Hell On Earth: Dystopia is not that far into the future—we are living in survival-of-the fittest times. Korean writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk turns human fear, greed and gambling instinct into a terrifying nine-part…
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Finance For Dummies: Coming from Nigeria is a romcom series (Netflix), titled The Smart Money Woman, based on the novel by Arese Ugwu, who also created the show. The foundation…
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The Middle Years: In 1998, almost a quarter of a century ago, a show called Sex And The City hit TV screens in the US. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell’s novel of…
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The Mugging Game: In India, if a middle-class kid gets good marks in school, parents and extended family start dreaming of IIT, medicine, or these days, an MBA degree, as…
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All In The Family: In our movies, the death of a woman’s husband is treated with full bangle-breaking, sindoor-wiping, melodrama, accompanied by ear-splitting doleful background music. So how is a…
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The web series Indian Matchmaking (on Netflix), is currently generating much heated debate and dozens of mocking memes. Indians are cringing at the nasty portrayal of the traditional arranged marriage and westerns are…
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Butter Fingers: After a few missteps Netflix is inching towards getting its act together as far as original movie content for India goes. The latest, Maska, gets some things right,…