Making thrillers is difficult since there is so much content out there already. It is hard to differentiate a particular work from countless others. And a thing that is already been done cannot ‘thrill’ a viewer again. Here are five solid, innovative films.
Comicstaan first impression: Amazon Prime Video's new reality show Comicstaan is a nine-part series aimed to find the next best stand-up comedian/comedienne of the country. And as far as pilots go, this one doesn't let on much, just like the rest of the pilots. There is no immediate pay-off.
Emraan Hashmi will play the lead role in Netflix's Bard of Blood. The Indian original is based on a book of the same name by Bilal Siddiqi and is being produced by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.
Writer-director Akarsh Khurana plays a father of three kids in The Viral Fever's Yeh Meri Family. The occasional actor talks about what enticed him about the web show set in the 90s.
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is all set to present the "ultimate chronicle of the Mumbai Underworld" through a web series titled D Company.
Samir Kochhar has had a successful digital stint. Starting off with The Test Case, he followed it up with Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat 2, Dhan Dhana Dhan and more recently the Netflix original Sacred Games.
Brij Mohan Amar Rahe: Arjun Mathur stars as a hosiery shop owner in this Netflix film. His desperate need to earn money lands him in a lot of trouble.
Web series Kallachirippu, starring Amrutha Srinivasan, Rohit, Vikas, Rajalakshmi, Uma, Maheswaran and Chennu Mohan, is streaming on Zee5.
Actor Bijay Anand is being lauded for his performance in Zee5 web series Karenjit Kaur - The Untold Story of Sunny Leone.
Starring Mithila Palkar and Dhruv Sehgal, Little Things's first season evoked a positive response, especially among young Indians. Now, it has been acquired by Netflix and is all set to get a second season
Shonda Rhimes' first batch of eight shows for Netflix will mostly be women-centric. The shows include stories based on books like Bridgerton novels, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, a New York Magazine article about Anna Delvey, among others.
In the trailer of Netflix's Insatiable, the main character Patty goes from a fat girl nobody likes to a thin girl everybody would love to hang out with. Apart from the obvious fat-shaming, it is clearly shown that slim is the perfect body type.
Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story of Sunny Leone has been leaked on Tamilrockers. The web series been streaming on Zee5 from July 16.
Amid all the appreciation for Netflix’s Sacred Games, TVF Play has come up with Yeh Meri Family which is a fresh, nostalgic, sweet and emotional web series that will take you back to your pre-teens days.
TVF web show Yeh Meri Family is a perfect dose of nostalgia for the 90s generation. Mona Singh who plays a mother of three kids revealed why she enjoyed the role and how difficult it becomes if your show is based in a different era.
A one-minute teaser of Amazon Prime Video series Homecoming, featuring Julia Roberts, was recently shared by the streaming service. Homecoming will start streaming from November 2, 2018, on Amazon Prime Video.
Comicstaan host Sumukhi Suresh spoke exclusively to indianexpress.com about the show, women in the comedy space and her writing expedition.
Teagan Croft plays Raven, Brendon Thwaites is the leader Robin, previously a Batman sidekick. Anna Diop is Starfire. Ryan Potter plays Beast Boy. Together they make up the crime-fighting team Titans.
Nightflyers trailer: In the nearly two-minute-long trailer of Netflix's original series Nightflyers, a spaceship breaks down, people's lives are in danger, and creepy things take place on the spaceship because the series is based on the novella by Games of Thrones writer George R R Martin.
The reboot of Netflix original series Narcos will explore the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots in Mexico. Michael Pena and Diego Luna will play Kiki Camarena and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, respectively, in Narcos: Mexico.
A sneak peak of actor Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in the third season of The Crown has been released. Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies will play Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, respectively, in the upcoming season.
In an exclusive chat with indianexpress.com, Nawazuddin Siddiqui took the question of getting stereotyped in gangster roles in his stride, and instead took a jibe at other heroes.
Sunny Leone's biopic Karenjit Kaur The Untold Story of Sunny Leone is currently streaming on Zee5. The web series on the adult-star-turned-Bollywood actor is receiving good response from the audience.
Sacred Games is getting rave reviews from fans and critics alike. Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap, the Netflix series stars Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Radhika Apte, among others.
Karenjit Kaur - The Untold Story of Sunny Leone first impression: Sunny Leone hardly takes up much screen time in the pilot of the series, and the times she does grace the screen, the actor performs with appreciable restraint.





