Category Archives: crime

Movie Preview : The Girl On The Train (releases February 26th, 2021)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by amodini

Yes, The Girl on The Train is based on the book by Paula Hawkins, except that here, the characters are all desi. Parineeti plays Mira Kapoor, a woman who thinks she saw something out of a window of a moving … Continue reading →

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Series Review : Asur

Posted on February 12, 2021 by amodini

Rating : 3/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2021 Platform : Voot Number of Episodes : 8 Director : Oni Sen Cast : Arshad Warsi, Barun Sobti, Sharib Hashmi, Anupriya Goenka, Riddhi Dogra, Vishesh Bansal Kidwise : PG-13 Asur is … Continue reading →

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Best TV Shows of 2020

Posted on December 26, 2020 by amodini

This was the year of watching stuff at home, and these 10 shows made it to the binge-worthy list. In descending order, they are: : 10. Masaba Masaba (Netflix) Featuring Masaba, mom Neena Gupta and a healthy dose of pop-psychology, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ludo

Posted on November 23, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : All-in-one Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 29 minutes Director : Anurag Basu Cast : Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanya Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Rohit Saraf, Pearle Maaney … Continue reading →

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Podcast Review : Class of 83

Posted on September 1, 2020 by amodini

Folks, just posted another podcast episode! You know the drill: listen, like, subscribe, advertise 🙂 This time I review Class of 83 which is a crime drama, on Netflix, about an honest police officer (Bobby Deol) trying to do the right … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Class of ’83

Posted on August 29, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 2.5/5 Genre : Crime Drama Year : 2020 Running time : 1 hours 38 minutes Director : Atul Sabharwal Cast : Bobby Deol, Viswajeet Pradhan, Anup Soni, Sameer Pranjape Kid ratingfollow : PG-15 Podcast Review : Here Friends … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Raat Akeli Hai

Posted on August 8, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 4.1/5 Genre : Mystery Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hour 29 minutes Director : Honey Trehan Cast : Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Ila Arun, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Nishant Dahiya, Aditya Shrivastav, Tigmanshu Dhulia Kid rating : PG … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Raat Akeli Hai (releases 31st July, 2020)

Posted on July 31, 2020 by amodini

All hail the whodunit! A great cast – Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Shweta Tripathi (she was spectacular in Laakhon Mein Ek), Shivani Raghuvanshi (we’ve seen her in the marvelous Titli and Made In Heaven) among others. Honey Trehan debuts as … Continue reading →

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Series Review : Paatal Lok (Season 1)

Posted on May 24, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 4.2/5 Genre : Mystery/Suspense Year : 2020 Episodes : 9 Running time : 45 minutes (per episode) Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Directors : Prosit Roy, Avinash Arun Cast : Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Gul Panag, Neeraj Kabi, Abhishek … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Chhapaak (releases 10 January, 2020)

Posted on January 4, 2020 by amodini

Chhapaak is based on the real-life story of acid attack survivor Laxmi. Deepika Padukone and Vikrant Massey star. Megan Gulzar directs.

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