Cracking The Whip: The constant real life political dramas in Bihar could fuel a number of web series; with Maharani, Subhash Kapoor just knew which vein of the mine to tap.…
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Heart Of Darkness: The first season of Delhi Crime (2019) hit the right buttons, coming out when the horror of the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case had not yet slid out of the…
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Extreme Evil : When family members of criminals claim they were unaware of the reality of their loved ones, people are usually skeptical; that’s why the premise of Duranga, the new Zee5…
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Time To Time: Time travel has fascinated authors as far back as the late 19th century, with great writers like Mark Twain (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court-1889) and HG…
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Words like inclusivity and diversity have been added to the woke vocabulary now, and women of all races, ages and sizes are entering mainstream advertising that for decades used over…
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There has been a lot of attention and analyses focussed on films from the Southern states that have been so successful all over the country, that Bollywood was shaken. But…
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Family Shenanigans: With classic family sitcoms like Dekh Bhai Dekh, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai always fresh in TV fans’ memory, Mind The Malhotras had a tough act to follow. The Indian version…
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Wife-beaters Beware: Set in the Muslim populated area of Mumbai—the old buildings with a sense of community, where everybody minds everybody’s business, and speak a slang-y language that is peculiar…
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Coach For India: Two seasons of the Netflix series Kota Factory exposed the education racket in the Rajasthan town, which, from a modest doria sari weaving centre has grown to become the coaching…
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The Runaway Brides: If a series is set in small town India, it is de rigueur for the characters to be batty. The new comedy series on Voot Select, The Great…