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5 days ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Jack, directed by Bommarillu Baskar, asks for suspension of disbelief, but even after that, the narrative is too absurd for my liking and truth be told, I couldn’t bring myself to appreciate or enjoy what was shown. I understand the approach where the protagonist jokes around and does not take anything seriously, but the moment the plot calls for it, he turns into this superhuman who has the potential to do anything.
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6 days ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
The Diplomat directed by Shivam Nair, is no doubt a decent watch, but I was a tad disappointed after watching the film. The reason being, I didn’t feel like the creative team was able to harness the full potential of the film.
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1 week ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Directed by Guntur Soeharjanto, The Haunted Apartment: Miss K is a complete replica of its prequel, i.e., part one. The names of the characters have been changed, the plot has been tweaked a little, and the setting is different, but apart from that, everything happens in the exact same manner. I mean, I understand it’s a franchise, but a little bit of originality, just to make things a little less predictable, wouldn’t have hurt.
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1 week ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Blood of Zeus season 2 proved one thing: that the gods were not as noble as they were expected or supposed to be, and that at times the mortals and the demigods acted more responsibly and selflessly than they did. We saw that Hades stabbed Heron and killed him, a decision that didn’t go down well with Gaia. She was angry at the pettiness of the gods, and she declared that their reign would end and the Titans would take over.
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1 week ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Directed by Adhik Ravichandran, Good Bad Ugly is a masala entertainer that pushes the limits to the point where the narrative starts looking absurd. Every second scene is a montage of the protagonist making a grand entrance where we hear somebody shouting in the background that he is back. There is absolutely no buildup in the narrative, and with each and every scene the director tries to reach the pinnacle of emotion, which makes the film entirely ineffective.
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1 week ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Directed by Aamir Oliveros, The Luckiest Man in America is based on the real-life story of a man named Michael Larson who created a record by winning $110,237 on a CBS game show titled “Press Your Luck”. The showrunners, while Michael was playing, realized that he was up to something, but for the longest time they weren’t able to figure out how he was winning on every chance.
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1 week ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Black, White, & Gray – Love Kills, directed by Pushkar Sunil Mahabal, is undoubtedly one of the best series to have released this year. And no, I am not talking about just Indian content. It’s an absolute treat to stumble upon such a series and be mesmerized by the art of storytelling on display. The way the story is narrated, making a bold decision to make it a mockumentary, the plot, the twists, and the performances, all the aspects together make for an entertaining and thought-provoking watch.
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1 week ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Unseen season 2 didn’t exactly end on a cliffhanger, but there were a lot of things left uncertain, and most of all, there was a possibility that the people would never come to know about what Harting was up to. Zenzi had taken her revenge, but the world still considered her a fugitive on the run. She still didn’t have any evidence to prove her innocence in the court of law, which is why she wanted to leave the country and start fresh.
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1 week ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Raid 2, directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, has a predictable storyline, but it benefits from the performances of the brilliant actors on board. What such performers do is that they keep you from noticing that you are watching a mundane drama that incorporates extremely convenient plot twists. Amit Sial, as Lallan Sudheer, is just fabulous, and he literally owned the second half of the film. I don’t understand why our writers have such a hard time giving female characters some significance.
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1 week ago | 
dmtalkies.com | Sushrut Gopesh
Unseen Season 1, the Netflix series, left us on a cliffhanger where we didn’t come to know if Zenzi ended up taking her life or if Naledi, her sister, was able to convince her against it. In season 2 we found out that not only was Zenzi alive, but she had decided to expose the perpetrators and avenge the death of her husband and her kid. Zenzi knew that it was not going to be an easy task to go against such a powerful and influential man, but she was ready to face any obstacle that came her way.
