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What To Watch on Netflix and Prime Video – Edition #37

Posted on July 11, 2020 by amodini

– Bulbbul (Netflix, 1 hour 34 minutes, Tripti Dimri, Rahul Bose) What’s with Anushka Sharma and the supernatural 🙂 ? After producing and acting in Pari, Sharma returns with Bulbbul, a historical tale featuring a chudail (witch). Bulbbul is about … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Badla (2019)

Posted on March 9, 2019 by amodini

Rating : 3/5 Genre : Mystery Year : 2019 Running time : 2 hours Director : Sujoy Ghosh Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Amrita Singh, Tony Luke, Manav Kaul Kid rating : PG-13 I went in with high expectations … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Badla (releases 8th March 2019)

Posted on March 2, 2019 by amodini

A mystery at long last! It is directed by Sujoy Ghosh who directed both Kahaani and it’s sequel and the very interesting short Ahalya, from Large Short Films.

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Movie Preview : Te3n (Releases June 10th, 2016)

Posted on June 2, 2016 by amodini

From Ribhu Dasgupta, the director of the TV series Yudh, comes Te3n – a mystery. If the trailer is any indication this should be good.

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Movie Review : Wazir (2016)

Posted on February 6, 2016 by amodini

Rating : 3.5/5 Genre : Drama/Mystery/Thriller Year : 2016 Running time : 1 hour 42 minutes Director : Bejoy Nambiar Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Haideri, Manav Kaul Kid rating: PG-13 It is hard giving this film … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : Talvar (releases 2nd Oct 2015)

Posted on September 25, 2015 by amodini

Directed by Meghna Gulzar, written and produced by Vishal Bharadwaj, Talvar is based on the real-life Aarushi murder case. It stars Konkons Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi and Irrfan Khan.

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Movie Review: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by amodini

Rating : Average (3/5) Genre : Thriller, Mystery Year : 2015 Running time : 2 hours 28 minutes Director : Dibakar Banerjee Cast : Sushant Singh, Swastika Mukherjee, Anand Tiwari, Divya Menon, Neeraj Kabi Kidwise Rating: PG-13 The husband and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Ugly (2014)

Posted on March 9, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00TJG07CW” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : Good (4/5) Genre : Thriller Year : 2014 Running time : 2 hours 8 minutes Director : Anurag Kashyap Cast : Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Surveen Chawla, Rahul Bhat, Vineet Singh, Girish Kulkarni … Continue reading →

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What To Watch On Netflix Instant – Edition #24

Posted on February 21, 2015 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00HYTOUCE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]The Prey (“La Proie”, France, 2011) Frank Adrien is serving his jail sentence for a heist attempt, but breaks out of jail when he perceives a threat to his family. Now he must fight off … Continue reading →

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What to Watch on Netflix Instant : Edition #20

Posted on September 16, 2014 by amodini

[amazon_link id=”B00EO2I6QK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]– Barbara (Germany, 2012) It is 1980s East Germany, some years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Dr. Barbara Wolff has been assigned to work at a provincial hospital as punishment for expressing … Continue reading →