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A still from 'Real Kashmir Football Club’
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‘Real Kashmir Football Club’ Series Review: The Sport of Good Storytelling

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

BY Rahul Desai
Huma Qureshi
Interviews

Huma Qureshi Interview | On 'Maharani' and Bollywood's Dry Spell

The actor discusses the longevity of her hit series 'Maharani', her quest to become 'the most diverse actor' of India and the dearth of quality stories in the Hindi mainstream.

BY Shilajit Mitra
Sony LIV has announced its new slate
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SonyLIV Unveils 2025 Slate: 'Maharani', 'Scam', 'Gullak' Return; Trisha, Nazriya Nazim, Prabhudeva Star in Originals

Trisha will return in 'Brinda 2', while Nazriya Nazim will be seen headlining the Tamil Original, 'The Madras Mystery – Fall of a Superstar'

BY Team THR India
A poster of 'Court Kacheri'
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‘Court Kacheri’ Series Review: A Performative TVF Dramedy That Loses A Case to Itself

Starring Pawan Malhotra and Ashish Verma, the 5-episode TVF series resembles a sweet-talking man who becomes a red flag

BY Rahul Desai
Chaitanya Rao in 'Mayasabha'
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'Mayasabha' Star Chaitanya Rao: It’s The Best Time To Be An Actor Today

The actor, who was last seen in SonyLIV show ‘Mayasabha’ speaks about the ease of access for the actors of today.

BY Team THR India
Aadhi Pinisetty; Deva Katta and Chaitanya Rao
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Deva Katta on ‘Maysabha’ and The Importance Of Caste Conflict Depictions In Telugu Cinema

The Telugu filmmaker recently came out with the SonyLIV series ‘Mayasabha’, a drama enmeshed with the caste conflicts of Andhra politics from the 70s.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
Aadhi Pinisetty and Chaitanya Rao in a still from 'Mayasabha'
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'Mayasabha' Series Review: Deva Katta's Political Drama Hampered By Weak Writing and Stiff Acting

'Mayasabha', also like most shows today, is written with an unexcited imagination, beginning with a high-stakes, livewire moment, only to recede into a long flashback.

BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Nagesh Kukonoor talks about his show 'The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case'
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Nagesh Kukunoor on 'The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case,' and the Demands of Censorship: 'It Diluted My Voice'

Nagesh Kukunoor, the writer and director of 'The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case' on SonyLIV, speaks about his journey.

BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Amit Sial in 'The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination'
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'The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination' Series Review: Welcome Back, Nagesh Kukunoor

The Sony LIV series details the three-month manhunt following the assassination of India’s ex-Prime Minister.

BY Rahul Desai
Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju
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Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju: ‘I Want To Play a Spy, a Cop... a Pregnant Woman'

The ‘Made in Heaven’ breakout star talks about her latest role in ‘Kankhajura,' and wanting to play cis characters soon

BY Anushka Halve
A poster from 'Kankhajura'
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‘Kankhajura’ Series Review: A Solid Roshan Mathew Cannot Rescue a Scrambled Remake

The eight-episode drama lacks the craft to pull off a compelling premise.

BY Rahul Desai
Interviews

Did He Do It? All Your 'Black White & Gray - Love Kills' Questions Answered By The Show's Creator

In a spoiler-filled conversation, creator Pushkar Sunil Mahabal breaks down that shocking ending, all the unanswered questions, playing with multiple false narrators, and more.  

BY Suchin Mehrotra
A poster of 'Black, White & Gray'
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‘Black, White & Gray – Love Kills’ Series Review: A Triumph of Form and Narrative Ambition

The six-episode series is an inventive subversion of true-crime storytelling.

BY Rahul Desai
Basil Joseph
Interviews

Basil Joseph on 'Maranamass' and Why It's a Comedy Tailor-Made For the 'Reels Era'

The actor returns with his third film of 2025, 'Maranamass', which he feels is tailor-made for children with a bunch of wildly exaggerated comic characters, including a bus, Dracula, and a serial killer.

BY Vishal Menon
Stills from 'Brinda,' 'Suzhal' and 'Love Under Construction'
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When Will Streaming Platforms Finally Embrace South Indian Originals?

Despite Tamil and Telugu hits, streamers hesitate to invest in South Indian originals, even going as far as excluding those in Kannada and Malayalam.

BY Suchin Mehrotra
A still from Rohit Jugraj's ‘Chamak: The Conclusion’.
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‘Chamak: The Conclusion’ Series Review: All Roads Lead To Nowhere 

Rohit Jugraj’s riff on the Amar Singh Chamkila legacy is long, restless and disjointed.

BY Rahul Desai
A still from 'The Waking of a Nation'
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'The Waking of a Nation' Series Review: All Gunpowder, No Bullets

Ram Madhvani’s period drama lacks the technical finesse to explore the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

BY Rahul Desai
Ram Madhvani
Interviews

Ram Madhvani Reveals a White Man Once Called Him 'Brown Bas***d': 'The Waking of A Nation' is My Answer To That Racism

Written by Shantanu Srivastava, Shatrujeet Nath and Ram Madhvani, 'The Waking of a Nation' follows the conspiracy behind the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and revolves around the Hunter Commission that was set up later

BY Justin Rao
Sooraj Barjatya
Interviews

Sooraj Barjatya On Bringing Rajshri's Values to OTT Platforms, and Cracking a New Story for Salman Khan

Streaming may be considered the home of edgy, individualistic storytelling, but filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya believes there is also room for Rajshri’s family-first ethos as he enters the space with his first web-series

BY Anushka Halve
Nikkhil Advani's <i>Freedom at Midnight</i>.
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‘Freedom at Midnight’ Review: A Brave And Bulky Historical Thriller

Nikkhil Advani’s 7-episode Partition drama is ambitious, campy and politically expressive.

BY Rahul Desai