Cranky Old Men: A play about two cantankerous old men bickering ought not to be so hilarious, but it is, because there’s Neil Simon’s genius at work– the playwright could…
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Domestic Unrest: The first season of Permanent Roommates, created by Arunabh Kumar, founder of The Viral Fever (TVF), was the first show released online, on YouTube, in 2013, before the…
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Scuttlebutt High: In the twilight world of Hindi films about politics, there’s always an election about to take place, that justifies the heightened level of murderous mayhem that ensues. For…
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Spy In The House: The idea is full of potential– harried homemaker, juggling the demands of husband, child and in-laws, is actually an undercover special forces agent. Why she was…
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Women Warriers: Had Srijit Mukherji’s Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke come a little earlier, it might have evoked more interest; but after a whole spate of cops-and-terrorist shows and films, there is viewer fatigue…
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Rain Or Shine: It’s not quite clear why filmmakers suddenly think audiences need to be lectured on condom use—Chhatriwali (on ZEE5) is the third film in recent times to take up…
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Family Secrets: The first season of Tripling came out in 2016, when the virus had not opened up the OTT Pandora’s box. The content was so different from the melodramatic and old-fashioned…