Web Series Review

Noida Nightmare: The lack of censorship on streaming platforms means that a show like Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper can get made. On the surface it is about a man forced to become…

RAW Action: “Commander aata hai to Bawander aata hai,” he declares– this RAW guy, who zooms about on a motorbike that has ‘Mavrick’ stamped on it and registration number 0101.…

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…

Bitter Medicine: There is not enough outrage, when kids die after drinking substandard cough syrup. Or a pharma company is accused of manufacturing improper drugs and another of exporting faulty…

Carnage In Carpet Land: When the first season of Mirzapur started streaming, it brought to the small screen the kind of gore, profanity and sex that  had not been seen before, because…

Education Mess: When the first season of Kota Factory came out in 2019, it brought the Rajasthan city to the notice of audiences, who may not have been aware of the intense…

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…

Merry Band Of Phulera: The fictional village of Phulera in UP, where TVF’s Panchayat is set, is a fairy-tale village, untouched by the lawlessness, casteism and misogyny that marks so much…

Animated Mayhem: Director of the two splashy Baahubali films, SS Rajamouli, is quoted as listing Amar Chitra Katha comics and Chandamama as his inspirations. The latter would not mean anything to the kids who are the…

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…