Category Archives: WhaTWON

Movie Preview : Ludo (releases 12th November)

Posted on October 24, 2020 by amodini

Ludo has a large star cast – 4 heroes, and at least 2 heroines that I could see in the trailer. And it is directed by Anurag Basu, who also brilliantly helmed one of my favorite movies of all time … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Cargo

Posted on October 17, 2020 by amodini

Rating : Poor (2/5) Genre : Sci-fi Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 5 minutes Director : Arati Kadav Cast : Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Nandu Madhav Kidwise : PG Cargo’s premise is an interesting mix of Hindu … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ginny Weds Sunny

Posted on October 14, 2020 by amodini

Rating : Poor (1.5/5) Genre : Romance, Comedy Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 5 minutes Director : Puneet Khanna Cast : Vikrant Massey, Yami Gautam, Ayesha Raza, Rajiv Gupta Kidwise : PG The trailer promised a lively … Continue reading →

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Podcast Review : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (Episode 7)

Posted on September 29, 2020 by amodini

The Podcast Review of Dolly Kitty And Those Shining Stars is live now – listen on Anchor here! The written review is here.

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Movie Review : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (2020)

Posted on September 19, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Drama/Feminist Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 10 minutes Director : Alankrita Shrivastav Cast : Konkona Sen Sharma, Bhumi Pednekar, Vikrant Massey, Karan Chandra, Amol Parasher, Amir Bashir, Neelima Azim, Kubbra Siat Kid … Continue reading →

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Podcast Review : Masaba Masaba (2020)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by amodini

Episode 6 is now live! In this I review the relatively new Netflix Series Masaba Masaba about a mother-daughter pair, Neena Gupta and Masaba Gupta, living their celebrity lives. Neena is a Bollywood actress and Masaba is a fashion designer, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (releases 18 September, Netflix)

Posted on September 12, 2020 by amodini

Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare is a tale of two sisters, both finding their lives not going according to plan. This movie stars Bhumi Pednekar, Konkona Sen Sharma and Vikrant Massey, who was in the recent Cargo as well … Continue reading →

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Series Review : Masaba Masaba (Season 1)

Posted on September 8, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.7/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2020 Episodes : 6 Running time : 30 minutes (per episode) Streaming Platform: Netflix Director : Sonam Nair Cast : Neena Gupta, Masaba Gupta, Neil Bhopalam, Rytasha Rathore, Sunita Rajwar, Smaran Sahu, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Cargo (releases September 8th, Netflix)

Posted on September 5, 2020 by amodini

Desi science fiction films are rare (or non-existent) which is why I’m excited for Cargo. Cargo stars Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi (you might remember her from Raat Akeli Hai), and is directed by Arati Kadav. The sci-fi is mixed … 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 →