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Kasaragod Embassy Review | Seven Episodes of Nothingness That Feel More Like a Scam and Less Like a Show

Aswin Bharadwaj — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:16:14 +0000

Towards the end of the new Malayalam Series from ZEE5, Kasaragod Embassy, the character played by actor Deepak Parambol says things like, ‘Even though I thought I was investigating petty forces, I almost encountered an underworld mafia,’ and so on. And when the series ended after that dialogue, I was like, that was your idea […]

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Aspirants Season 3 Review | The Third Season Strikes a Fine Balance Between Emotions and Bureaucracy

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:16:12 +0000

TVF’s Aspirants is one of those series that has managed to blend the Indian flavor into the series format in the most convincing manner. If you examine other successful series, they generally follow the internationally accepted format and accurately depict the reality of those emotions. However, Aspirants is a series that aims to incorporate the […]

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Roslin Review | A Dragged-Out Build-up Weakens the Series’ Decent Climax

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:39:26 +0000

Out of the 6 episodes of the latest JioHotstar original Roslin, we are seeing the story from the perspective of the title character in the first five episodes. Even though the sixth episode has a twist in the tale, the fact that you have to sit through five episodes that have this familiar and slightly […]

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Kohrra Season 2 Review | Sudip Sharma Demonstrates the Art of Sculpting Gut-Wrenching Realities

Aswin Bharadwaj — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:19:37 +0000

If you analyze the filmography of Sudip Sharma, the creator of the series Kohrra, who co-wrote and co-directed the second season, you will notice an impeccable way of crafting a screenplay that is vast and character-rich. And every subplot somewhere takes you into certain disturbing realities that the mainstream doesn’t dare to go into. And […]

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Pharma Review | Good Intentions Can’t Save This Flat and Generic Medical Thriller

Aswin Bharadwaj — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:40:38 +0000

Pharma, the latest series from Jio Hotstar, definitely has good intentions, and it is very evident from the promo materials. When it comes to the series, the writing is extremely flat, and it almost feels like a what-if Shankar was not given the budget to make a social justice movie. Directed by PR Arun, who […]

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The Game Review | An Excessively Dumbed Down Thriller That Is Already Generic

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:46:30 +0000

The Game: You Never Play Alone, the latest Tamil series that was released on Netflix, would constantly make you wonder how this series ended up on that platform. The level of spoon-feeding explanation done through dialogues in this series is excessively high. In many ways, The Game felt like a lame crash course for those […]

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Kammattam Review | This 6-Episode, 115-Minute-Long Series About a Scam Feels Like a Bigger Scam

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:01:03 +0000

28, 22, 14, 16, 15, and 20. These are the durations in minutes of the episodes of the first ZEE5 original Malayalam series Kammattam, starring Sudev Nair. Well, the combined runtime of the series is 115 minutes, and even that has extensive usage of slow-motion shots. If they had written and edited it properly, it […]

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Sambhava Vivaranam Nalara Sangham Review | An Elaborate and Spoofy Critique of ‘Based on a True Story’ Content

Aswin Bharadwaj — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:36:28 +0000

In an interview after the screening of his last feature film Sagharsha Ghadana, Krishand had said that he has often found it unrealistic and funny how some filmmakers make the characters say certain quotes by some of the writers or thinkers, just to show off to the audience that the writer or maker of the […]

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Mandala Murders Review | A Derivative Atmospheric Thriller That Becomes Sillier as It Moves Forward

Aswin Bharadwaj — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:21:47 +0000

An atmospheric thriller that tries to fill scientific voids using fantasy ideas of black magic is an interesting concept, and the intention of the new Netflix series Mandala Murders, by Gopi Puthran, produced by YRF, is to tap into that zone. However, what they have ultimately managed to create here is an extremely derivative-looking thriller […]

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The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Review | An On-Point, Uptight Investigative Drama That Keeps You Hooked

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:12:15 +0000

The investigation of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination is one of the most significant events in the history of India. From a story perspective, it has this spectrum of emotions when we look at what made the LTTE take that bold step. The 7-episode SonyLIV series, The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case, directed by Nagesh […]

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