Category Archives: mystery

Maa Behen (2026): Three Women, One Crime, and a Society That Judges Them All

Posted on June 26, 2026 by amodini

Rating: 3/5. A funny, chaotic, feminist dark comedy about three women who find freedom and self-worth while navigating a crime, a neighborhood full of gossip, and a patriarchal society.
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Kohrra (2023): Gripping murder mystery and police procedural!

Posted on August 11, 2023 by amodini

Kohrra is a gripping police procedural with lots of personality and emotional undertones. Continue reading →

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Best Series of 2022

Posted on January 13, 2023 by amodini

The Top 10 Indian television series of 2020! Continue reading →

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Series Review : Masoom (2022)

Posted on September 2, 2022 by amodini

Masoom should have been an engrossing thriller, but ends up being a namby-pamby, underwhelming bore. 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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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 Hindi Movies of 2020

Posted on December 24, 2020 by amodini

What with Covid and all, 2020 has been a low-key year for movie releases in general. Still, even from the few that did release on OTT platforms (Netflix, Prime etc.), I have managed to cobble together a Top 10 2020 … 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 →