Mahesh Manjrekar's Diagnosis of Love is now streaming on ZEE5. (Photo: ZEE5)With theaters still being shut due to coronavirus, streaming platforms have become our saviour as they are the sole source of entertainment. This week, the new releases include Netflix’s Enola Holmes, Voot Select’s Crackdown and Disney+ Hotstar’s PariWar.
Enola Holmes stars Millie Bobby Brown in the titular role. It also features Helena Bonham Carter and Henry Cavill. The film is based on the book series The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer. Enola is the younger sister of famous detective Sherlock Holmes. The story follows her as she turns 16 and finds that her mother (played by Carter) is missing. Her brother Sherlock expects her to be a traditional woman, whereas Enola is anything but that.
Voot Select’s Crackdown, starring Saqib Saleem, Iqbal Khan, Waluscha, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rajesh Tailang and Ankur Bhatia, has also started streaming. The series has been directed by Apoorva Lakhia of Shootout at Lokhandwala fame. This is a thriller series that hinges upon its nail-biting action sequences.
Also streaming from today is Disney+ Hotstar’s PariWar that stars Gajraj Rao, Vijay Raaz, Ranvir Shorey, Yashpal Sharma, Abhishek Banerjee, Nidhi Singh and Kumar Varun. The comedy series is set amid a joint family in Allahbad that is quarelling over the family property. The series will be available for free on the streaming platform.
Last week, we saw the release of Netflix film Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, ZEE5 original film London Confidential and the Netflix series Ratched.
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan starring the talented John Krasinski is action-packed, complex and dynamic. The themes it explores are interesting and topical and the performances are credible as well.
The Indian Express' film critic Shubra Gupta writes in her review of the Disney Plus Hotstar series, "The parivar is based in Prayagraj, aka Allahabad, so we get local colour by way of chatty ‘chat-walas’, tea-time offerings of dahi-jalebis, and mention of the sangam. A bit of Banarasi leheja shows up too, because Mahipal lives there, and some ‘tapori’ slang is slung in towards the end, because, well, maybe the writers thought it would be funny. And while it is a relief to get a series which is clearly trying to be light-hearted and family-friendly (the brothers show up with their wives – Anurita Jha and Sadiya Siddiqui – and kids), some novelty would have been welcome."
The Devil Wears Prada is based on the book of the same name penned by Lauren Weisberger, who chronicled her experiences as a personal assistant to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour in a fictional format via the book. The assistant in the movie is played by Anna Hathaway, who wanted to work in the ‘real’ publishing world but somehow ends up at the fashion magazine Runway. Meryl Streep plays the Anna Wintour inspired character called Miranda Priestly who is an intimidating, powerful personality. Read more about the film here.
Stand-up comedian and host Abish Mathew's YouTube chat show is a fun talk show where celebrities speak their mind and play entertaining games. Until now, celebs like Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker, Radhika Apte, Irrfan Khan among others have featured on the show. You can stream it for free on YouTube.
Easy A is Emma Stone at her vibrant best. Loosley adapted from The Scarlet Letter, Easy A is a teen comedy that is entertaining from start to finish. Of course, tons of John Hughes' movie references also helps the matter.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is not plot-driven. It is its witty, vibrant charm that casts a spell. It is the moments, the dialogues and the characters that stay with you long after the film is over. They seem wholesome and lovable despite their idiosyncrasies. Read more here.
This highly acclaimed 2020 sports miniseries revolves around the career of basketball legend Michael Jordan. Watch it when you seek some inspiration and you won't be disappointed!
A dramedy about power struggle between the family members of a reigning media company, Succession won big at the recently held Emmy Awards. You can watch the critically-acclaimed HBO show on Disney Plus Hotstar.
Only a few movies manage to permeate various fields and influence generations of movie lovers. Alicia Silverstone-starrer Clueless is an example in case. From music, fashion to books, the impact of Clueless has been all consuming. In fact, even as I write this, a reboot of the beloved 1995 Amy Heckerling directorial is being developed for NBC’s streaming platform Peacock. But you may wonder, ‘Isn’t Clueless just your generic teen comedy?’ And you are right, at first glance, it does seem that way. But Clueless is a good-natured soft satire that often subverts its own genre.
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Ever since Homeland bid farewell, fans of the beloved series have been missing their dose of an exciting espionage drama. Apple TV Plus' latest show Tehran promises to fill that gap, at least that is what the reviews are suggesting. Read more about the Israeli show here.
From ZEE5's Forbidden Love series, comes another tale of love, this time a thriller called Diagnosis of Love. Helmed by Mahesh Manjrekar and starring Raima Sen, Rannvijay Singha and Manjrekar himself in pivotal roles, the mystery drama is now streaming.
An early-morning explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant sends workers scrambling to assess the damage. Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control the disaster.
Modern Love is a romantic anthology TV series that dramatises the real-life love stories from the New York Times' column of the same name. For those not familiar with the column, it has essays and stories submitted by readers. The column offers honest explorations of love, relationships and related topics. Modern Love explores love in all its forms, including experiencing it, feeling it, needing it, betrayal, heartbreak, and so on.
The 10-episode web series is about the murder case of 1959 involving a decorated naval officer KM Nanavati who fired three bullets and shot dead businessman Prem Ahuja after learning about his extra-marital affair with his wife Sylvia. Sumeet Vyas is seen as maverick lawyer Ram Jethmalani. Manav Kaul plays the role of KM Nanavati. The show also stars Elli Avram, Saurabh Shukla, Angad Bedi, Kubbra Sait, Makarand Deshpande, Soni Razdan, Viraf Patel, Swanand Kirkire and Pooja Gor.
Starring Dhanush, Pattas is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Indianexpress.com's review of the film read, "Pattas is a star vehicle tailor-made for Dhanush. It gets utterly generic, though the laughs (in the first half) are great. You get action sequences, which Dhanush aces. He doesn’t look out-of-place even in a single scene."
The classic Doordarshan TV series based on RK Narayan's charming small-town based stories still holds up well. Relive your childhood (if you watched Malgudi Days as a child, that is) with this series.
After the audience was enchanted by the new boy on television, Shah Rukh Khan in TV show Fauji, Kundan Shah brought him back in his 1989 TV show Circus. The show had SRK playing Shekharan, a young man who is stuck with managing a circus which belonged to his dad. It also starred Ashutosh Gowariker and Renuka Shahane in pivotal roles.
Watch Vicky Kaushal starrer Bhoot on Amazon Prime Video. Set inside a haunted ship 'Sea bird', this film follows Kaushal's Prithvi who finds himself in teh midst of some supernatural occurences as he is also trying to deal with the loss of his family.
A YouTube series for Netflix hosted by internet stars Kusha Kapila and Srishti Dixit, this show mainly sees the presenters reviewing random shows and films. Guaranteed to provide you laughs and a somewhat fresh perspective on things.
Psychological thriller Raman Raghav 2.0 is inspired by serial killer Raman Raghav who operated in Mumbai during the 1960s and confessed to killing more than 40 people. While Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the serial killer, Vicky Kaushal is seen as a cop in the movie.