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Friday, October 24, 2025
TopicWeb series

Topic: Web series

New OTT series a retelling of the 2010 ‘kaand’ in Haryana’s Mirchpur. How caste violence had unfolded

The show, 'Kaand 2010', aims to highlight the prevalence of caste discrimination in society brought to the fore during the violence in the Haryana village. 

Principal held for giving NOC to shoot web series, more than year after row at Sonipat school

In FIR lodged May last year against producer, director & MX Player, vice-principal says web series sullied reputation of school with objectionable portrayal of teacher & students.

‘Vulgar, obscene & profane’: Delhi HC pans makers of TVF show College Romance, upholds FIR

Courts must step in when self-regulatory bodies don't perform their functions, judge asserts. Swear words & profanities are not part of standard Hindi or any other Indian language.

SonyLiv’s Meme Boys has plot twists, boomer jokes and oddities. But it’s no Kota Factory

Meme Boys reflects social media as a space to not only express but gather momentum for change. But it also shows the other side of the coin.

The hidden world of ‘Gandii Baat’ casts lights on India’s erotic fantasies and desires

Gandii Baat came out in 2018, but is almost unknown among English-speaking audience in metropolitan India. And its runaway success makes it clear that sex is never just sex

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

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

Nobody gets the IIT story right, 3 Idiots, TVF, to Netflix’s Alma Matters

Alma Matters places students before you but forgets to critically contextualise what they are saying about toxic IIT culture, or more importantly, not saying.

New OTT rules won’t stop Bollywood’s queer stories – Geeli Pucchi to The Married Women

From ALTBalaji’s The Married Women, Neeraj Ghawyan’s Geeli Pucchi on Netflix, to Ekta Kapoor’s upcoming His Storyy, there’s a new wave of queer storylines.

Pune university to start web series lecture on Aryabhata, Chanakya to ‘awaken national pride’

The web series on yoga and ancient Indian scholars will be launched by Savitribai Phule Pune University likely in May. It will carry academic credits too.

Lights, camera and action on video call — how a web show was shot during lockdown

A Mumbai-based production house has shot the web series, which is set against the backdrop of Covid pandemic. It will be released in the first week of August on Voot.

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In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.