Jamtara Review: Netflix’s Tepid and Messy Romance With Rural India
This web-series, 10 episodes, 25 minutes each, is a fragile reconstruction of the Jharkhand phishing scam it is based on. It’s inessential viewing.
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Prathyush Parasuraman
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What Makes ALT Balaji’s Gandii Baat A Big Success?
Sex sells, and so does ALT Balaji. But why is dingy soft-porn so popular in an age of democratized, and easily accessible pornography?
100 Films Of Ajay Devgn, 10 Iconic Moments
Tanhaji, releasing on January 10 is Ajay Devgn’s 100th film. Almost 3 decades in the film industry, we have picked 10 iconic Devgn-isms
Cubicles Review: This TVF Series, A Narrative Twin Of Kota Factory, Is Quite Endearing
Riddled with issues, narrative and philosophical, the web-series still works. It makes you smile, and squirm, there’s glee and hope
Rangbaaz Phirse Review: Zee5’s Blood Porn That Tires Easily, Excites Rarely
The re-telling of Rajasthan’s notorious gangster Anandpal Singh, played by Jimmy Shergill, rarely finds its footing
Neena Gupta’s Audio Show ‘Ae Dil Hai Complicated’: Stories of Open Marriage, Asex...
Audible Suno, attempting to replicate the New York Times produced ‘Modern Love’ podcast, finds an endearing, interrogative host in the actress
Queen Review: Ramya Krishnan’s Hard Nod To The Life of Jayalalithaa Is Calm, Quiet, a...
MX Players’ 11 episode web-series could have been a dramatic demand for justice. It ends up being reflective, sometimes, agonizingly so.
Tahira Kashyap, Mozez Singh And Guneet Monga’s New Audible Shows Explore Life, Longin...
Two audio shows playing on Audible Suno, one about the LGBTQ community, and one about the journey of diagnosing and recovery from breast cancer, are steeped in both despair, and hope
The Body Movie Review: A Thriller of Adultery, Murder, and Artless Boredom
A missing dead body, a suspect adulterous husband, and a Mauritian monsoon backdrop. I wish the movie was half as exciting as this pitch.
Book Review: Fatima Bhutto’s “New Kings Of The World” Is An Engaging, Simplistic ...
The sub-head of the book reads “The Rise and Rise of Eastern Pop Culture”, and the narrative, largely focused on ‘Bollywood’, is hasty in its attempts to reach a conclusion, but is enthralling nonetheless.
Review: Zee 5’s Tamil Web-show Karoline Kamakshi is Awful
Spanning ten short episodes, this web-show of two female buddy cops is at best insufferable.
Chintu Ka Birthday Movie Review: An Intimate and Affecting Portrait of a Bihari Family ...
Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh’s film is a celebration of the small joys in life, buoyed by performances that are unadorned, and lived-in.
