Prakash Jha’s Pareeksha On Zee5 Is Naive, Narrow And Dated
Despite Adil Hussain’s heartfelt performance, the simplistic treatment mars a grassroots narrative that had the potential to transcend its exotic-slumdog status
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35 Movies And Shows To Watch Out For In August 2020
From a Netflix scripted series based on Masaba Gupta’s life to an Amazon Prime Video show with a Shankar-Ehsan-Loy soundtrack, here are our picks of what’s releasing this month across platforms
As Actors, We Live For The Big Theatre Moments: Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar talks about her new no-fuss-but-super-fuzzy co-star, a Labrador named Pinky, the OTT vs theatre debate and how she discovered a new side to her through baking.
Nagraj Manjule's Short Is A Powerful Snapshot Of Rain And Pain
Nagraj Manjule’s short film is an elegant and effective snapshot of social inequality
Yaara Trailer Talk: Vidyut Jammwal And Amit Sadh Play Boyhood Buddies
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, this film premieres on Zee5 on July 30th
The Best Performances On Streaming In June 2020
From Farrukh Jaffar in Gulabo Sitabo to Mansi Multani in Kadakh, here is a list of exceptional performances this month across OTT platforms
Streaming Calendar: 33 Movies And Shows To Watch Out For In July 2020
From warrior nuns on Netflix, to Abhishek Bachchan’s streaming debut in Amazon Prime Video’s Breathe: Into The Shadows, here are our picks of what’s releasing this month across platforms.
47 Days Review: An Unbearably Loopy Crime-Thriller
Starring Satyadev Kancharana as the grief-stricken ACP, this Telugu thriller streaming on Zee5, unveils itself with alarming stupidity
Zee5's Lalbazaar Wants To Be 'Edgy' Just For The Heck of It
The problem with shows such as Lalbazaar is that they take advantage of the relaxed censorship rules on the web by using sex and violence as a badge of cool, giving the audience the illusion that they are being served something ‘realistic’
Chintu Ka Birthday On ZEE5 Is A Modest Film With An Outsized Heart
Chintu Ka Birthday works as a commentary on American aggression, the futility of war, the horrors of living under a despotic regime and the connective tissue between human beings irrespective of language, geography and colour
Chintu Ka Birthday Is A Sweet, Modest Film
The characters are annoyingly upbeat, constantly in denial, hopelessly hopeful, putting on a show when nobody’s watching. But context inverts the genre of their story
37 Movies And Shows To Watch Out For In June 2020
From new films by Anurag Kashyap and Spike Lee to Shoojit Sircar’s Gulabo Sitabo, here are our picks of what’s releasing in June across Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, ZEE5 and more
