Shaibal Chhotray

Made in Heaven is a fictional show, which depicts the pitfalls and shenanigans of Indian weddings, on Amazon Prime. I felt it got sidetracked into too much wokeness and ultimately did not…

As I begin to collect the remaining bits of my brain to write about a show that has justifiably blown all our minds, I can only reflect on what has probably been the high watermark of modern…

In Odia there is a term to describe half-cooked food – ଦରସିଝା. ଦରସିଝା describes emotions of something that had the potential to be great but is underdeveloped thanks to hastiness and in this…

Paatal Lok’s genre is pretty easy to make out. It is a crime drama. But what is hard to pin down is its theme. Is it about caste and religion inequalities in Northern India and the rising…

Reality shows like The Bachelor, The Kardashians, Roadies, Splitsvilla and others of similar ilk can be highly engrossing and addictive even though there is a huge element of shallowness to…

The Coronavirus or COVID-19+ scare has pushed the entire world into a virtual lockdown and forced people to isolate themselves at homes. As with other apocalyptic scenarios, viral…

One of the main reasons why the first season was such a success is because of the novelty of the premise of the show. This is a show made for the millenials and the generations after them as…

This year a common theme amongst a lot of films that made it to the year-end lists is the use of long takes with almost no dialogues and using mood and tone to define the scene. Anyway,…

This year, a common theme among a lot of films that made it to the year-end lists is the use of long takes with almost no dialogues and using mood and tone to define the scene. Anyway, three…

Martin Scorcese kicked up a storm on the Internet when his interview with the Empire magazine surfaced where he said that he doesn’t think Marvel movies are cinema. But he also clarified…