She – Intriguing With A Good Plot, Despite Its Many Problems
The plot begins with the major antagonist, Sassya (Vijay Varma) cherry picking prostitutes for his “sessions” – a seasoned regular as he seems to be. Within this catalogue of women,…
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The Forgotten Army – Heart Is In The Right Place, But The Execution Left Much To Be Desired
In the current political climate of India, people on both sides of the political spectrum are defining nationalism on their own terms. However, something that all of us can never…
Modern Love – Dysfunctional And Dreamy, The Secret Recipe Of Beautiful Love
Based on the New York Times column with the same name, a weekly first-person essay about love and relationships, the Amazon anthology series is the TV equivalent of a hot…
Bard of Blood – A Typical, Formulaic Espionage Template That Falls Flat
A seven-episode series, thanks to its melodramatic dialogues and casual insertion of Shakespeare makes the show tiring to watch and doesn’t offer anything but cliffhangers at the end of each…
Magnanimity, Malfeasance And Malapertness – The Three Fathers Of Sacred Games, Season 2
If there’s a statement that can describe Sacred Games, it is “larger than life”. Humongous in its execution and bold in portrayal, this show has never been shy of exhibiting…
Stranger Things Season 3 – The 80’s Never Seemed So Good
What would be better than a bunch of teenagers fighting Russian Commies and a mind controlling monster that turns people into mush? It all seems too surreal at first, but…
Leila – The Dystopian Drama Is Gripping
We talk a lot about utopia. About what would happen in a world where things are ideal, where thoughts are secular, where there’s utmost freedom of speech, where there’s no…
The Inshallah Films By Ashvin Kumar
With his latest release, No Fathers in Kashmir (2019), film-maker Ashvin Kumar is back in the limelight with a well-received film, fraught with the usual censorship restrictions that have plagued…
Sacred Games, Season 2 – Cast Reveal
On March 19th, Netflix on Twitter posted, “Calendar nikaal. Tareekh likh le. 14 din mein kuch bada hone wala hai” This set all the depraved fans of the brilliant show…
Why Criminal Justice Is An Intriguing Whodunit
Intense, gripping, hooking, shocking… If we think of words that would define a movie-watching – or even a web series-watching – experience to be fruitful these days, the ones mentioned…