Serial killer confusion in small-town South Korea, a struggling mission to save the tiger in the heartland of India, a slice-of-summer friendship by the Italian coast, Sukanya Verma lists a fascinating mix of must-watch fare on OTT this week.
'Maybe it's time for Plan B for the film industry.'
Quite a few Hindi films have taken up issues related with sex, and managed to shine the torch on some pertinent issues.
Celebs scorch the ramp at Rihanna's Savage X Fenty fashion show.
Puneeth fan M D Riti lists five films that she consider to be amongst his best.
Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni are simply fabulous in the second season of The Family Man, raves Namrata Thakker.
Kate Winslet's turn as detective while Seema Pahwa turns director, all this and more on OTT this week.
The price for pushing the envelope beyond the comfort zone that the land of storytelling is used to is a hefty one, observes Meghna Chadha.
'When you're in Tolkien, you have the feeling of being in a world that wasn't invented, but one that was discovered or one that was sort of excavated. It feels like a real place. Like if you had a time machine, you could actually travel to Middle Earth and because of that, you are immersed in it when you go there.'
Anurag Kashyap's classic Black Friday is a must watch film.
'When you don't do well, people will have their opinion, which we respect'
Mirzapur 2 has been entertaining everyone on Amazon Prime Video, and inviting interesting conversations.
The OTT glass is full again. Here's all the exciting new fare to watch over the week. Sukanya Verma offers a peek.
Amid the protests against leading e-commerce firms, Flipkart and Amazon, shipments through the online route in fact witnessed a double-digit growth every quarter.
'Hinduism meshed with his sense that the world was paradoxical and puzzling.'
The pandemic situation in India has reached a breaking point and the only thing one can do now is stay safe and stay indoors. Here's everything OTT has to offer to keep you distracted this week.
The argument that the pandemic has given a boost to streaming video is fallacious. Only three OTTs saw a rise in viewership; the others fell.
The world's richest man and the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos bonded with Bollywood at a grand party thrown in his honour.
People are easily convinced to take lives as though it's a game of passing-the-parcel... Crime is not merely romanticised and rationalised, but also rewarded, points out Sukanya Verma. Breathe: Into the Shadows 2 Review
'The magic of Roja can never be replicated because how can you recapture the carefree innocence of childhood?'
Prime was the first to grab streaming rights for seven titles for an estimated Rs 300 crore.
It remains to be seen if all the gods in the Neil Gaiman book make an appearance in the televised adaptation, but at its core the show, which is streaming in India on Amazon Prime, is more significant now than ever. After all, it is the universal story of immigrants who stayed on to call America home, says Nikita Puri.
'There are times when you give an audition and it doesn't even reach the director.' 'In such a scenario, what can I do? 'More than nepotism, it's about favouritism.'
Joginder Tuteja lists the new releases, coming up in April.
First phase of online video's growth is over. Netflix, Amazon developing new content ecosystem.
'People are talking about my character and about my performance. That is overwhelming for me.'
Vasan Bala's Cinema Marte Dum Tak shines the spotlight on Vinod Talwar, Dilip Gulati, Kishan Shah and J Neelam. All of them are articulate, witty, and expressive -- talking of their passion for films, the rise and fall of their cinema, observes Deepa Gahlot.
By the time, the story decides it has dilly dallied enough and finally throws light on its long-drawn-out mystery, curiosity has died a natural death, sighs Sukanya Verma.
With quite a few characters joining the cast, it would be interesting to see how the story unravels in season two, notes Namrata Thakker.
Ross and Rachel end their super long break. Kate Winslet solves Easttown's grimmest mystery. Huma Qureshi gets political in Bihar. All this and more on OTT this week notes Sukanya Verma.
CEOs expect to finish the ongoing March quarter with positive growth as the corporates get back to work in full strength.
'We are so busy in our lives, there is never any time.'
Things get better as the series proceeds, notes Joginder Tuteja.
'We want to push boundaries; we want to push the envelope as far as content is concerned...'
Mutliplexes want the gap between a film's release in theatres and on OTT to be doubled from 4 to 8 weeks.
Aseem Chhabra highlights 10 films that moved him, films that may show up in theatres near you.
So what's coming up in October? Joginder Tuteja lists the releases of the month.
This July, Bollywood stars Akshaye Khanna, Taapsee Pannu, Farhan Akhtar, Jimmy Sheirgill, Shilpa Shetty and Paresh Rawal will be seen on OTT screens.
'This kind of love from our audience shows that our music is working.'
