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'Local Times' Series Review: Basic Pleasures In This Workplace Comedy

With broad plotlines for each episode and reasonably likeable ensemble, the show is best enjoyed as a second screen experience.

BY Vishal Menon
'Aspirants Season 3' on Amazon Prime Video
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‘Aspirants Season 3’ Series Review: TVF Finally Gets It Right

The third season of the popular TVF series pits its robotic protagonist against a more complex and real-world aspirant

BY Rahul Desai
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'Made In Korea' Movie Review: A Seoul-Less Drama Made For Algorithms

Cultural appropriation seldom feels as inappropriate as it does in this Priyanka Mohan-starrer

BY Vishal Menon
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‘Sankalp’ Series Review: The Grassroots Allure of Prakash Jha’s Storytelling

The 10-episode political drama stars Nana Patekar as a Patna-based kingmaker on a collision course with one of his former devotees

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Hello Bachhon’ Series Review: Hey Teacher, Leave Them Kids Alone

The TVF series flattens and buries the real-life story of a clutter-breaking Indian educator

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Jab Khuli Kitaab’ Movie Review: Pankaj Kapur, Dimple Kapadia Anchor an Imperfect but Moving Portrait of Marriage

Saurabh Shukla’s sweet film stars Pankaj Kapur and Dimple Kapadia as an old couple going through a crisis of trust.

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Subedaar’ Movie Review: Anil Kapoor Elevates an Imperfect but Ambitious Hero Story

Suresh Triveni’s 142-minute action drama is not a smooth watch, but it thrives on the subtext of a familiar template

BY Rahul Desai
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'Secret Stories: Roslin' Series Review: A Clever Refresh On The Unwanted Visitor Trope

The guiding hand of Jeethu Joseph is evident in this patchy yet unsettling mystery

BY Vishal Menon
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‘The Bluff’ Movie Review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas Stars In A Gory and Generic Pirate Actioner

There’s nothing to write home about in 'The Bluff,' a middling 19th-century swashbuckler starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas as a former pirate

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Accused’ Movie Review: Guilty Of Not Reading The Room

Starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Pratibha Ranta, Anubhuti Kashyap’s film about a female doctor grappling with sexual harassment allegations falls into its own trap

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Raakshasa’ Series Review: An Intriguing Watch That Stops Short Of Being Riveting

Vijay Raghavendra is perfectly cast as a vulnerable cop racing to recover a missing corpse’s head and save his own.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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‘Kennedy’ Movie Review: A Hitman Drama That Shoots Itself in the Foot

Anurag Kashyap’s lockdown-era mood-piece stars a topnotch Rahul Bhat, but the film feels both restless and lethargic at once

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Bandwaale’ Series Review: A Bland and Dusty Musical Comedy

The endless 8-episode series revolves around a small-town poetess who struggles to break free from societal shackles.

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Kohrra' Season 2 Series Review: The Masterful Return of the Social Procedural

The returning season of the Punjab-set crime drama is exceptionally staged and performed, expanding its scope of cultural scrutiny

BY Rahul Desai
‘Thursday Special’ on YouTube
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‘Thursday Special’ Short Film Review: Eat, Sleep, Grieve, Repeat

Presented by Shoojit Sircar and Vikramaditya Motwane, Varun Tandon’s poignant short film explores grief through the love language of food

BY Rahul Desai
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‘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

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Space Gen: Chandrayaan’ Series Review: Failure to Launch

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

BY Rahul Desai
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‘Cheekatilo’ Movie Review: Sobhita Dhulipala Gently Anchors This Simmering Murder Mystery

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

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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‘Freedom At Midnight’ Season 2 Series Review: The Historical Drama We Deserve — and Need

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

BY Rahul Desai