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With Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam, DC Universe has learnt from Batman vs Superman mistakes

The crisp editing and fantastic graphics ensure that Black Adam is a fitting debut for The Rock in the DCEU.

Dark, disturbing, daring—Amazon Prime’s ‘Ammu’ is not a preachy take on domestic violence

Aishwarya Lekshmi’s Ammu joins Taapsee Pannu’s Thappad and Alia Bhatt’s Darlings to show how women ultimately save themselves from bad marriages.

Apple TV+’s Shantaram offers gripping look at 1980s Bombay but needs to break the shackles more

After years of delays, Gregory David Roberts’ seminal 2003 novel Shantaram has finally been adapted for the small screen, and is off to a gripping, but slightly flawed, first three episodes.

If there is one movie you cannot miss this year, it’s Kannada film Kantara

The film directed by Rishab Shetty is a satiating blend of folklore and masala.

Compelling, simple, magical—Gujarati film Chhello Show deserves to be India’s Oscar entry

Pan Nalin’s film is not perfect, but its heartwarming story about the love for celluloid will make you root for it.

Netflix’s Mismatched 2 is finally India’s answer to Gen Z content, from mental health to love

The series based in Jaipur explores the idea of moving on, of finding new love and partners, while dealing with the past.

Doctor G is not your average Ayushmann Khuranna film. He isn’t the hero with a message

Written and directed by Anubhuti Kashyap, Doctor G has fewer laughs, more reality checks. But it’s never a preach fest.

Hasan Minhaj’s The King’s Jester on Netflix is his grand resignation from political satire

Hasan Minhaj amps up the stakes for The King’s Jester. Drawing from the title alone, it’s all about power play.

How far will you go for revenge? Mammootty’s Rorschach shows the unthinkable

Director Nissam Basheer's Rorschach is a psychological genre-bending thriller that leaves you wondering what you would have done.

Hindutva Chapter 1 takes popular WhatsApp ideas and puts them together for big screen

Writer-director Karan Razdan’s focus on using anti-Muslim tropes throws away any opportunity to sincerely handle a popular topic shaping India’s current politics.

On Camera

India is going to have its least free & fair election in 2024. See these 5 indicators

So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.