There has hardly been a time when the world has been conflict free, and reports from the frontline have been brought to readers and viewers sitting safely away from home. …

Pot Luck: It’s interesting to see how many real life figures from contemporary history are being discovered by makers of web series. Matka King, the period drama set in 1960s …

The Epstein Papers are causing explosions of scandal every time the name of a famous person is revealed. The notoriously corrupt and corrupting sex offender hanged  himself in prison, and …

Dull Romance: He has a speech impediment, that is hinted at in the title Do Deewane Seher Mein. She is burdened with enough complexes to sink a small boat. The film, …

 The Other Punjab: The first season of Kohraa (2023), an intense police procedural, was set in Punjab, the dark side of which is not usually seen on screen, making it one of …

Lost Lover: The film goes into carnage mode without wasting much time.  A man enters a movie theatre, “Kaun hai tu?” someone asks. “Hero,” he replies, as the song Dhak Dhak Karne Laga plays on …

Small Town Cacophony : The set-up is unusual—a Malayali Christian family in Ratlam. A railway junction where, a character says, trains only stop at night. It is otherwise a nondescript …

Swamp Creatures: The female protagonist and antagonist of Daldal both come from backgrounds of neglect and abuse. The former, Rita Ferreira  (Bhumi Pednekar), becomes a dedicated cop, the latter a murderous psychopath, …

A Complicated Crime: The name’s Jatil, not Jatin. A name meaning complicated suits this cop; the name is eccentric mother gave him but one he wears with a defiant pride. …

The world of book lovers is celebrating the 250th birth anniversary of Jane Austen, one of the most influential writers of all time—she was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, …