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AK vs AK is a Clever, Meta-Take on the Age-Old Clash Between Bollywood Royalty and Outsiders
AK vs AK has an ingenious concept at the heart of its narrative: a meta-story about the quintessential clash between a star and a director driven up to eleven. If you are into Bollywood’s dynasties and lineages, you might be…
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Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story takes an In-Depth (and Addictive) Look into the Rise and Fall of a Charming Huckster
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story has made waves since it was released on Sony Liv in October. The web series chronicles the rise and fall of Harshad Mehta, labelled by financial publications as the “Raging Bull’ and “Big Bull”…
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Ludo is an Entertaining Black Comedy that Blends Four Different Narratives to Great Effect
Ludo has all the hallmarks of a signature Anurag Basu production: loud color palettes, a almost whimsical brand of dark comedy and multiple intersecting narratives. This is Basu’s first film after Jagga Jasoos, which met mixed reactions. Over the course…
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Mirzapur is Still Entertaining in its Second Season, Despite its Slower Pacing
Mirzapur returns with a second season almost two years after it first aired. In case you have forgotten what happened in the first season since then, the show opens with a detailed recap before diving straight into what looks like…
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Serious Men is an Entertaining Satire of a Ambitious Con-Man Whose House of Cards Starts to Come Apart
Adapted from a novel of the same name written by Manu Joseph, Serious Men is a satire that touches on casteism, endemic problems in the education sector and how ordinary people thrust the weight of the world onto their children…
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Raat Akeli Hai is a Tense, Well-Paced Murder Mystery That Earns its Runtime
Raat Akeli Hai opens with a man ruthlessly murdering a woman and her driver, driving their corpses to a tannery and melting their bodies down to the ground. You might expect the narrative to expand on this immediately, but the…
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Gulabo Sitabo is A Social Satire of Upsmanship between a Landlord and Tenant Vying for a Old Dilapidated Mansion
It’s hard to identify Amitabh Bachchan under the layers of makeup and prosthetics he is wearing as the ornery Mirza. Still, he commands a presence that persists despite his advanced age, as his character vies for a 100 year old…
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Bulbbul Mixes Folklore with Reality, Painting a Painful Narrative of Revenge
In Bulbbul, director Anvita Dutt evokes classic tales like Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore and Saheb Bibi Aur Gulam to create a sweet yet pained narrative about the loss of innocence and what that means for oppressed women. Produced by…
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Betaal Repurposes the 1857 Indian Mutiny as A Zombie Story
Red Chillies Entertainment's first offering for Netflix, Bard of Blood, was a plodding, mediocre affair that failed to impress. Its second show, Betaal, takes on a different genre, mixing in political commentary with a puppy zombie threat. Created by Patrick…
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Paatal Lok: A Modern Noir Narrative Centered Around India’s Purgatory
Amazon Prime's Paatal Lok has often been compared to Sacred Games, and deservedly so. It's as much a crime thriller as a nuanced and somber study of India's downtrodden hinterlands, illuminating the injustices and hypocrisies in both Delhi and Uttar…
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