Category Archives: suspense

Series Review : Zindagi inShort

Posted on February 28, 2021 by amodini

Rating : 4.5/5 Genre : Romance, drama, suspense Year : 2021 Platform : Netflix Number of Episodes : 7 Director : Tahira Kashyap, Vinay Chhawal, Vijayeta Kumar, Punarvasu Naik, Smrutika Panigrahi, Rakesh Sain, Gautam Govind Sharma Cast : Neena Gupta, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview : The Girl On The Train (releases February 26th, 2021)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by amodini

Yes, The Girl on The Train is based on the book by Paula Hawkins, except that here, the characters are all desi. Parineeti plays Mira Kapoor, a woman who thinks she saw something out of a window of a moving … 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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What to Watch On Netflix and Prime Video – Edition #39

Posted on February 5, 2021 by amodini

Recently I’ve watched some Malayalam films of such excellent quality that I had to make a post about it. You have probably read my reviews of Kumbalangi Nights and Bangalore Days. Here are 5 more gorgeous films on Netflix and … Continue reading →

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Best TV Shows of 2020

Posted on December 26, 2020 by amodini

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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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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Podcast Episode 9: Kadakh Movie Review

Posted on December 1, 2020 by amodini

I reviewed Kadakh a couple of weeks ago, and if you’d like a Podcast version of it is – here it is! Bollywood does do suspense-thrillers, but they are few and far between (here’s a list). Kadakh is a worthy … Continue reading →

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Movie Review : Kadakh

Posted on September 26, 2020 by amodini

Rating : Very good (4.3/5) Genre : Suspense Year : 2020 Running time : 1 hour 48 minutes Director : Rajat Kapoor Cast : Ranvir Shorey, Mansi Multani, Rajat Kapoor, Kalki Koechlin, Tara Sharma, Shruti Seth, Sagar Deshmukh, Cyrus Sahukar, … 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 →

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Movie Preview : Raat Akeli Hai (releases 31st July, 2020)

Posted on July 31, 2020 by amodini

All hail the whodunit! A great cast – Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Shweta Tripathi (she was spectacular in Laakhon Mein Ek), Shivani Raghuvanshi (we’ve seen her in the marvelous Titli and Made In Heaven) among others. Honey Trehan debuts as … Continue reading →

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