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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Topic: Netflix India

Netflix chose fear over fact. Removing ‘Annapoorani’ only feeds the bully

Netflix did not face any physical threat. And yet it took the coward’s way out by removing Nayanthara-starrer 'Annapoorani'.

Netflix ends password sharing in India, limits access to household members

The streaming giant is sending out emails to customers found to be sharing their Netflix accounts with people outside their households in India.

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.

‘The Pale Blue Eye’ is a gothic mystery thriller brimming with potential. Until it nosedives

Scott Cooper has directed Christian Bale in a well-crafted mystery in Netflix's latest detective thriller, which is intriguing but lacks the final punch.

Netflix’s Treason stops short of an exercise in wasting everyone’s time

In the series created by Matt Charman, Charlie Cox plays a under-the-radar deputy, the one running the UK secret service, MI5.

Netflix’s Monica, O My Darling a power-packed joyride. Watch for Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi

Packed with many twists, turns and clever dialogues, the film is proof of Vasan Bala’s directorial skills.

Cherrapunji ki Diwali? Netflix ad shows there’s never an effort to learn about Northeast

Whether it’s Priyanka Chopra playing Mary Kom or Netflix India's gross misrepresentation of Cherrapunji, the Northeast is always left to battle the issue of identity.

Serial killers and gore now have a growing base in India — on Netflix, Instagram, Spotify

Delhi Crime, Burari Deaths, Indian Predator — viewers can now look beyond US for some 'good, ghoulish fun'. True crime's time has arrived.

Glitz, glamour, ‘first-world’ problems—Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives is a guilty pleasure

Maheep, Bhavana, Seema and Neelam are back with their lives in the second season of Netflix's show. It's the desi version of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

You keep hoping Vijay Deverakonda’s ‘Liger’ will get better. It never does

Directed by Puri Jagannath, Liger has great actors, with even Mike Tyson thrown in, but lacks soul.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

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.