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Kapil Sharma’s I’m Not Done Yet is a Charm Offensive that only Confirms his Pedigree

Kapil Sharma has been routinely written off and criticised for his brand of comedy, but it’s also fact that he is now too big to fail, or become the butt of someone else’s joke in a practical sense. His Netflix special only proves that Sharma can become the comedian, woke audiences want him to be, but simply chooses not to.

Aparnna Hajirnis July 14, 2016

Bollywood

Raat Akeli Hai Review: Come For the Whodunit, Stay For the Nawaz-Radhika Chemistry

Raat Akeli Hai is a dark thriller, structured as a neo-noir whodunit. While the ensemble cast is terrific, it is Nawazuddin Siddiqui, playing an honest cop, and Radhika Apte, who really steal the show. Siddiqui rarely misses a beat, and Apte is perhaps the only actress who can match up to his formidable presence.

Poulomi Das June 19, 2016

Pop Culture

Upstarts Review: A Start-up Drama that Fails to Fully Take Off

Upstarts, Netflix India’s latest offering from first time director Udai Singh Pawar, falls in the same category as shows Pitchers and movies like Rocket Singh. But while it attempts to differentiate itself by making a comment on the discrimination women entrepreneurs face, it fails to fully address the issue.

Pranay Dewani May 11, 2016

Bollywood

Pagglait Review: Sanya Malhotra’s Superb Lead Performance Deserves A Better Movie

Netflix’s Pagglait follows the transformational journey of Sanya Malhotra’s Sandhya after the death of her husband. It could have been a genuinely sombre, emotional, and sensitive movie had director Umesh Bist abandoned all the caricatures who make up the film’s huge ensemble cast and just focused on Sandhya.

Devarsi Ghosh April 5, 2016