Roaming aimlessly at the mall on a weekday morning, I chanced upon a handsome mobile shop cubicle guy sitting alone with a sad, worried look. My heart went out to him. He seemed to be in his early twenties, possibly … Continue reading Real Story: The Kashmir Files in a mobile shop
A story that needed to be told The popularity of the latest Bollywood movie, The Kashmir Files, has been unbelievable. Cinematically, the movie is just about an average product that oscillates between long drawn monologues and shocking scenes (some of … Continue reading Movie Review: The Kashmir Files popularity has taken everyone by surprise
Rocket Boys, now streaming on SonyLiv, is a fabulous and inspiring web series with absolute superlative performances. Yet it is not the perfect web series – SonyLiv’s Scam1992 is my idea of a perfect web series. The imperfection is mainly … Continue reading SonyLiv Series Review : Rocket Boys – disjointed, plays to galleries, yet collection of brilliant performances & inspiring scenes
To make up for lack of emotion, keep saying ‘fuck’, ‘shit’ and ‘stuck’ repeatedly. To drive home the depth of Gehraiyaan, keep showing sea waves crash every tenth minute. To make up for disjointed and rushed screenplay, keep on with … Continue reading Amazon Movie Review: Gehraiyaan – A chic flick of waxed bodies that lacks depth
If social media posts are to be believed then SHYAM SINGHA ROY has been in Netflix Global top 10 list this January (thank you NRIs for that), adding to it being in Netflix top 10 in India since the day … Continue reading Netflix Movie Review: Nani and Sai Pallavi make Shyam Singha Roy a great watch
2021 was a bad calendar year for many in India and indeed for many in the world. Almost everyone around has lost one known relative or a friend. We lost a dear neighbour too. And just when I thought the … Continue reading To Bapi and his picture on the wall
With the phenomenal Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story under its wings, the OTT platform SonyLiv has catapulted to great heights in terms of high-quality web streaming content. Add Gullak and Sandwiched Forever, both extremely diverse content to what … Continue reading SonyLiv Web Series: Gullak & Sandwiched Forever make SonyLiv best in OTT content
Little Things (Season 4 and possibly last season) on Netflix finishes on a high after a slow and disjointed start. The season starts with the lush green Kerala landscape, does back and forth with Finland, the Finnish job suddenly disappears, … Continue reading Netflix Web Series Review: Little Things S4 ends on a high, Dhruv & Kavya could be missed
Two hard-hitting web series launched over the last few weeks, Whistleblower on Sony Liv and Human on Hotstar, have common themes of exploiting the ills in the health care sector in Madhya Pradesh, India. India, unlike many other countries, allows … Continue reading Review: Whistleblower (Sony Liv) & Human (Hotstar) exploit dark side of medical sector, but are things that bad?
Team sports is the only human event where disparate people from extreme walks of life, upbringing, culture, economic background and abilities come to hunt for a common objective day in and out. Kabir Khan’s movie 83, based on Indian cricket … Continue reading Movie Review: Exhilarating 83 epitomises the power of sport on people, pride & nation
Avijit Das Patnaik 