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Good Luck Jerry review: Janhvi Kapoor Anchors a Delightfully Airy Crime Caper

Good Luck Jerry is anchored by a career-best performance by Kapoor and though it isn’t deep or particularly inventive, the film is charming, entertaining and ludicrously simple, but in a good way.

Pradeep Menon April 19, 2016

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Paatal Lok Review: Jaideep Ahlawat Leads an Excellent Crime Thriller About Caste Politics

Thanks to a stellar cast and top-notch writing, Amazon Prime’s Paatal Lok comes the closest any Indian drama has in providing a snapshot of the India that we live in today, and the panoply of caste and class-based atrocities that we’ve unquestioningly internalised.

Poulomi Das April 7, 2016

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Much Before Netflix’s Sacred Games, There was Powder

Like Sacred Games, Atul Sabharwal’s Powder revolved around a cop obsessed with nabbing a dreaded drug kingpin. It may not boast of the production values of a Netflix adaptation, but as a commentary on the pluralities of Mumbai, Powder was just as powerful.

Ajay Chacko April 2, 2016

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Couch, Meet Potato: Where Can You Find 2018’s Biggest Emmy-Winning Shows?

Discovering new shows is the millennial equivalent of a day at Disneyland. What’s better than discovering that most of this year’s Emmy-winning shows are already sitting on your Hotstar Premium account, just waiting for some love?

Simran Kapoor March 18, 2016