For the script of her next film, Sooni Taraporevala has teamed up with her daughter Iyanah Bativala. The renowned filmmaker admits it is not exactly easy working with her offspring. Iyanah, who is studying in a university in the US, is fastidious about meticulously marking comments in the margins of the script draft as they… Continue reading Sooni Taraporevala on taking the leap of faith with Netflix’s Yeh Ballet
Here’s a rundown of everything you should be streaming this month: 1. Guilty on Netflix Out on: March 4 Guilty stars Kiara Advani, is directed by Ruchi Narain and written by Chhapaak writer Atika Chohan (along with Narain and Kanika Dhillon). The Netflix original movie follows a story-writer whose boyfriend, a popular college hunk, is… Continue reading 8 shows and movies to binge-watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video & Hotstar this March
From the sequel to the hit To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before to the new season of Homeland, here’s what to binge-watch this February: 1) McMillion$ on Hotstar Out on: Feb 4 McMillion$ is a docu-series on the $24 McDonals Monopoly million fraud between 1989 and 2001. The series starts from 2001 with FBI investigator… Continue reading 10 shows and movies to binge-watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video & Hotstar this February
Kids, get ready for another round of drama hitting your screens because the second and final trailer for the sequel to To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before aka To All The Boys 2: P.S. I Still Love You has just landed–and it’s sure to hit you right in the rom-com feels. via GIPHY In To… Continue reading The final trailer of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before 2 is here, and WOW
Whether you’re single, seeing someone or in an intense imaginary relationship with Noah Centineo, Netflix has sorted out your Valentine’s Day 2020 plans already. The much-awaited sequel to To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before will hit your laptop screens on February 12, 2020. According to reports, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S.… Continue reading To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 2 gets a release date and a threequel
It’s impossible not to break into a smile (and keep grinning) while watching Netflix India’s Valentine’s Day special video. No, seriously. You could be an out-and-out cynic but the 2-minute-26-second video (directed by Reema Sengupta and set to music by Aditi Dot) will still hit you right in the feels. A super cute love story,… Continue reading Netflix India’s beautiful Valentine’s Day video will tug at your heartstrings
It’s 2018. Should a female actor who shoots a topless scene be shamed? No. But is she? Of course. Ever since the release of the Netflix India Original series, Sacred Games, Rajshri Deshpande has been on the receiving end of what is the favourite pastime of faceless people behind a keyboard — trolling. Deshpande plays Subhadra,… Continue reading Sacred Games actor Rajshri Deshpande is being called a porn star for exposing her breasts onscreen
Starring Bollywood’s Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte, the eight-episode series — directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap — is the first in a long list of local content that will soon join the league of International Originals like Dark (German) and Narcos (Colombian). “Sacred Games is the beginning of a wave… Continue reading Netflix is betting big on female filmmakers in India
Everything old is new again, if the latest TV reboot craze is to be believed. We have Netflix to thank for a lot of them: from ’80s family classic Full House’s return with Fuller House to early-aughts pop culture staple Gilmore Girls, revisited for the four-part Gilmore Girls: A Year in The Life, and now,… Continue reading Everything we know about Netflix’s upcoming Sabrina reboot
If it seems like all your idols have recently been revealed to have deep, disgusting skeletons in their closets, perhaps its time to get new idols! After a New York Times story brought widespread attention to a pattern of behaviour by Louis C.K. that had been a very public, shameful secret in the stand-up comedy world,… Continue reading 11 female stand-up comedians to stream right now
The first time that Bengaluru-born actor Tina Desai entered our collective consciousness, it was as Sunaina, Dev Patel’s firecracker paramour in the star-packed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), alongside British heavyweights Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy. And after she had reprised her role in the sequel [The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel… Continue reading Sense8 star Tina Desai on working with cult directors and losing her inhibitions
Finding the motivation to exercise when you could be catching up on your favourite Netflix show from the comfort of your sofa is a very real struggle. But this clever new invention could be the answer to a guilt-free binge-watching session. Ronan Byrne, a student at the Dublin Institute of Technology, has created Cycflix, a… Continue reading This exercise bike lets you watch Netflix, but only if you’re pedalling
“I feel like I’ve had the world fall into my lap this year,” says Aditi Mittal, as she adds her name to the likes of Aziz Ansari, Louis CK, Vir Das and Amy Schumer by getting her own Netflix comedy special, “I am literally stopping everyone on the road and telling them my news,” she… Continue reading Comedian Aditi Mittal has more to offer than being the “best tits in the business”
Steamy as those hot sex scenes may look onscreen, but the best of showbiz can attest under oath to the fact that shooting one is precisely the opposite. Forget the daunting task of doing your thing in front of a crew of inquisitive strangers, but a lot of intimate shoots end with bruises, body aches… Continue reading How Hollywood’s hot sex scenes actually get filmed
In a time where being different from the expected norm — whether it’s your race, religion or sexual orientation — can invite violence and oppression, representation in mainstream media is more important than ever. Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black took up from where it left us at the end of season 4, and plunged us… Continue reading 7 TV shows that started important conversations in 2017
It’s about 10 degrees in Tokyo with wind chill that’s threatening to saw your toes off. But that hasn’t deterred a group of fans from standing in line for 12 hours outside the Ebisu Garden Hall. This is the kind of slavish devotion usually reserved for boy bands and Michelin-starred restaurants, but what if I… Continue reading Obsessed with Full House as a kid? You’re going to love this
