Tandav – Is Hosting An Extraordinary Set Of Talent Good Enough?
The game of chess started with an unimaginable thrill but halfway into the story, the players prove to be highly amateur if not less. No, I’m not talking about the…
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Taish on Zee5 – Silence Triumphs Over Rage In This Modern Looking Action-Drama
Written and directed by Bejoy Nambiar, Taish adds onto yet another typical Nambiar drama with stylised music, action, colour and cast, but doesn’t justify the plot that it revolves around.…
Mirzapur 2 – A Slow And Confusing Show That Builds Up To Nothing
A pseudo-progressive show about revenge, power and politics, that falls flat even after following the formulaic template as it becomes a show about sons having enormous daddy issues and constantly…
A Suitable Boy – An Unsuitable, Inconsistently Paced Adaptation
With such a great star-cast that featured the likes of Tabu, Ram Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter, Namit Das, Vijay Varma, Vinay Pathak, and more, A Suitable Boy was a much-awaited BBC…
Masaba Masaba – Finding Courage Can Be Chaotic Is The Takeaway From this Docu-Fiction Saga
Masaba Masaba, directed by Sonam Nair, is a fictionalised show based on the relationship between a mother and her daughter, and also their individual dynamics with the outside world. Starring…
Aarya – A Complicated Web Of Betrayal, Greed, Love And Family That Doesn’t Miss A Beat
Sushmita Sen plays a desperate but warm mother, who is willing to do anything to protect her family, amidst her family’s business of drugs and internal betrayal. The official remake…
Mrs. America – Iconic Plot and Masterful Performances
Fanboys and Fangirls would pause multiple times in a Zack Snyder flick to see the beauty of the shots, to see the quality of the frames. I would suggest everyone…
Betaal – An ‘Indianized’ Wrong Turn That Capitalises In A Disaster
There is so much furor when an underdog wins. Be it Murad’s rise as a rapper in Gully Boy or Chennai Super Kings’ win in their comeback season in the…
Paatal Lok – Undeniably Excellent With The Right Mix Of Gore, Turbulence And Intensity
There is good, and then there is evil. Somewhere in between lies reality, and right here lies humanity, or at least we have convinced ourselves of that. Paatal Lok is…
Hollywood – A Rewrite Of What Could Have Been
At a certain point in this show, three central characters decide to change the ending of the movie that they are making within the show. Why make it a sad…