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Maa Behen Review | This Black Comedy on the Patriarchal Gaze Lands Safely, Not Smoothly

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:38:54 +0000

The title of the latest Netflix original film by Suresh Triveni, Maa Behen, is pretty striking because it is generally used as an insult. The title song of Rani Mukerji’s Mardaani has lines that say “Jis duniya mein maa behne Rishte nahi hai, gaali hain.” So the ultimate goal of this movie, written by Pooja […]

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Kartavya Review | A Compact Paatal Lok That Never Fully Dives Into the Grey

Aswin Bharadwaj — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:37:43 +0000

Kartavya, the latest Netflix original movie directed by Pulkit, starts like a Paatal Lok kind of story, where a common man police officer is assigned a case that gives him insight into the kind of things happening within the system. The movie teases you with the possibility of it exploring a complex space. Unfortunately, the […]

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Toaster Review | This Sloppy Comedy About a Miser Struggles With Creative Misery

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:43:52 +0000

The latest Netflix original, Toaster, starring Rajkummar Rao, is his home production. And looking at the stretched-out nature of the comedy script with far too many cameos and unremarkable twists, the movie, on the whole, gives you the vibe of a lazy effort. Toaster wants to present itself as a situational comedy that escalates into […]

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Made in Korea Review | A Lifeless Tamil Knock-off of Queen That Nobody Asked For

Aswin Bharadwaj — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:14:00 +0000

Made in Korea, the latest Netflix original movie feels like a film designed by the algorithm to tap into the market of Gen Zs who are fond of Korean movies and music. Starring Priyanka Mohan as the central character, Made in Korea is basically a different adaptation of the Hindi movie Queen. In terms of […]

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Accused Review | An Unimaginative Misfire That Uses Gender Politics as an Excuse

Aswin Bharadwaj — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:20:15 +0000

Towards the end of the movie Accused, the main character, Dr. Geetika Sen, talks about sexism and preconceived notions she faced in life. The conversation shifts to a grey area when she addresses the issues in the way she tried to change them by challenging them harshly. Accused could have been a very nuanced study […]

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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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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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Aap Jaisa Koi Review | A Promising Breezy Romance Undone by Hammy Messaging

Aswin Bharadwaj — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:54:40 +0000

The new Netflix film Aap Jaisa Koi is a story about a man in his early 40s trying to find a life partner. It is your conventional three-act structure romcom where the guy falls in love, and then a conflict arises, and eventually there is a resolution to that conflict. The good thing about this […]

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Jewel Thief Review | The Real Heist Is Somebody Convinced Netflix to Buy This Film

Aswin Bharadwaj — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:32:53 +0000

Even though Jewel Thief, the new Saif Ali Khan starrer, was released as an OTT original, when you watch the movie, you can clearly see that it had a theatrical design. The way the title cards are shown, the broad stroke writing, the end credit song, etc., gives you that idea, and the movie even […]

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Test Review | An Interesting Premise That Takes Too Long to Ignite

Aswin Bharadwaj — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:24:57 +0000

The final act and the entire second half of the new Netflix movie Test, the debut directorial venture of YNout studios head S Sashikanth, had some fire in it. The way it becomes an extremely character-driven movie in that patch where every character is in a space where they have to choose between their desire […]

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