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What To Watch on Netflix and Prime Video – Edition # 35

Posted on April 19, 2020 by amodini

– Collateral (Netflix) Carey Mulligan stars as Detective Inspector Kim Gillespie investigating the murder of a pizza delivery man. No motives. No apparent reason. So it’s probably a case of mistaken identity, or is it? Involved in the murder as … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Tumbbad

Posted on April 12, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Horror Year : 2018 Running time : 1 hour 44 minutes Director : Rahi Anil Barve Cast : Sohum Shah, Jyoti Maishe, Anita Date, Deepak Damle, Mohammad Samad Kid rating : PG-15 Hindi films suck … Continue reading →

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Series Review : Panchayat (Season 1)

Posted on April 6, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 4.2/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2020 Episodes : 8 Running time : 30 minutes (per episode) Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Director : Deepak Kumar Mishra Cast : Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Raghuvir Yadav, Chandan Roy, Faisal Malik … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota

Posted on March 28, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 2.8/5 Genre : Action Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours 18 minutes Director : Vasan Bala Cast : Abhimanyu Dassani, Radhika Madan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Gulshan Devaiah Kid rating : PG-13 You might think it’s a crazy … Continue reading →

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What To Watch on Netflix and Prime Video – Edition # 34

Posted on March 14, 2020 by amodini

– Taj Mahal 1989 (Netflix) Directed by Pushpendra Nath Mishra, this humorous, quirky series delves into romantic relationships. The main couples here are philosophy professor Akhtar Baig (the marvelous Neeraj Kabi), his wife physics professor Sarita (Geetanjali Kulkarni), Baig’s college-mate … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Panga

Posted on March 3, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 10 minutes Director : Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Cast : Kangana Ranaut, Jassi Gill, Neena Gupta, Richa Chaddha Kid rating : G Panga is about ex-kabaddi player … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Thappad (2020)

Posted on March 1, 2020 by amodini

Rating : 4.1/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 24 minutes Director : Anubhav Sinha Cast : Taapsee Pannu, Pavail Gulati, Kumud Mishra, Ratna Pathak-Shah, Geetika Vaidya Olhyan, Tanvi Azmi, Maya Sarao, Dia Mirza, Ram … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Thappad (release 28th February 2020)

Posted on February 22, 2020 by amodini

Oh, how far we’ve come! Bollywood’s going bleeding edge – in Thappad, a woman’s seemingly happy marriage crumbles when her husband slaps her, and she files for divorce. Taapsee Pannu stars and Anubhav Sinha (director of Article 15) directs.