Ahaan Starring Abuli Mamaji, Arif Zakaria, Niharika Singh, Plabita Borthakur Written & Directed by Nikhil Pherwani Rating: *** The best thing about this short, sweet, benign drama is its upbeat mood. Even when the situation gets ...
The Wife(Zee5) Starring Gurmeet Chowdhary , Sayani Dutta Directed by Sarmad Khan Rating: * ½ There is a house-help named Anjana who keeps looking at her boss in a too–dutiful way. In one sequence while ...
Raya & The Last Dragon(Disney –Hotstar, animation film) Rating: *** Disney’s 59th feature film is everything you would expect it to be. Frothy, hopeful, adventurous, joyful,...
C/O Kaadhal(Tamil, Netflix) Directed by Hemambar Jasti Rating: *** ½ By the end of the 2 hour-plus film about four star-crossed love-couple grappling with social strictures and emotional sleepingdogs, all but...
Kailash Surendanath an iconic name in the ad world has taken the plunge into the OTT platform with Applause Entertainment’s weberies Chakravyuha. Recalling his journey Kailash says “I started making films from the...
Operation Cleanup has started in right earnest on all the major streaming platforms with all references to religion politics and real-life characters wiped out. One major...
Bombay Rose(Netflix) Animation Film Rating: **** True confession. I have never been a fan of animation films.Until now. Bombay Rose , a delicately drawn , elegantly told ...
Netflix’s Delhi Crime in 2019 , recreating the horrific gangrape and death of Nirbhaya, shook the nation’s conscience. Very few web shows in India have had a similar impact....
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) has asked Netflix to stop streaming Alankrita Shrivastava’s stunningly layered Bombay Begums.Apparently two Twitter handles condemning scenes related to the film’s youngest ...
Bombay Begums(Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Pooja Bhatt,Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, Bornila Chatterjee Rating: **** Like them or loathe them, hug them or hate them, spurn them or ‘sperm’ them….The 5 ...
The Married Woman (AltBalaji/Zee 5) Starring Riddhi Dogra, Monica Dogra, Imaad Shah Directed by Sahir Raza Rating: ** ½ This could have been a lot more than what it finally is. A mirror of a middleclass marriage...
There are two big ladies’ specials lined for streaming this Women’s Day.So which one will you watch first, Netflix’s Bombay Begums or Alt-Balajee’s A Married Woman? Though the two...
It would be no exaggeration to say that the sensational Sushmita Sen’s digital debut in Aarya has been most propitious. So much so that Disney-Hotstar has signed the actress and director...
Thirike(NeeStream) Starring George Kora, Gopikrishna Verma Directed by George Kora, Sam Xavier Rating: ** ½ Maybe I expected too much. From NeeStream which gave us the great The Great Indian...
His House(Netflix) Starring Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu and Matt Smith Directed by Remi Weekes Rating: ** ½ Having recently seen the finest film on the migratory experience Adu(to which I gave a 5-star rating) His...
Girls Hostel 2(SonyLiv, 5 Episodes) Directed by Chaitanya Kumbhakonum Rating: ** * There is something valuable, something worthwhile waiting to come out of this series. That core...