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Haddi Is A Lost Opportunity On Exploring Transgender Rage

Haddi(Zee5) Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anurag Kashyap, Ila Arun, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub  Directed  by  Akshay Ajay Sharma Rating: ** There  is … Read More

7th September 2023

The Best On The OTT In The Month That Was

July brought us  some  strange birds from the streaming platform, like Tarla on Zee5 which did to the culinary  queen Tarla Dalaal … Read More

1st August 2023

Tarla Dalal Gets A Sense Of Huma

Tarla(Zee5) Rating: ** Tarla  Dalal  was a sweet –tempered  housewife who  gravitated towards  cooking like  a moth to a  flame.… Read More

8th July 2023

2 Zee5 Series You Might Have Missed

Zee5 Bichoo Ka Khel: Some  more mayhem and maha-mari in the land  of   bakchodi  and maara-mari. The small-town formula  which started … Read More

11th February 2022

2 Out-of-the-Box OTT Films You May have Missed

Pareeksha(Zee5):  The heart is completely  in the right place. Pareeksha,director Prakash Jha’s best in years, is a heartwarming unabashed  tearjerker.It reminded me of… Read More

10th February 2022

Zee 5 Big New Year’s Eve Bungle

Zee5 has released  two films today Wah Zindagi  and Turtle which seem to be one work halved into two. Turtle tells  the same  story of… Read More

3rd January 2022

Two Brave Real-life Films On OTT

Rubaru Roshni (Disney Hotstar) is the most valuable lesson on human compassion and empathy that you are going to carry… Read More

24th September 2021

The Wife Doesn’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance

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… Read More

20th March 2021

The Married WomanReview: A Faintly Appreciable Tale Of Two Women & A Relationship

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 … Read More

8th March 2021

Jeet Ki Zid Review: Amit Sadh’s Heart Is In The Right Place

Jeet Ki Zid(Zee5, 7 Episodes) Starring Amit  Sadh,Amrita Puri Directed by  Vishal Mangalorkar Rating: 3.5 stars There is  something  about inspirational stories , particularly  those  about soldiers,… Read More

22nd January 2021

Kaagaz Pankaj Tripathi Shines As A Dead Man Walking(And Talking)

Kaagaz(Zee5 Directed  by Satish Kaushik Rating: ***  Kaagaz  tells  a  very peculiar and poignant story of a man from Uttar… Read More

7th January 2021

Nail Polish: Not Quite Nail-Biting, But Interesting

Nail Polish(Zee5) Starring Arjun Rampal, Manav Kaul , Rajit Kapur, Anand Tiwari Written & Directed  by Bugs Bhargava Krishna Rating: *** In a  sudden  midpoint-swerve the intriguingly titled  Nail Polish sees its  antagonist… Read More

3rd January 2021

Kaagaz The Uncommon Story Of A Common Man

It is gladdening to know that Satish Kaushik’s dream project  Kaagaz is  finally releasing on Zee5  in January. It’s a film that  Satish and his leading… Read More

26th December 2020

Amidst Controversies Mirzapur 3 Plans To Bring Favourite Character Munna Back

 Mirzapur  , the popular webseries on  Zee5 , is  in  a  bit of plan change. The plan was to drop  Vikrant Massey’s  character  Bablu in Season… Read More

9th November 2020

Arranged Marriage Review: Short Film On Same-Sex Love Is Interesting But Flawed

Arranged Marriage(Zee5) Starring Ali Fazal, Patralekhaa, Omkar Kapoor Directed  by Pradeep Chatterjee Rating: ** ½ Interesting premise  of a gay couple’s response  to one of them … Read More

11th September 2020

Atkan Chatkan Review: It Is A Well-Meaning Mess

Atkan Chatkan(Zee5) Starring  Lydian Nadhaswaram, Yash Rane Directed  by  Shiv Hare Rating: **(2 stars) Somewhere in this aspirational  Slumdog Millionaire a  young woman roams around looking for … Read More

7th September 2020