Outhouse #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Outhouse Rating: * *

This attempt at heartwarming exploration of companionship, connection & unexpected adventures fails to draw you in because of sloppy direction, discontinuous camerawork & unpolished scripting. The actors are the only draw here.
Cast: #SharmilaTagore #DrMohanAgashe #JihanHodar #SonaliKulkarni #NeerajKabi #SunilAbhayankar
Director: #SunilSuktankar Runtime: 90 min
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Karate Girls #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #KarateGirls Rating: * *

A rather insipid coming-of-age drama with sports as a backdrop, this series about young adults navigating their life problems has little gravity and fails to keep you hooked. Martial arts itself is not the mainstay, its only a means to achieving an end.
Cast: #AshleshaThakur #CelestiBairagey #ManavGohil #MeiyangChang #RohanJoshi #ChiragKatreja
Director: #VictorMukherjee Runtime: 5 eps/ 35-40 min
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Bandish Bandits Season 2 #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #BandishBanditsS2 Rating: * *

S2 music never reaches the high notes, drama is feeble and the jugalbandis don’t have the power to draw you in. This new season has little to offer. Even the face-offs have little purchase
Cast: #SheebaChaddha #NaseeruddinShah #RajeshTailang #DivyaDutta #AtulKulkarni #KunaalRoyKapur #YashashwiniDayama #ShreyaChaudhry #RitwikBhowmik #RohanGurbaxani #SaurabhNayyar #PareshPahuja
Director: #AnandTiwari Runtime: 8 eps/50-60min
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Despatch #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Despatch Rating: * *

The weirdest depiction of an investigative crime reporter we have seen yet & it has #ManojBajpayee’s most inept performance yet. We never get to understand what he is investigating and the form it takes is so sloppy and inept that you wonder whether he is experienced enough? And then there’s the over-the-top sex scenes…#KanuBahl deals in extremes which make no sense.This film lacks coherence & is a dead bore.
Cast: #ManojBajpayee #ShahanaGoswami #JitendraVashisht #AjoyChakraborty #ParvatiSehgal #ArrchitaAgarwal #RituParnaSen #DilipShankar #RijuBajaj
Director: #KanuBahl Runtime: 155 min
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Thukra Ke Mera Pyaar #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #ThukraKeMeraPyaar Rating: * *

It appears to me that the series maker wants to re-navigate the Bollywoodian stereotype of forbidden inter-caste relationship. There’s nothing new here & the presentation of this episodic decent into mayhem leaves a lot to be desired.Its also predictable & even ridiculous at times.
Cast: #DhavalThakur #SanchitaBasu #GovindPandey #AniruddhaDave #SushilPandey #KapilKanpuriya
Director: #ShraddhaPasiJairath Runtime:7eps/20-25m #BombayShowStudiosLLP #SachinPandey #KamalPandey #DisneyHotstar #ThinkinkCommunications #everyone #everyonefollowers #highlights

Dhai Aakhar #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film:#DhaiAakhar Rating: * * 1/2

The story of an oppressed wife, now a widow, finding companionship & love with a writer - prompting her family to go up in arms against her daring, had great potential. Stray poignant&emotive moments don’t do it justice. The screenplay & treatment fail the story so what we get is a timid, slo-mo attempt at mature love story. Performances by #MrinalKulkarni & #PrasannaBisht make it worthwhile though.
Cast: #MrinalKulkarni #HarishKhanna #RohitKokate #PrasannaBisht #ChandanAnand #SmritiMishra #NeerRaao #AadyaAgrawal
Director: #PraveenArora Runtime:98 mins
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Freedom At Midnight #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #FreedomAtMidnight Rating: * * *

Based on the novel by #LarryCollins & #DominiqueLapierre the Emotionally charged plot highlights India’s tumultous state of unrest in 1946-47 before freedom & separation was finally achieved. It’s a fresh look, encompasses fiery oratory, has fairly balanced representations, decent performances & an inveigling background score. Tech details are also creditworthy.
Cast: #SidhantGupta #ChiragVohra #RajendraChawla #ArifZakaria #IraDubey #MalishkaMendonsa #RajeshKumar #KCShankar #LukeMcGibney #CordeliaBugeja #AlistairFinlay #AndrewCullum #RichardTeverson
Director/Creator: #NikkhilAdvani Runtime: 8 Eps/
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