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Delhi Crime Season 3 – web series review

There are some great series on various OTT platforms which are binge watched thus becoming viral by word of mouth and it is then that their creators wanting to cash in on this popularity bombard you with season after season of the same series. Delhi Crime Season 3 review.... This phenomenon which was visible in English (Hollywood) serials on Prime or Netflix has now hit the Indian OTT community too, of late a few Hindi series too have had successful runs, this culminated in seasons, raking in the moolah for the makers and the OTT platforms alike. Series like Panchayat, Maharani, Family man, Mirzapur have been well liked and appreciated in their subsequent seasons on different platforms. The subscribing audience waits with a bated breath for these well made dramas and clamour for a new season of binge watching. There are three kinds of series the first one which takes the story forw ....
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De De Pyaar De 2 – movie review

De De Pyaar De 2 is a glossy sequel that falls much behind the charm of its predecessor, lacking the freshness of it's first part. The film sort of reminds one of Cheeni Kum quite often while watching it. This romantic comedy stumbles over uneven writing, not so funny moments and lacks emotional depth. After having convinced his family of his choice of getting married to Ayesha Khurana (28 years old) in De De Pyaar De, Ashish Mehra the 52-year-old London-based NRI investor now embarks on seeking approval from Ayesha's family. Though it shouldn't have been surprising that the girl's father is just a year older than the groom. Proclaiming that they are "We are educated progressive people, modern cultured thinking", yet the girls parents are not happy with her choice of marrying a man who is almost her father's age, divorced and has 2 grown up children. Ayesha tells Ashish ....
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Diary of a Woman – movie review

Diary of a Woman confronts viewers with raw vulnerability, unraveling a deeply personal journey through identity, trauma and emotional isolation — far from a soothing cinematic experience. The film that delves into the complexities of gender identity, specifically exploring the life of a man grappling with gender insecurity. Unlike the typical Bollywood portrayal of Switzerland as a dreamy backdrop for romantic escapades, Simon Aeby’s film offers a grounded, introspective look into the solitary life of a Swiss teacher. It stands in stark contrast to the glossy narratives of love and glamour. While in India, life is often enriched by friendship, spirituality, and vibrant social connections, Aeby’s Switzerland feels cold, quiet, and emotionally desolate—where individual existence is marked by loneliness, gloom and monotony. Quodos to Simon for portraying reality. How might an ....
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Dhadak 2 – film review

Dhadak 2 is a love story? Nah! It is a poignant conversation on privilege and what it means to have or not have it. Dhadak 2 is a spiritual sequel to the 2018 film by Shashank Khaitan and an official adaptation of the 2018 Tamil film Pariyerum Perumal (also the name of the male protagonist) by Mari Selvaraj that sheds light on caste based atrocities (we have left discrimination in the rearview mirror at this point). Within the first 5 minutes of Pariyerum Perumal, Mari Selvaraj shows you just how raw and real this journey is going to be. He does not hold back on the gut-wrenching, bone-chilling imagery (something that is seldom, if at all, seen in mainstream Indian cinema) that is not for the faint of heart. But that is the reality we live in, and he serves it right back, reminding us of the cruelty we have constructed in the name of society. Not only is the screenplay in on Mari� ....
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The Diplomat – movie review

Kudos to John Abraham for producing and his realistic portrayal in The Diplomat, a film based on true events of kidnapping of an Indian woman to Pakistan and her struggles for seeking repatriation to her motherland. It's Sadia Khateeb who shines in this political thriller, while John Abraham has grown up a step higher in his acting profession, without any display of his macho image.

