‘Daldal’ Series Review: Bhumi Pednekar In A Corny Crime Thriller That Loses Its Way
The 7-episode series suffers from the women-written-by-men syndrome
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The 7-episode series suffers from the women-written-by-men syndrome

The TVF series dramatising ISRO’s landmark lunar mission is steeped in a lack of curiosity, craft and wonder

The familiar serial killer drama is given the slow-burning true-crime podcast treatment in ‘Cheekatilo’

The second season of Nikkhil Advani’s ambitious dive into Partition-era politics is bigger, smarter, fuller and fuelled by a terrific cast.

The first four episodes of this sports drama revolve around a fading cricket academy and its overfamiliar faces.

Vaibhav Munjal’s indie about a crisis-fuelled couple is a throwback to the early years of YouTube film-making.

As clunky as the making might seem, 'Pharma' works best as a fairly engaging second-screen experience.

Honey Trehan’s sequel to 'Raat Akeli Hai' (2020), starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, makes a Knives Out-sized dent in the Hindi genre landscape

Madhuri Dixit stars in a stagey crime thriller that unfolds in a hurry.

Two generations of a Muslim family hold the peace—barely—in Anusha Rizvi's sweetly drawn directorial return.

Despite a fun cast, the six-episode Netflix comedy is happy to be a rehashed portrait of single parenthood.

Starring Radhika Apte, Tisca Chopra’s feature-length directorial debut is too familiar to be twisted.

The eight-episode series, inspired by true events, succeeds at simplifying a modern Kashmir tale through sports, humanity and balanced writing.

This experiment never devolves into a mere indulgence and director Mithun maintains control over his complex material, even when it looks like it’s slipping away

Anurag Kashyap is at his most bewilderingly vague in the concluding chapter to the 'Nishaanchi' saga

The 8-episode drama, streaming on YouTube, is imperfect but compelling enough to subvert a preachy genre

Season 3 of the homegrown spy thriller has its moments, but there are signs of narrative gentrification

Netflix’s banner crime thriller comes undone in a season that lacks rhythm and identity

Aditya Suhas Jambhale’s film infuses partisan politics with supernatural horror — and the result is complicated.