Anuja Chauhan on The Fast and the Dead: ‘I love the energy and intimacy of bazaars’

Anuja Chauhan on The Fast and the Dead: ‘I love the energy and intimacy of bazaars’

ACP Bhawani Singh is back in Anuja Chauhan’s latest whodunit-romance, The Fast and the Dead (Harper Collins). There was serendipity in his return, the 53-year-old author says. “When I wrote Club You To Death, I was working with an idea of this pudgy, gentle oldie who radiates so much sympathy that people can’t help talking to him.” Bhawani, […]

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‘Never Have I Ever’ season 4 promises an exciting goodbye to the travails of high school; trailer out

‘Never Have I Ever’ season 4 promises an exciting goodbye to the travails of high school; trailer out

A still from ‘Never Have I Ever’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) is on the brink of graduating from Sherman Oaks High School and she is gunning for the prestigious Princeton. The fourth and final season of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever co-created and co-written by Mindy Kaling also brings its share […]

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Revathy, Tillotama Shome join Netflix’s ‘Tooth Pari: When Love Bites’

Revathy, Tillotama Shome join Netflix’s ‘Tooth Pari: When Love Bites’

Revathy, Tillotama Shome in ‘Tooth Pari: When Love Bites’ Netflix India has revealed the full cast of Tooth Pari: When Love Bites, a vampire-themed romantic fantasy thriller series set to stream on the platform. While the series is led by Shantanu Maheshwari ( Gangubai Kathiawadi), playing a character named Doctor Roy, a cute, lousy and […]

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Poorna Jagannathan: finding agency in Hollywood

Poorna Jagannathan: finding agency in Hollywood

Last month, Poorna Jagannathan attended a Hollywood party, held a few days before the Oscar ceremony. But there was one difference. The party was hosted at Paramount Pictures Studio by a group of South Asians — actors, content creators and even activists. The invitation came from Priyanka Chopra, Anjula Acharia (who manages Chopra’s career in […]

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Matthew McConaughey set to voice Elvis Presley in Netflix animated series

Matthew McConaughey set to voice Elvis Presley in Netflix animated series

Matthew McConaughey | Photo Credit: RICHARD SHOTWELL Matthew McConaughey is all set to voice late singer-actor Elvis Presley in an upcoming Netflix animated series. Eight months after Austin Butler stunned with his Oscar-nominated Elvis performance, Matthew McConaughey has mastered Elvis Presley’s voice. According to E! News, Matthew McConaughey will be lending his voice for ‘Agent […]

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‘The Test’ season 2 review: Less drama, more goodwill and unprecedented access to the Australian cricket team

‘The Test’ season 2 review: Less drama, more goodwill and unprecedented access to the Australian cricket team

Australian cricket and transitions have usually made for interesting stories over the last four decades. The departure from the toxic culture following the Sandpapergate scandal in 2018 to something more humane and sensitized was the subject of season one of  The Test, that released in 2020. Nearly three years on, the second season sees the […]

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‘Blood Sex & Royalty’ series review: A gripping, raunchy retelling of Anne and Henry’s love story

‘Blood Sex & Royalty’ series review: A gripping, raunchy retelling of Anne and Henry’s love story

A still from ‘Blood, Sex & Royalty’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Before you dismiss Blood Sex & Royalty with a groan of not another Henry-and-Anne story, it would be a good idea to give the show a chance. Having done so, you will be captivated. Using a modern sensibility and language, Blood Sex & Royalty […]

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Coming to Netflix: ‘1899’, ‘Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would’, ‘Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?’, and more

Coming to Netflix: ‘1899’, ‘Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would’, ‘Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?’, and more

Avail on 11/15/2022 Run for the Money In a race with time, celebrity contestants desperately try to outmanoeuvre black-clad Hunters in pursuit for a chance to win a growing cash prize. Deon Cole: Charleen’s Boy In an electric stand-up special, Deon Cole ponders romance, racist hotel showers, post-coital bedtime prayers and why he loves women […]

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‘Uncoupled’ review: Neil Patrick Harris stars in light-hearted drama on love, life and acceptance

‘Uncoupled’ review: Neil Patrick Harris stars in light-hearted drama on love, life and acceptance

Neil Patrick Harris as Michael predictably steals the show, that presents a refreshing and enjoyable new take on normalising gay relationships Neil Patrick Harris as Michael predictably steals the show, that presents a refreshing and enjoyable new take on normalising gay relationships Uncoupled is a light-hearted, breezy series about a newly-single gay man in his […]

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Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ is a worthy successor to the teen vs. monster sci-fi genre of shows

Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ is a worthy successor to the teen vs. monster sci-fi genre of shows

Netflix released the concluding episodes of Stranger Things’ fourth season last week and the memes haven’t stopped since. The Duffer Brothers’ science fiction horror series is among the streaming giant’s most popular shows globally and the narrative follows a group of youngsters in Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s as they fight the monstrous denizens of the […]

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