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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicAmazon Prime video

Topic: Amazon Prime video

Is the golden age of OTT over? Censorship, stars, and the shift to ‘safe’ content

Nothing major has been commissioned by OTT platforms since 2023 and as many as 20 projects are on hold, according to industry insiders.

Indians find no shame in Hitler. Bawaal is newest to ‘have fun’ with Nazi references

The Varun Dhawan Jahnvi Kapoor movie Bawaal has come under the scanner. But it’s just the tip of India’s fascination with the Nazi dictator which ranges from soap operas to merch.

‘Auschwitz is not a metaphor’. Nitish Tiwari’s Bawaal accused of ‘trivialising’ Holocaust

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights NGO demands the film’s removal from Amazon Prime Video as it “trivialises” Nazi atrocities.

Govt urges streamers to conduct content checks over obscenity concerns

The meeting was attended by Amazon, Disney, Netflix, Reliance’s broadcast unit, Viacom18, and Apple TV. Govt asked to ensure that streaming content aligns with code of ethics.

Modern Love Chennai is Tamil OTT’s most exciting offering. It’s a celebration of romance

Helmed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja, the six-part anthology on Amazon Prime Video is inspired by a New York Times column. There are also Mumbai and Hyderabad versions of the show.

Vasan Bala’s Cinema Marte Dum Tak wants you to show some love to B-grade movies of the 90s

The Amazon Prime docu-series gives an ode to 90s films that were about dacoits, dangerous beauties and dungeons.

The Sandman to Wednesday — 2022 was a good year for fantasy shows

Purists will hope that Rings of Power comes up with a better Season 2. Meanwhile, House of the Dragon was a must-watch.

Breathe: Into The Shadows 2 tries hard, but Abhishek Bachchan’s poker face ruins it

Streaming on Amazon Prime, it has a star-studded cast with Abhishek, Nithya Menen, and Amit Sadh. But that doesn't help if the show fizzles out all the suspense.

Juhi Chawla to Soha Ali Khan, ‘Hush Hush’ has a stellar cast. But a sketchy murder plot

The show, now streaming on Prime Video, is an all-female ride into the world of Gurugram’s rich and bad.

Hilarious, emotional, real — Amazon Prime has raised the bar with Panchayat 2

Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta and Raghubir Yadav team up to make Panchayat 2 an absolute treat to watch.

On Camera

Are flight bomb threats pranks or conspiracy? Cost of ‘hoax’ to Indian aviation is real

Over 510 flights have been hit by hoax bomb threats in the past couple of weeks. Despite arrests and suspicions of Sikh radical links, authorities still have no clear answers.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.