Haryana Hurricane: Madhur Bhandarkar has the knack for picking up unusual subjects and characters for his films, and also making the female lead the centre of the story. Having done …
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Crazy Rich Indians: The household help of the residents of Gurugram’s La Opulenza live in neat, air-conditioned homes. There are golf courses, jogging tracks and parks named after gemstones, a …
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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 …
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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 …