Shaibal Chhotray

Sacred Games 2: A Slow Burn Ending To Season 1

After the huge success of the first season of Sacred Games, I think a lot of actors went to the…

August 20, 2019

The Lion King: A Toneless & Flat Revision That Nobody Wanted

For the last several years Disney has been producing live action remakes of its animated classics in the hopes of…

August 11, 2019

The Great Hack: A Netflix Original On The Spider Web Of Data Misuse

In March of 2018, Channel 4’s sting operation on the chief people at helm at Cambridge Analytica opened a Pandora’s…

July 30, 2019

Netflix’s Leila Not A Darling With Critics! Find Out Why

Water (2005) is the third instalment in Deepa Mehta’s Elements trilogy. The day before the shooting was supposed to begin,…

June 27, 2019

HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’, Authentic, Stark and Eerie

It is difficult to write about a television series that is based on such a grim incident because one has…

June 5, 2019

Films That Reigned On The Silver Screen In 2018

2018 saw Nicholas Cage go on a hallucinogenic John Wick style rampage, some superb dramas from Asian and Asian-American directors,…

December 28, 2018

Narcos: Mexico; Different Location, Same Intensity

The trouble with later seasons of a hit TV/web series is how to keep the magic of the first season…

November 18, 2018

ଠକs Of Cinema

The Odia word thaka , meaning a crooked and deceitful person comes from the word “Thugee” or Thug. The Thugee…

November 11, 2018

Dystopia Meets The Supernatural

The predicament with producing anti-establishment art is that you are always going to polarise public opinion and the polarisation will…

August 29, 2018

Indian Web Shows Come Of Age With ‘Sacred Games’

Noir is not just about the dexterous use of light and dark. It also symbolises chaos, morally ambiguous characters and…

July 13, 2018