Goan Monster: The new true crime documentary, The Dupatta Killer (on Docubay), bears an uncanny resemblance to Reema Kagti’s Dahaad. Both the fictional and non-fiction shows bring out the misogyny embedded in Indian …
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Romance Undone: In case anybody entered the room late when Nadaaniyan was playing on the TV screen, they’d immediately know it was a Karan Johar (Dharmatic production). The characters look, act and …
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Food For Greed: The title is catchy enough to draw an audience into a housing society in Mumbai’s neighbour, Thane, where the residents are all employees of a pharma company …
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Screwball Night: The formula of the chase film has been set—seen in the recent Netflix movie Back In Action, and now in Dhoom Dhaam, also on Netflix. Two (or more) people go on …
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Memories Of Three Generations The nepotism debate is dialed down quite a bit when a strong case is made for the passing on of creative genes from one generation to …
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Hell On Earth: A fresh faced law graduate takes the job of a jailer in Delhi’s hellhole, Tihar Jail, because that is the only job available at the employment exchange, …
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The Heist: It seems entirely possible that the clever title was thought up first, and then a script written around a character called Sikandar, whose fate is like a drunken …
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The Plot Congeals: The novelty factor in the first season of Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein was that a man was lusted after by a woman, instead of the other way round. …
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Old Wine: Last year’s Nyad, was the real-life story of long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad, who at age 64, finally fulfilled her dream of swimming across the Straits of Florida, a 110-mile …
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Twin Tales: They are identical twins—Saumya and Shailee (Kriti Sanon)–but they cannot stand each other. Shailee believes her sister is a drama queen, and Saumya thinks her twin wants to …