Dahaad ( Prime Video Series/ Slow Burn Thriller) Created By – Reema Kagati, Zoya Akhtar Cast – Vijay Varma, Sonakshi Sinha, Gulshan Devaiah, Sohum Shah Dahaad is a stinging social commentary cleverly woven into the warp and weft of an extremely gritty thriller that keeps you on tenterhooks. In a small town in Rajasthan, a […]
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Saas Bahu aur Flamingo ( Disney Hotstar Series / Crime Drama) Director – Homi Adajania Writers- Sourav Day, Karan Vyas, Nandini Gupta, Aman Mannan Cast – Dimple Kapadia, Isha Talwar, Angira Dhar, Radhika Madan, Varun Mitra, Ashish Verma, Deepak Dobriyal, Udit Arora, Naseeruddin Shah, Jimit Trivedi Drug cartels, gang rivalry, police and politicians, barren badlands […]
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The Kerala Story ( 2023/ Drama/ Cinema Release) Written By – Suryapal Singh , Sudipto Sen, Vipul Amrutlal Shah Directed by – Sudipto Sen Cast – Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Siddhi Idnani The intense hype, the accusation and defence flying to and fro , and the extremely polarised reviews are bound to make […]
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Gumraah (2023/ Suspense Thriller/ Cinemas) Director – Vardhan Ketkar Cast – Aditya Roy Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Ronit Roy Gumraah is a thriller that centres around a murder, two suspects and a mind bending investigation to nail the culprit. When the suspects are being played by an actor you so admire, that definitely adds to your […]
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Bhola ( 2023/ Action Thriller/ Cinema Release) Director – Ajay Devgn Cast – Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Deepak Dobriyal, Sanjay Mishra, Gajraj Rao, Vineet Kumar Bholaa could loosely be categorised as a chase movie. There’s a huge cache of drugs worth “dus hazaar karor”. Obviously there’s chase around it.Some very interesting looking main baddies, one interesting […]
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Rocket Boys ( SonyLiv Series) Director- Abhay Pannu Creator- Nikhil Advani Cast – Jim Sarbh, Ishwak Singh, Regina Cassendra, Saba Azad, Rajat Kapoor, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Namit Das, KC Shankar RocketBoys is one of the finest Hindi series that I have seen in a long time, probably my top second after Scam 92. It is the […]
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Gulmohar ( 2023/ Drama/ Prime Video) Writers- Rahul V Chittella,Arpita Mukherjee Director – Rahul V Chittella Cast – Sharmila Tagore, Amol Palekar,Manoj Bajpayee, Simran, Suraj Sharma When I saw Gulmohar’s trailer, it reminded me of Kapoor and Sons. On the hindsight, I see many films that have been based around family relations, conflicts and dynamics, […]
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More than a review, these are just gushing thoughts painstakingly condensed to a read-able length. The Emotions Being the utter romantic and a die hard Yash Chopra fan that I am, I decided to watch this series the day it dropped in, being the Valentines Day, a perfect watch for the day. For a GenX, […]
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I Came By (2022/ Netflix/ Crime Thriller) Director- Babak Anvari Cast – George Mackay, Hugh Bonneville, Kelly Macdonald, Percelle Ascott, Varada Sethu Toby is a rebellious graffiti artist, at odds with the system and society. He breaks into elite homes, does graffiti , as he puts it, “ to show them a middle finger” ! […]
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Shahmaran (Turkish Series/ Netflix/ Fantasy Drama ) Shahmaran is a mythical creature, popular in Turkish Folklores, a powerful ‘half snake half woman’, who sacrificed herself for love. It’s a Persian word where in Shah means King and Maran means snake. Cast – Serenay Sarikaya, Burak Deniz, Mustafa Ugurlu, Mahir Gunsiray, Berfu Halisdemir, Nilay Erdonmez, Nil […]
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