic …

The Complete Human: For its sixth season, Aadyam has looked outside Mumbai and invited Chandigarh-based Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry to direct a Hindi version of Hayavadana, Girish Karnad’s play, produced …

Lost In Canada: This film, written and directed by Shadab Khan (on Disney+Hotstar) has the germ of an emotional cross-cultural family drama; it is sincere but also mostly marred by …

Couple Calculations: Only in India would a young couple seek the permission of their parents to live together. And only in a web series trying to tap the attention of …

The Man, The Movies: Two things immediately come to mind while watching the Netflix documentary series, The Romantics— if  Yash Raj Entertainment had not been co-producers, Aditya Chopra would never …

Le Carré’s People : For those who may have read the book by spy thriller maestro John Le Carré, and watched the series, The Night Manager (2016) based on the book– though …

Gone Guy: At a time when journalism is under a cloud, it is good to see an earnest, fools-rush-in kind of reporter as the protagonist in Lost (on ZEE5), directed by Aniruddha …

Rocky Road: A film sprung into the theatres without any pre-release buzz, turns out to be a pleasant surprise. Oddly titled Shiv Shastri Balboa — very few would immediately get the Rocky (1976) connection– …

The Big Con: After two successful seasons of The Family Man, there was interest and curiosity about what Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru would do next. Their film and TV work …