Le Carré’s People : For those who may have read the book by spy thriller maestro John Le Carré, and watched the series, The Night Manager (2016) based on the book– though…
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Magic App: In this age of chasing after wealth, there’s a web show that says Greed is Bad. Taaza Khabar (Disney+Hotstar) is the acting debut of YouTube comedy star Bhuvan Bam,…
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Dance To Thrill: The lead character, Govind, wants an ‘A’ added to his name, and this film wants to be a David Dhawan style comedy-caper. But, as it often happens,…
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La Dolce Vita: The first season of Mike White’s comedy-drama The White Lotus was set in a luxury resort in Hawaii, where the lampooning of the pampered rich and the obsequious staff,…
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Montana Mayhem: CJ Box writes books set in the great outdoors and Big Sky based on his Highway series is set in the vast wilderness of Montana. In the first two seasons, of the…
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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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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 Arconians Are Back: In the very popular first season of Only Murders In The Building (Disney+Hotstar), (https://deepagahlot.com/only-murders-in-the-building-web-series-review/) the unlikely trio of Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez– all loners…
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Classic Forever: The 1957 stage musical, West Side Story, was made into a much-lauded, much-awarded film by Robert Wise in 1961. It was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet, set in…
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Gotta Gun: The title of Behzad Khambata’s A Thursday is obviously a hat-tip to the sleeper hit A Wednesday (2008– Neeraj Pandey) in which an angry citizen takes it upon himself to slap the…