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…
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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…