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The Performative Harmony Of Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
The most significant aspect of Scam 1992 is its supporting cast . Almost every bit-role is played with fresh precision by a familiar face – by veterans who’ve long been typecast as loud character actors, or miscast as leads, in mainstream Hindi cinema.
The Booth Is A Beautifully Constructed Portrait Of Forbidden Love
The film is beautifully unhurried in its expression of desire. But on the other hand, it’s shot in a way that triggers the viewer’s underlying sense of doom
Cargo On Netflix Is A Creative Cocktail Of Spirituality And Science Fiction
Writer-director’s Arati Kadav’s wide-eyed world-building – audacious, imaginative, idiosyncratic, subversive – is crucial to the viewer experience.
ZEE5's Churails Is A Magical Marathon Parading As A Smart Sprint
On the face of it, Churails has a playful premise, but the narrative is not afraid to deconstruct itself to show that righteous ideas may be fun on paper, but the moral complexities are real and crippling.
Aarya Is An Absorbing Portrait Of A Desperate Housewife
Sushmita Sen, who last appeared in a Hindi film ten years ago, delivers a career-defining performance
Paatal Lok Review: The Type Of Storytelling That Streaming Platforms Were Made For
Paatal Lok is a tightly knit thriller with every episode ending on a cliffhanger, which forces you to keep bingeing. The suspense doesn’t flag but our perception of the characters shifts as the story unravels so that it becomes impossible to decide the good, bad and ugly
Gamak Ghar Review: A Beautifully Filmed Ode To The Lineage Of Time
Ghamak Ghar, following in the footsteps of hyper-naturalistic greats like Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court and Somnath Pal’s animated short Death of A Father, is shot in the narrative language of a documentary
Panchayat Is A Flawless TVF Show
The new TVF show on Amazon Prime Video has one of the finest ensembles of recent times with Chandan Kumar’s screenplay ensuring characters don’t come across as caricatures
Amazon Prime Video's Pushpavalli Season 2 Review
The lead character of the Amazon Prime Video show, peerlessly played by standup comic and creator Sumukhi Suresh, isn’t your garden-variety sociopath
Eeb Allay Ooo! Movie Review: Prateek Vats’ Berlinale Panorama Selection Is A Surr...
Yes, the plot revolves around the real-life menace of monkeys that plagues government buildings in the capital — but could it also be that the animals represent those that run the System?
