Patal Lok is a dark and gritty crime thriller that is brilliantly written , directed and performed. It not only engages you in its mystery and chase but also absorbs you completely in its characters ,some black , some white but mostly all shades of grey ! While on one end , we see the […]
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Stories about inspiring women are always fascinating. And imagine how compelling would a story be, about a coloured woman who was the first self-made millionaire way back in the beginning of the 19th century. This mini-series of 4 episodes tell us a fictionalised depiction of biography of Hair Care Pioneer and Mogul Madam CJ Walker […]
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This is an investigative drama that aims to be , and actually is a lot more than just a crime thriller. It is based on Pulitzer winning news article of 2015 based on real incidents and investigations in search of a serial rapist. What sets it apart is the subtle handling of the emotional and […]
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Bhagwan Rajneesh/ Osho Rajneesh, the name itself has an aura about it. The most enigmatic spiritual guru of India ;called as a sex guru by the western world ;much read about , much heard , much revered , yet a mystery. Apart from the charismatic preaching of Osho about life and living ,we have also […]
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Asur is a crime thriller web series that’s been creating quite a noise for quite some time now. After numerous recommendations , I finally decided to catch up. While many or most might have already watched , here’s a little update for those who haven’t. Cast – Arshad Warsi , Barun Sobti, Ridhi Dogra , […]
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This Canadian mini series( 6 episodes) on Netflix is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. This period drama is a wonderfully convoluted story of a young girl , an Irish immigrant who is accused of murdering her employer and his housekeeper. Cast -Sarah Gadon , Edward Holcroft , Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Livi […]
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Unorthodox is a spellbinding story of a woman fleeing from her ultra orthodox Hasidic Jewish community and trying to find herself in a new world , a secular world that’s free and unbound. This recently released German-American series with just 4 episodes is topping the charts and has an IMDB rating of 8.3. Its loosely […]
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Is the docu-drama about Romanov family, the last royal family of Russia that ruled till the Russian revolution. It provides an interesting peep into the events leading up to to their de-throning and the utter chaos that Russia reeled under during that regime. The story begins from the throning of Czar Nicholas ii in 1894 […]
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Is a historical drama series based on the novel series by the same name by Diana Gabaldon. The story revolves around Claire ( Catriona Balfe ),a former nurse and a married woman, who in 1946 finds herself transported back to 1743 Scotland. There, amid all the hostility and dangers, she encounters a dashing highland warrior […]
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