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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicThriller

Topic: thriller

Jehanabad-Of Love and War wants to be Mirzapur with half-baked romance, tired thrills

Gaurvi Narang -
The SonyLiv show's creator Sudhir Mishra seems to capitalise on the small-town crime thriller but it's not as nail-biting.

Adivi Sesh’s HIT: The Second Case is thriller of the year. Twists, conflicts make it richer

Nidhima Taneja -
Director Sailesh Kolanu has managed to create a bankable and gripping series with HIT, and The Second Case is a worthy successor in the line.

In Shaad Ali’s Bloody Brothers, everyone has a skeleton in their closet. But there’s a big flaw

Amogh Rohmetra -
In all six episodes of the light-hearted comedy thriller, there is no ‘action’, no gunshot and definitely no men flying here and there.

Loose plot, tight acting: In Amazon Prime’s Jalsa, Shefali Shah outshines Vidya Balan

Shubhangi Misra -
Jalsa's a nail-biter as it approaches its climax. By the end of the film, you'll find yourself sitting at the corner of your seat with goosebumps.

Hotstar’s Rudra is tailored to fit Ajay Devgn’s persona. But its villains steal the show

Shyam Nandan Upadhyay -
Devgn's portrayal of an ‘unconventional’ cop is at its intense best in Hotstar's Rudra. It adds to his role in Singham, Sunday, Insaan and Gangajal.

Off The Cuff with Chetan Bhagat

Shivani Rawat -
In the latest edition of ThePrintOTC, author Chetan Bhagat sat down with the ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta to talk about his upcoming book —...

Every Bollywood reincarnation story must tip its hat to Bimal Roy’s ‘Madhumati’

Amit Upadhyaya -
Of the many things that Bimal Roy’s Madhumati got right, Pran’s antagonistic turn was one.

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Tina Das -
Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

+TFP

Road building is a money-making racket in India. And we have a very short memory

Economy

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

+TFP Mayank Kumar -
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

Defence

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Tanzia Alam -
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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