The first season of Mumbai Diaries got all its chosen elements right—a high-strung medical drama set in a hospital, when the 26/11 terrorist attacks took place. One of the targets of the…
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Couple Wars: The idea is as audacious as it is preposterous, which is what makes Bawaal worth a look. The promo had intrigued viewers– what is the World War II connection with…
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Fright Nights: When it comes to horror shows on Indian OTT platforms, restraint is not a word that would normally apply, but Adhura (on Amazon Prime) written and directed by…
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Damp Squib: There are bad films and there are boring films and then there’s a Tiku Weds Sheru (on Amazon Prime), the kind that leads to a rise in the sale…
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Crazy Rich Indians: A teacher tells his schoolroom of brats, “You are not special, you are privileged.” And goes on to warn them about how real life will slap them…
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Desert Storms: For Indian viewers Kandahar would evoke memories of the terrible airplane hijack episode in which passengers were held hostage for a week to get terrorists released. For an…
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Roar For Rights: She is cat-called as she rides around town on her motorbike; at the cop station where she works, a colleague lights incense to ‘purify’ the room she…
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Spy Vs Spy: There is added interest in the Russo Brothers’ spy thriller Citadel, because it stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas. There is also an Indian version of the franchise in the making,…
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M For Macabre: A man kills his wife by burying her alive, and till he is caught, he literally dances on her grave at parties he hosts. This ghoulish image…
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Sepia-Tinted Past: An earlier Amazon Prime show, Cinema Marte Dum Tak, had used the documentary format to reminisce about the the B movie industry of the Eighties and Nineties. It is good…