Rise Of The Loser: Mainstream Hindi cinema may be slow to catch on to the complexities of a rapidly changing Indian society, but does understand easy slogans like ‘Follow Your…
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Money Hodge Podge: There have been at least two recent web shows that made money trails interesting– Scam 1992 and Scam 2003. Bejoy Nambiar picks up the intriguing idea of large sums of…
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Into The Spyverse: A young Mumbai woman, Aliya (Kashmira Pardeshi), finds herself trapped in Syria with her husband and in-laws who have been radicalized and thrown in their lot with…
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Grisly Case: The gruesome deaths of 11 members of a family, ages ranging from nine to 71, that came to be known as the Burari Case, was a shocker at…
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This legal drama has obviously been made to give Kajol a headlining role, since the work she has done for OTT so far has been ordinary. The way things are…
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Political Maze: Two middle-aged politicians are in bed. “Do you want to be Prime Minister?” he asks her. “No, I want power without scrutiny,” she replies. Then she asks him…
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Running Riot In Rann Pradesh: The constant criticism of machismo in crime shows on OTT must have given Homi Adajania the idea of making a show with women playing men—not…
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Palace Plots: There is a purpose that spooky old palaces serve— as locations for suspense or horror thrillers. Pavan Kirpalani’s Gaslight (on Disney+Hotstar) tries to be both with mixed results. The other minor advantage…
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Clans And Plans: The family drama is a very narrow space to play around with, and if it is set in a contemporary upper class milieu, there are some tropes…
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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…