Web Series Review

Psycho Out: A magpie is a noisy bird attracted to shiny objects but in police parlance, a prison informer who spies on his cellmates for the cops is given that…

Song ‘n’ Dance: If Hai Junoon and other such shows aimed at the youth are to be believed, then all today’s youngsters aspire to is taking part in talent contests and reality…

Village Wooing: Clueless young man from the city lands up in a village to take up a new work assignment, meets a bunch of eccentrics and oddballs, learns how the…

Dynasty Muddles: From the era of Dynasty down to the recent Succession, it is, kind of, inevitable that a wealthy family will be greedy, ruthless and degenerate. It is not surprising that the…

Little Shine: The first season of Rohit Jugraj’s Chamak was a celebration of the music of Punjab, couched in a fictionalised version of the sensational and unsolved murder of legendary folk singer…

Kolkata Confidential: The title song lists the various things Bengal is famous for and then promises to show a “ek aur rang”, which is the kind of macho, gruesome violence…

Gangs Of Vancouver: This crime show is set in Canada, and is titled Kanneda, because that’s how Punjabis pronounce it.  The characters are Punjabi migrants who have settled in Vancouver, after…

Guns And Heists: In 1995, the arms drop in Purulia had caused quite a sensation. The man, responsible for it, who gave himself the swashbuckling name of Kim Davy, was…

Motorcycle Chronicles:   If the quaintly titled Dupahiya (two wheeler) gives off Panchayat and Laapata Ladies vibes, it is because the enjoyable series (on Amazon Prime Video) is set in the same rural universe, which is…

History Unwrapped: The words inspired by true events are written and crossed out after the title The Waking Of A Nation. It is as if Ram Madhvani, creator and director of…