Aseem Chhabra picks his top 10 Indian films of 2024, which includes films that have had theatrical releases or are streaming on OTT.
July has some interesting content on OTT, with quite a few original shows and movies premiering in the digital space.
'Getting married is not a huge priority in my life right now. Nor has it ever been on my bucket list.
The show takes its own pace to pick up, but then when you least expect, it grabs you by the throat, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Sukanya Verma gives you some interesting options.
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
'You come out of the theatre feeling happy, inspired, with moist eyes and in awe.'
Nongriat, in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, is one of India's most challenging non-motorable polling stations.
On his 90th birth anniversary, Sukanya Verma lists 20 of her favourite scenes that reiterate his extraordinary grasp on the language of cinema and connect with the viewer.
Horror, drama, romance and action... it's all on your plate this year!
'Kamal has surfed and navigated a lot of tidal waves, manoeuvring the peaks and troughs, combining rare intelligence and commonly available intuitions to overcome unimaginable crises all his life.' 'There is no looking back at the past, for his only motto has been 'Tomorrow belongs to us'!'
Call Me Bae is a spirited new addition in guilty pleasures for the fashion-loving, rom-com starved soul, applauds Sukanya Verma.
Cricket, time travel, artificial intelligence, haunted homes, World War II -- it's all there on OTT this week.
Aseem Chhabra's Top 10 Films/ Series from TIFF 2024 includes films that he watched for the first time in Toronto. The films were impressive due to their rigor, passion, unique storytelling style and sometimes exploring the vulnerable sides of big name stars.
'It would have made (Producer) Ramesh Taurani very happy if I taken two Bombay stars, but the reason why I kept mentally rejecting the regular sort of casting was to discover this excitement, you know, can I crack it?'
Mehmood and R D Burman shiver, wail and flail when they encounter a stuffed tiger that wags its tail, furniture that moves on its own volition and dancing skeletons and mummies. Dinesh Raheja revisits a must-watch.
Manjummel Boys gets so many things right, applauds Arjun Menon.
Much of Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video's enjoyment comes from the carefully picked star cast who do a pretty good job, observes Mayur Sanap.
'The real test whether the movie has worked or not is when the people remember it five years later. Just like wine and relationships, the same is true for movies.'
'We are the kids from the '90s who have grown up watching Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol romancing on Suraj Hua Maddham.' 'At the same time, we are also the same people who text our partner and tell them, 'I am breaking up with you'.'
A sneak preview ahead of the opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
Mili establishes Janhvi Kapoor as an actor striving to be taken seriously, observes Sukanya Verma.
'With Mirzapur characters, you don't know what's going to happen -- mid season, first episode, last episode -- you could be taken out anytime.'
Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade.
Alizeh demonstrates smarts as sharp as her cheekbones and a restless fire in her eyes raging to conquer the world.
'If Godse's last wish was to let everyone know his views, what's wrong in that?'
Few actors share Kareena's fearlessness for closeups in their 40s. A still force in a high-strung thriller, her marvellously opaque portrayal of a woman hiding skeletons in her closet turns a crafty police procedural into a wistful story of survival, observes Sukanya Verma.
The earnestness of the actors keep Kaala Paani from drowning, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
Khakee: The Bihar Chapter: The picture is as ugly as it is grim, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The lives of the kids Deepa Bhatia portrays in the series are bleak, with small periods of sunshine when they get picked for an ad or serial, punctuating the longer periods of struggle, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Season two once again goes for dramatic overkill despite the spine-chilling gravity of the true events it is based on, observes Mayur Sanap.
Once a K-drama buff, always a K-drama buff.
So much entertainment coming up on OTT this October!
Aarya 3 feels like a recycled version of the previous seasons, discovers Mayur Sanap.
Where do Vijay and his TVK expect to get their votes from? Vijay has a huge fan following among women, but will they automatically become his voters like they had done for MGR's AIADMK, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Whatever I have directed has been so far from my world.'
You'll wish weekends lasted as long as weeks after looking at Sukanya Verma's long, long list of recommendations on OTT this week.
Sukanya Verma shows you everything you can expect from the Rohit Shetty brand of film-making.
These films, even at their saddest, darkest and grossest, retain their sense of humour, their sense of proportion, which again is something you associate with a Malayali.
