Category Archives: thriller

Series Review : Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein (2022)

Posted on June 24, 2022 by amodini

Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre : Drama Year : 2022 Seasons: 1 Episodes: 8 Director : Sidharth Sengupta Cast : Tahir Raj Bhasin, Shweta Tripathi, Aanchal Singh, Saurabh ShuklaKid rating : PG-17 Honestly, I hadn’t expected much from Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, but this turned out … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Thar (2022)

Posted on May 31, 2022 by amodini

Rating : ⭐️⭐️1/2 Genre: Mystery Year: 2022 Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes Director: Raj Singh Chaudhary Cast: Anil Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Fatima Sana Sheikh Kid rating: PG-17 Anil Kapoor stars as Police Inspector Surekha Singh, head of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Haseen Dilruba (2021)

Posted on July 8, 2021 by amodini

Rating : ⭐️Genre : DramaYear : 2021Running time : 2 hours 15 minutesDirector : Vineel MathewCast : Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey, Harshvardhan Rane, Aditya ShrivastavKid rating : PG-13 In Netflix’s Haseen Dilruba, vivacious Rani (Taapsee Pannu) is wed in arranged marriage fashion to mild-mannered … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Haseen Dilruba (July 2nd)

Posted on June 25, 2021 by amodini

Haseen Dilruba is a murder mystery by director Vinil Mathew (he also directed Hasee Toh Phasee). This new Bollywood film stars Tapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey. Massey’s been having quite a good run lately, with the likes of Mirzapur and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : BellBottom (releases April 2nd, 2021)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by amodini

Akshay Kumar’s spy-thriller Bellbottom is directed by Ranjit Tewari, who also directed Lucknow Central. Haven’t seen that and am a bit skeptical going by the IMDB rating. The trailer is not much more than music and slo-mo, but the cast … Continue reading →

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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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What to Watch On Netflix and Prime Video – Edition #39

Posted on February 5, 2021 by amodini

Recently I’ve watched some Malayalam films of such excellent quality that I had to make a post about it. You have probably read my reviews of Kumbalangi Nights and Bangalore Days. Here are 5 more gorgeous films on Netflix and … 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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Podcast Episode 9: Kadakh Movie Review

Posted on December 1, 2020 by amodini

I reviewed Kadakh a couple of weeks ago, and if you’d like a Podcast version of it is – here it is! Bollywood does do suspense-thrillers, but they are few and far between (here’s a list). Kadakh is a worthy … 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 →