John plays the Deputy High Commissioner of India in Pakistan and truly succeeds in displaying diplomacy and personal conflicts of the character's role (Indian Dy High Commissioner) that of a father, a team leader and a high level Indian Diplomat. The film demonstrates Indian diplomat in Pakistan, J P Singh's superb maneuvering and accomplishment of sending back the Indian captive, actual efforts of the ex Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj's determination to bring back 'Bharat ki Beti ....
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DEVA – movie review

The film Deva, a remake of the Malayalam flick Mumbai Police released way back in 2013, features the tale of Kochi City ACP Antony Moses, who is infamously known as Rascal Moses due to his chauvinistic character. Basically, the film is about a rebellious and abrasive cop who sets out to investigate a murder case but suffers memory loss after a major accident. As he retraces his past, he discovers some unsettling truths about his department and himself. Sadly, the film drains you of whatever energy you have when you start watching the film over the course of 156 minutes, as the screenplay team—Bobby–Sanjay, Abbas Dalal, Hussain Dalal, Arshad Syed, and Sumit Arora—takes you through the various layers and shades of Dev, and the unravelling the mystery on and on. The mystery does thicken in the second half, when the whole tonality shifts from action to dark and intense emotions a ....
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Dilli Kaand – movie review

Dilli Kaand as the name suggests somewhat means - a conspiracy in Delhi. However the core of this film is loosely based on the Nirbhaya gang rape incident that occurred about a decade ago. That is just the first part of the story. Much has been written about the Nirbhaya incident about what is the background and the torture that girl had to face and then the court proceedings and so on. What the debutante director Kritik Kumar has attempted is that the nature of power games played in the capital city of India. Therefore the film's story can be broken into two parts. As regards to the first part, it is Kaashvi Kanchan who hogs the limelight with her cheerful and chirpy college student. She has displayed a variety of emotions that of a loving daughter of her parents, a dedicated college student and then her individuality that of a student who falls in love with her college mate. Kaas ....
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The Debt (2010) movie review

While we at FilmyTown celebrate our own Bollywood retro gems, thought it would be great to check some Hollywood ones who will pass the muster, though did not dig too far back unlike their Bollywood counterparts cause what we were looking for fell straight into the lap, not too old, this Israeli drama film was released in 2010, but every bit what we were searching for. The Debt movie review... Such movies do get talked about however it appears to have had a quite existence in our press as despite being movie buffs never came across this one. Like many this movie too must have given India a miss for a theatrical release. The Debt has great content, super star-cast of some Hollywood regulars and veterans and of course good acting and screenplay. For once Hollywood does not talk about America or the bravado of their heroes-superheroes rather it deals with a sensitive subject of the Hol ....
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Don (1978)

At the cost of being labelled a die hard Big-B fan, this eponymous film has to be added to the list to our Retro Gems section sheerly on the strength of its popularity due to its story, screenplay and of course Amitabh Bachchan in antipodal double role of a sauve but hardened gangster and a Kohl-eyed bumpkin. There was novelty in the story but it was such that it could have even back-fired. It were Amar Akbar Anthony, Trishul before this and Kasme Vaade after this that propelled the already popular star Amitabh Bachchan to new heights of megastardom. It was his decade and the 'Chora Ganga Kinarewala' had made it big in this cut throat world of Hindi film industry. Whatever he did or touched turned to gold; take for example the song 'khaike paan banaraswala' which was introduced right at the height of tension when the hero and the heroine are trying to escape from the goons, the scene ....
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Drishyam 2 – Malayalam film review

Whoever has seen the first part in Malyalam or Hindi is sure to be a fan of this film and now there is ever reason to be happy as the film Drishyam 2 comes with its second installment in Malyalam. This time and it is already being touted to be remade in Hindi, there are reports that Kumar Mangat has paid a huge sum for the story and the old cast will be repeated. Back to Drishyam 2. This again is solely carried on his shoulders by the Malayali power house actor Mohanlal... there aren't words to describe his skills. The story starts 6 years after the inquest where George Kutty (Mohanlal) is exonerated of the murder of the Inspector General's son. The family is living happily and George owns a cinema in the muffosil town but there still exists an uneasy calm in the household. As the story goes through various twists and turns, we are made to believe that now the judgement day has com ....
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