The leading man of this film, Atithi Bhooto Bhava (on Zee5), directed by Hardik Gajjar, is a stand-up comedian, but his jokes don’t always land. The situation is pretty much…
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The Great Indian Scam: The first season of Netflix series Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega (2020) was an eye-opener about a nondescript town in Jharkhand becoming the centre of a major phishing…
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Home Invasion: While the opening credits of Dhoka: Round D Corner are on, the romance, marriage and marital woes of Yatharth and Sanchi Sinha are portrayed with brisk economy. Then two hours…
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Copy Cats: Producers of web series have latched on to education scams, like there was no other problem worth looking at in the country. Shiksha Mandal throws political, police and gangster shenanigans…
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Youthful Capers: The new TVF web series, College Romance Season 3 (on SonyLiv), is aimed at teens, but maybe parents should watch to see what their college-going kids are up to,…
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Storm Of VFX: Sometimes, it might just be better to release a film without so much advance publicity, that the sense of wonder that ought to arise when the lights…
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The names Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes,Mary Jane Kelly do not ring any bells. But everybody has heard of Jack The Ripper, a notorious serial killer…
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Beware Of Arrows: It’s Robin Hood country—Sherwood forest in Nottinghamshire—the facile use of the name irks a local cop investigating a killer, who uses the folk hero’s weapon of crossbow-and-arrow. The…
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Youth Pangs: The ten-part docuseries, Growing Up, created and executive produced by actress Brie Larson, has an interesting concept. The format is like a group therapy session in which a bunch of…
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The audience numbers must have been respectable enough for the powers that be at Netflix to commission a second season of The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, which, along with Indian Matchmaking,…