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Made in Heaven: The Heart Skipped a Beat (2023)
Breathtaking episode, it was long due
100s of blockbusters, 1000s of movies, lakhs of TV episodes made since independence in our nation and yet not one mainstream content showed values of 33 crore Indians. Why is this one drop of representation making us uncomfortable.
The casting was perfect, Radhika Apte gives effortless performance and the issues are also well touched upon. And final ceremony was the best one in the whole series. We have long way to go in understanding our privilege, if few can become more aware through pop culture it will be worth it.
My only complaint is that they combined two stories in one episode, it would have been better if they only focused on one story.
Dr. Arora (2022)
Not binge worthy, very slow plot progress
Performances by actors are great but the screenplay just drags on. Too many flashbacks, editing could have been better.
The topic is interesting and had scope if characters were fleshed out more.
And finally there is no resolution of many plot lines by the end of episode 8. What happened with the sex worker? What was the result of new mahila shakti morcha? Why did Baba disappear from plot? And nothing was shown about how vaishali deals with her own family.
So much of wastage of time and yet climax was so open ended.
Dasvi (2022)
one star for Abhishek and One for the cast but thats about it
There were some decent performances, but the script was haywire and could not focus on one narrative at all. I don't think even director could have saved this slow motion car crash.
Abhishek was the saving grace in some scenes, I liked chote miyan's appearance as well. There was some ingredients to make this movie a saving grace but execution was bizzare to the point that it looked like the script writer was intentionally sabotaging this film.
Dhindora (2021)
I tried hard to like it but it is plain average
Bhuvan is brilliant as usual but the script doesn't have the strength. First episode is especially very week, second one is much better, but after that it is downhill.
Maybe the web series format is not suitable for such content, after all bhvan started with VINES, with a 7 second limit.
Thappad (2020)
Star of the movie is the Editor, who stiches so many stories and the director who shows HUSBAND AS A GOOD GUY
It would have been so easy if the Director had chosen to make the Husband look like evil villain, but this movie shows much more complicated and layered reasoning.
Our culture has been shaped by so much of hidden rules that we never thought about them, this movie forces you to rethink all those rules. And beyond everything else the entire experience is entertaining and does not feel like a lecture
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (2018)
Very easy going and chill format, enjoyed it a lot
This is not a late night show like he used to do, the format is more relaxed and open. David has still got it, and its not just about comedy its beyond that.
Loved the episodes with Obama, Clooney and Shah Rukh Khan.
Young Sheldon (2017)
At least watch 3 episodes before forming an opinion
I finally started watching it with the expectation of disaster, as reviews here have warned about.
I was pleasantly surprised! Its a good mix of comedy and drama. The level of quality is not as high as Big Bang Theory but they are setting up the plot, we can expect the things to improve further. Actors portraying Sheldon and his twin sister have done a really good job. Zoe Perry as mom is the central character and she nails the part perfectly.
An Insignificant Man (2016)
Watch it even if you are not interested in AAP or India
I was forced to tag along with by my friend for a preview and assumed that this will be some boring story glorifying the struggle of this party and leader. how wrong was I!!
Some good aspects of the documentary- First, It is not boring, even when you know everything that is going to happen it feels thrilling because you see the same events from the inside perspective. Duration is very short and hence extremely fast paced. Second, Kejriwal is not the star here, the story itself is the main character. Yogendra Yadav has almost equal impact as Kejriwal. The poster is misleading, I think they made it to attract more people. Third, - There is no glorification, like we see in our news channels - Saviour of common man, Anti-corruption king etc. Every character will feel like an ordinary person.
Some unique aspects of this documentary
- ZERO VOICE OVERS This is perhaps the only documentary I have seen which has no voice overs. There is no narrative voice which explains the events being shown or about to be shown.
- ZERO INTERVIEWS, the photographer is always on 'observational mode' i.e. nobody actually sees in the camera lens and answers something asked by the director. In many documentaries like Sachin's we have his colleagues, relatives, commentators sitting in front of camera and recalling some stories; In this one there is nothing like that. Everybody is going about there own business as if they are not being filmed.
- LEVEL OF ACCESS is unprecedented there are a lot of scenes upon which one might think how did the camera get there? One example is - Scene of Election commission's counting center, we have 100 channels in our nation but till date nobody has shown what happens inside a vote counting center. This is the reason, despite knowing the result of election, viewer will feel thrilled when in ECI office a print out comes with the live tally of seats.
- COMEDY. Yes there are some comical moments when you see the personalities in complete unrehearsed demeanor. e.g Yogendra Yadav being nervous or Kejriwal laughing uncontrollably
Some other things to know, this is not story of 2015 election, they have only shot till Dec 2013 when results were announced. There is nothing about Kejriwal's role as CM, resignation etc.
So catch this riveting and unconventional piece of cinema while you can, I am sure that this kind of movie will never be made again. Even AAP themselves will not give such an access to anyone now. In an interview the directors said that when they went to AAP in Oct 2012 there was no media house covering AAP. So the party was happy to have anybody who wanted to film them.