All In The Mind: For years, till a certain awareness crept in, the word “mad” or “paagal” was the catchall for every kind of mental illness. Now thanks partly to…
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Travails Of Parenting: Many a harried urban parent would consider the lives of the three friends in Raat Jawaan Hai a fairy tale. They are supposedly crushed under the burden of parenthood,…
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Whack-A-Terrorist: When Fauda (2015) was produced by Israel, the West Bank was marred by hostility between Israel and Palestine. The situation is explosive now, which could not have been anticipated by the…
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Murder In Goa: The tagline for 36 Days is ‘Secrets are injurious to health.’ The secrets point to an inordinate amount of dysfunction in a small cluster of villas tucked away somewhere…
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Family Moments: When time Gullak came out in 2019, a part of its success could be attributed to a growing number of TV audiences having had their fill of the excesses of…
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Colours Of Evil: The first season of Undekhi set up a watchable mix of crime and family drama—a very watered down version of The Godfather, mixed with a dash of Succession, in which one…
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Bihari Hijinx: When the political-cum-domestic drama, Maharani, created by Subhash Kapoor, first streamed (on SonyLiv), it only confirmed the depth of corruption and casteism in Bihar, with the lead characters obviously based…
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Let The Music Flow: The opening scene draws the viewer right in— it’s an open field, with crowds as far as the eye can see; there is air of anticipation…
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That Christie Gal: There have been unofficial Hindi film adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels—like Gumnaam and Dhund—but for the first time, Agatha Christie Limited, which handles the author’s estate, has franchised one of her…
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Follow The Money: After Scam 1992 and Scoop, Hansal Mehta has cemented his place as a long-form chronicler of the moral erosion of contemporary India. He has not directed Scam 2003: The Telgi Story,…