Bitter Memories: Very few films have been made about the genocide of Sikhs in 1984, after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguard. With the tinderbox mentality…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…