The Bomb Story: Around Independence Day, there has to be at least one, if not more, film or show about patriotism. The streaming platforms have found a new way of…

Lights Off: The sci-fi-paranormal horror series, Andhera, starts by introducing the idea that darkness is devouring the city, which is entirely believable. Then goes into a dizzying maze of subplots from which…

Spy v/s Spy The deadpan spy, whose facial muscles move only when he is in disguise, is code named Salakaar (advisor) in Faruk Kabir’s web series of the same name. The show (on…

Words like Mansplaining, manspreading, manels (panels with no women), have been coined already, the  latest is mankeeping. The term, according to a piece by Catherine Pearson in The New York Times,…

Bicker Central: There are the overdone kitchen sink dramas that are still popular on television, and then the small family comedies, of which a large chunk of the has been…

Sci-mytho-fi: In the end credits of Mandala Murders, Mahendra Jakhar’s novel The Butcher of Benaras is named as the source material. The synopsis of the 2014 book reveals an interesting plot, in which the…

Son Set: A father in uniform chooses duty over the safety of his abducted son. The boy grows up resenting the betrayal and crosses over to the dark side. That’s…

Way To Go: A few years ago, Anupam Kher had starred volunteering with a school for specially abled children in Mumbai, so at least he can claim to know what…

The Badlands: The son of an oppressed farmer decides to go rogue and give himself the title of maalik. There is class and caste rage here, and a man’s desire to…

Chasing Spooks: A financial defaulter living the high life in Dominica dismisses a pretty young intelligence agent. “This honeypot trick is old now,” he sneers.  Thankfully, also out of the…