More Star Trivia: It could be argued that another Bollywood talk show was not really needed—the stars already share, over various media, what they want to reveal about their lives.…
Web Series Review
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Beer Cheer: Two attractive women go on pub crawls in Gurugram, dressed in sexy outfits, and don’t get groped! That in itself goes into fairy tale territory. Do You Wanna…
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Noughts & Crosses Becoming a Chartered Accountant (CA) is tough, and sometimes takes several attempts to crack it; so full sympathy for young students, who keep their lives on hold…
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The Bomb Story: Around Independence Day, there has to be at least one, if not more, film or show about patriotism. The streaming platforms have found a new way of…
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Lights Off: The sci-fi-paranormal horror series, Andhera, starts by introducing the idea that darkness is devouring the city, which is entirely believable. Then goes into a dizzying maze of subplots from which…
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Spy v/s Spy The deadpan spy, whose facial muscles move only when he is in disguise, is code named Salakaar (advisor) in Faruk Kabir’s web series of the same name. The show (on…
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Bicker Central: There are the overdone kitchen sink dramas that are still popular on television, and then the small family comedies, of which a large chunk of the has been…
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Sci-mytho-fi: In the end credits of Mandala Murders, Mahendra Jakhar’s novel The Butcher of Benaras is named as the source material. The synopsis of the 2014 book reveals an interesting plot, in which the…
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Landing On Earth: If not mainstream Bollywood, at least through streaming platforms urban India is getting a look at how rural India functions. The Panchayat seasons and a few others like it,…
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Mumbai’s Monk: The series, Monk on which the new show Mistry is based, came out in 2002; almost a quarter of a century ago, it was cute to have a male…