For a non-Malayali viewer, the new Hotstar series 1000 Babies, directed and co-written by Najeem Koya, will feel like an intriguing concept that keeps you interested because of the enormity of the central event. I am saying this because one of the major things that was bothering me while I was watching the series was… Continue reading 1000 Babies Review | An Engaging Serial Killer Tale That Withstands Rahman’s Flawed Malayalam
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Panchayat: Season 3 Review | An Emotionally Hefty Season That Works as an Appealing Second Act
Season 3 of any series feels like a tricky space. The first season always has the advantage of something new being delivered to the audience. The second season has the edge of the premise and characters being familiar. The makers can either scale up the story or even repeat the same thing, and it might… Continue reading Panchayat: Season 3 Review | An Emotionally Hefty Season That Works as an Appealing Second Act
Lust Stories 2 Review | The Mirror and the Grandmother Win Your Heart in This Mixed-Bag Package
Like any other anthology that has been released on OTT platforms in the post-corona scenario, Lust Stories 2 is also a mixed bag of contents. While Konkona Sen Sharma’s segment soared above the others in terms of the way it approached many layers within a minimal time, Sujoy Ghosh’s attempt to add a fantasy layer… Continue reading Lust Stories 2 Review | The Mirror and the Grandmother Win Your Heart in This Mixed-Bag Package
Uunchai Review | This Odd Entry to Sooraj Barjatya Filmography Is Surprisingly Good
If anyone asks me what exactly you mean by the word cringe, A Sooraj Barjatya film would be easily one of the first things that will come to my mind. Even in his last outing with Salman Khan, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Barjatya tried to infuse all that family values type “sanskari” storyline. By those… Continue reading Uunchai Review | This Odd Entry to Sooraj Barjatya Filmography Is Surprisingly Good
Panchayat: Season 2
When you are creating something without a proper central conflict, there isn’t much there to drive the story forward, and often it happens that the script just lingers on to a particular idea and abandons it midway. Panchayat from TVF is a series that explores such a difficult terrain of screenplay writing. The show has… Continue reading Panchayat: Season 2
Dial 100
The issue with Dial 100 is that at no point this suspense thriller feels like it has any sort of suspense in it. The trailer itself has revealed all the vital plot points, and whatever is left gets shown at a very early stage in the movie. The only thing that makes this Rensil D’Silva… Continue reading Dial 100
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar from Dibakar Banerjee goes through different sorts of treatments. The opening single-shot scene of the movie itself was a mind-blowing one, and with that sequence, Dibakar makes sure that you are not going to look into your mobile phones while watching this survival thriller. Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar is basically a… Continue reading Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
Sardar Ka Grandson
Sardar Ka Grandson wants to tap into the sentiments of people. The warm relationship between a grandmother and grandson, the brotherhood between two countries, a guy labeled as a loser trying to prove himself, etc., are the tracks in the story. But sadly, the writing here is bland. They are so desperate to create the… Continue reading Sardar Ka Grandson