The Vishnu Hindu Parishad(VHP) has threatened to launch an all-India agitation against Netflix for alleged anti-Hindu activities. Giving the example Netflix’s Leila, Ghoul, Chippa, Sacred Games and Krishna & His Leela,...
There is widespread outrage on the social media against a new feature film Chippa written and directed by Safdar Rahman. The film delineates a 10-year old boy’s search across Kolkata for his...
Betaal(Netflix, 4 episodes) Starring Vineet Kumar, Ahana Kumar Directed by Patrick Graham, Nikhil Mahajan Rating: *(1 star) It is deeply saddening to see Netflix dumping one dud after another on the OTT platform. I thought...
In the Netflix film She , the Gully Boy actor Vijay Varma is cast as a low-level sleazy gangster who repeatedly abuses the female protagonist. How difficult was it for Vijay to play...
Hasmukh(Netflix,10 Episodes) Starring Vir Das, Ranveer Shorey, Manoj Pawa, Suhail Nayyar, Ravi Kissan Directed by Nikhil Gonsalves Rating: *** 1/2 (3 and a half Stars) It’s like Lata Mangeshkar being hired to play a bad singer.It takes a very brilliant actor to play a ...
Coffee & Kareem(Netflix) Starring Ed Helms, Terence Little Gardenhigh, Taraji P Henson Directed by Michael Dowse Rating: *(1 star) How starved are you for laughs during these trying times...
Uncorked(Netflix) Starring Mamoudou Athie as Elijah,Niecy Nash as Sylvia,Courtney B. Vance as Louis Directed by Prentice Penny Rating: **(2 stars) In this season of a home-viewing boom, another American feature...
Maska(Netflix) Starring Manisha Koirala, Prit Kamani, Nikita Dutta, Javed Jaffrey, Shirley Setia Directed by Neeraj Udhwani Rating: ***(3 stars) If we disregard Manisha Koirala Manisha Koirala’s overdone Parsi accent and the rather embarrassing plunge into excessive maudlinism in the second-half, Maska is quite the ...
It is not official as yet. But here is the next big webseries after Made In Heaven and The Inside Edge from Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment. The producers are now putting together a...
The Two Popes(Netflix) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce Directed by Fernando Meirelles Rating; *** ½ (three and a half stars) Early on in this beautifully idealized and ...
6 Underground(Netflix) Starring Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona, Corey Hawkins, Ben Hardy, and Dave Franco Directed by Michael Bay Rating: **(2 stars) Why would Netflix do this...
Atlantics(Senegalese, Netflix) Starring Mame Bineta Sane as Ada,Amadou Mbow as Issa, Ibrahima Traoré as Souleiman Directed by Mati Diop Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) The whole Western civilization of cinephiles has gone ga-ga over this low-budget Senegalese film .The ...
With Karan Johar’s feature film Drive heralding the new era of straight-to-digital screening, there is a widespread apprehension among Bollywood’s A-listers that their feature films could find their release on...
It won’t be that easy for Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions to offload any and everything on the OTT platform any longer. After the vicious flak Netflix has faced for premiere-streaming Karan Johar’s Drive , there is reliable...