Pot Luck: It’s interesting to see how many real life figures from contemporary history are being discovered by makers of web series. Matka King, the period drama set in 1960s …
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The Good Fight: The issue of marital rape is still a legal grey area in India, which gives Shashant Shah’s six-episode series, Chiraiya (On JioHotstar), the ammunition to attack outdated social norms …
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Sonny Dearest: The new show on Amazon Prime Video has Mona Singh shed the dour persona she had been made to adopt in recent project. In Maa Ka Sum, she plays …
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Into The Fire: If inspiration is to strike, why not pick the best idea? Soumik Sen’s series Jazz City (on SonyLiv) owes a tiny debt to the classic Casablanca. His version of the cynical …
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One Man’s Army: The political drama directed by Prakash Jha, takes the idea of revenge as a dish best served cold to the next level. In Sankalp, a man who …
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The Other Punjab: The first season of Kohraa (2023), an intense police procedural, was set in Punjab, the dark side of which is not usually seen on screen, making it one of …
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Small Town Cacophony : The set-up is unusual—a Malayali Christian family in Ratlam. A railway junction where, a character says, trains only stop at night. It is otherwise a nondescript …
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Swamp Creatures: The female protagonist and antagonist of Daldal both come from backgrounds of neglect and abuse. The former, Rita Ferreira (Bhumi Pednekar), becomes a dedicated cop, the latter a murderous psychopath, …
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Hangover Diaries: “You think you are in an American sitcom?” a character asks another in Four More Shots Please Season 4. All the characters think and act like they were in an …
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Killer Cook: What distinguishes this show, a regular police procedural, is that one of the leads is a female serial killer, and she is played by Madhuri Dixit. Directed by …