2024 and its cinema of desire | Are rom-coms, as we know them, dead?

2024 and its cinema of desire | Are rom-coms, as we know them, dead?

Recently, during an interaction with some law students, I was asked: where have all the rom-coms gone? I have heard this before — at family lunches, in writers’ rooms and at school reunions. Each time, instead of answers, we are left with a dull lament for “simpler” times. But nostalgia is often overrated. Were those […]

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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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‘The Night Manager’ series review: An explosive combination of style and substance

‘The Night Manager’ series review: An explosive combination of style and substance

A still from ‘The Night Manager’  Marrying style with substance, The Night Manager is one of the few adaptations of international franchises where text and context come together to create a stimulating experience. Adapted by Sridhar Raghavan, the Indian version of David Farr’s acclaimed series that drew from John Le Carre’s novel, The Night Manager […]

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