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What to watch if you’re missing Uni life

  Online classes can’t make up for the fun of campus life? Binge-watch these shows and movies, all set in university. You might find a...

Ajeeb Daastaans: A review

Ajeeb Daastaans is a curious bag indeed, if only for its utterly wicked entertainment quotient, and also because it is a rare film coming...

LISTEN: Chatting with Ayush Tiwari from “Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare”

  Because of their laidback quality, comedy shows are often thought to be least time-consuming to write, produce, and create. This week, Chacha Vidhayak Hain...

Review: Hello Charlie (Amazon Prime)

Hello Charlie is one of those 'fun films' where you struggle to recall a single gag that was funny enough, within two minutes that...

Review: The Big Bull

Forget comparisons. Even if you willingly dismiss the idea of sizing up The Big Bull against Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, Abhishek Bachchan's...

Review: Joji (Amazon Prime)

  Just when you'd think another fresh take on William Shakespeare's Macbeth couldn't possibly be done, comes Joji. Fahadh Faasil's new collaboration with director Dileesh...

Review: The Serpent (Netflix)

  The Serpent starts off with vim and venom, slithers through the middle episodes with frenetic energy, before making a scrappy surge through the mire...

8 Indian shows and movies to watch in April 2021

  MasterChef Australia (Channel 10) Everyone’s favourite cooking show is back for another season. We couldn’t be more exciting! The promos have already introduced us to...

Review: Pagglait (Netflix)

  Pagglait the film is just like its protagonist Sandhya. It doesn't behave the way it is expected to. You would think the story of a...

Review: Saina

  Amole Gupte's new film Saina is a reminder that there are two ways to go about it when you recreate an icon's life on screen. You...

REVIEW: The Illegal (Amazon Prime)

  You'd think you have seen this before. A young boy from middle-class India lands in the United States chasing a dream, and his struggle...

Review: Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

  Dark and quirky, sombre and amusing. Dibakar Banerjee's cinema is often typified by ironies. With Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, the filmmaker tries using the...

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