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So much hokum-pokum

Khalid Mohamed reviews the time-travel series JL 50, the documentary  Social Dilemma and more fare, streaming on channels currently.  Woe ho. There’s been so ...

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As Tears Go By

Khalid Mohamed reviews the emotionally volatile Pakistani series Khaani, and the quirky Churails, dealing with a vigilante group of four oppressed women of Karachi. Sprint to...

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India’s Disowned: Pataal Lok

In her review of the newly dropped series on OTT platform Amazon Prime Paatal Lok, Reema Moudgil writes that the images haunt because they remind us of something that has poss...

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Jack Ryan: How to catch a terrorist?

Cast: John Krasinski, Abbie Cornish, Wendell Pierce, Ali Suliman, Dina Shihabi, Amir El-Masry Created By: Carlton Cuse, Graham Roland Producer: Nazrin Choudhury, J...

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Ghoul: The Thing, in Hindi

  Cast: Radhika Apte, Manav Kaul, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee, Mahesh Balraj, S. M. Zaheer  Creator: Patrick Graham Director: Patrick Graham Writer: Patrick Graham ...

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Ozark: Season 1 : If Narcos and Breaking Bad had a baby...

Simply put, Ozark is the story of a financial advisor Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) who moonlights as a money launderer for the second largest drug cartel in Mexico. When things...

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Sacred Games: Are You Not Entertained?

Revolt is the name of the game – a defiance of the authority or a calling for justice – who decides what’s right?  Tottering on the fringes of dichotomy...

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Take Two: A Thriller Chase and Hilarity Potion

‘You die blanketed in glamour and drama or you live long to see your dramatis personae evoke to life.’ Years of practising as a cop has bestowed some superpowers...

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Sharp Objects – A Labyrinthine Chase

Sharp Objects is a novel adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s work that goes by the same name. The book is a craft- the author’s foray into writing novels and that positi...

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Boss Baby: Back in Business – A Non-Stop Blizzard of Goofiness

Just as we had managed to swim out of the drooling saliva, the fussy baby fights plus the heebie-jeebies inducing exploit of the adorable little characters of Boss Baby, the c...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AND THE LEGACY LIVES ON

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ramu Aravindan, founder of a Documentation Centre an...

October 14 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD

From intimate documentaries to visionary fiction, the WIFF 2025 Jury—comprising ac...

October 13 2025

BOLLYWOOD: DINNER IS SERVED, SUSPENSE IS NOT

A dinner party that promised tension, mystery, and satire turns into a clumsy masquerade...

October 12 2025