Category Archives: feel-good

Made In Heaven (Season 2): Complications in life and love!

Made In Heaven S2 is a heady mix of fantastic production values, skilled direction, great acting, and the right emotional notes – be they happy or sad. Continue reading

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Persuasion: Modern take with a wry, witty heroine

This modern take is a great watch mostly because of Dakota Johnson’s charming performance. Continue reading

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Movie Review : Shabash Mithu (2022)

Rating: 3/5. Shabaash Mithu is compelling because the director keeps the story simple and the struggle real. Do watch. Continue reading

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Movie Review : Laal Singh Chaddha (2022)

Rating: 4/5. Fabulous direction, a thoughtful script and a well-paced screenplay make this simple tale a feel-good entertainer. Continue reading

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Weekend Listening – #1

Here, to brighten your weekend, are 6 songs which have been a-repeating on my playlist. Dil Beparvah: From the lovely film Yeh Ballet, this gorgeous song with its heartbreaking refrain: Is dil ki aadat yahi hain Gir kar sambhalta nahin … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Pagglait

Rating : 4/5 Genre : DramaYear : 2021Running time : 1 hour 55 minutesDirector : Umesh BistCast : Sanya Malhotra, Ashutosh Rana, Sheeba Chadha, Raghubir Yadav, Sayani Gupta, Aasif Khan, Rajesh TailangKidwise : G Pagglait (meaning crazy) is such an … Continue reading

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Best TV Shows of 2020

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 : Yeh Ballet

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2020 Running time : 1 hour 57 minutes Director : Sooni Taraporevala Cast : Julian Sands, Jim Sarbh, Manish Chauhan, Danish Husain, Achintya Bose Kidwise : G Yeh Ballet is the story … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

Rating : 4.1/5 Genre : All-In-One Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hour 15 minutes Director : Madhu C. Narayanan Cast : Shane Nigam, Soubin Shahir, Anna Ben, Fahadh Faazil, Sreenath Bhasi, Matthew Thomas Kid rating : PG Kumbalangi … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Bangalore Days

Rating : 3.9/5 Genre : All-In-One Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hour 52 minutes Director : Anjali Menon Cast : Dulquer Salman, Nazriya Nazim, Nivin Pauly, Fahadh, Faazil, Isha Talwar, Nithya Menon, Parvathy Kid rating : G Honestly, … Continue reading

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