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  • Crazxy: A One-Man Psychological Thriller That Keeps You on Edge

    Crazxy: A One-Man Psychological Thriller That Keeps You on Edge

    Crazxy is a gripping psychological drama with a bold, original storyline — powered by a tour de force performance from Sohum Shah, the genius behind Ship of Theseus and Tumbbad! Full credit to him for pushing boundaries and delivering a thriller that’s truly different.

    Dr. Abhimanyu Sood’s world collapses when his daughter is kidnapped, setting off a race against time that reveals his deeply flawed character. The film’s tension builds brilliantly through persistent phone calls , Amitabh Bachchan ringtones, and a pulsating background score that never lets you catch your breath.

    The film’s standout scene? Dr. Sood multitasking in a high-stress moment – simultaneously guiding a junior colleague through emergency surgery while directing the kidnapper to calm his daughter, all while fixing a punctured tire! Shah’s performance here perfectly captures a man barely holding it together. Totally chaotic, nerve-wracking, and absolutely brilliant.

    Speaking of performances, Shah carries the entire film on his shoulders with incredible intensity, making you feel every bit of his frustration and desperation. Special shoutouts to the legends like Tinnu Anand and Piyush Mishra that keep the momentum going. (And yes, the fold phone  and the Range Rover  totally deserve their own credits!)

    Though occasionally losing momentum, “Crazxy” remains largely unpredictable and edgy throughout. While a few additional characters or plot twists might have enhanced the experience, Shah’s commitment to the solo-protagonist approach delivers a unique thriller experience.

    Crazxy Watch it for a raw, edgy thriller that dares to be different!

    #Crazxy #MovieReview #ThrillerVibes #SohumShah #MustWatch #PsychologicalDrama #Weekendwatch #Bollywood #CrazxyReview #Thriller #Edgy #HindiMovies #AmazonPrime

  • Adolescence Review: An Impeccable Masterpiece – Mandatory Watch!

    Adolescence Review: An Impeccable Masterpiece – Mandatory Watch!

    Adolescence Review: An Impeccable Masterpiece – Mandatory Watch!

    Adolescence is a gripping top notch layered roller coaster dealing with the highly relevant themes of adulting, impact of influencers, teenage insecurities, social media indoctrination, deep misogyny, and parenting challenges in modern world! A catastrophic, horrific and moving experience!

    Just watch it! Every parent, every educator and every teenager should watch it!

    Spoilers ahead, if you continue to read!

    Adolescence is about how an incident changes the lives of a family. A 13 year young boy is accused of a murder and arrested from his home. The four episodes cover different perspectives – first episode is a police procedural dealing with arrest in the police station, the second episode showcases the behaviour of teens in contemporary device loaded school, the third episode is the closed door hard hitting interaction of psychologist with the accused and the final episode is the impact on family and life after the event in the home and town.

    The show is a masterclass – the amazing idea of a single shot take for the entire episode creates a great impact – like watching live theatrical purpose! Episode 3 will remain one of the finest one hour of television in recent times! Class!

    The amazing prowess of actors is on full showcase – how the intelligent posh psychiatrist Erin Doherty engages the accused, uncovers the truth and processes her emotions – just out of this world. The way Stephen Graham as father deals with the situation is exemplary – straddling shock, concern, anger and regret!  His facial emotions say what words cannot ever say – when the child is stripped – pure genius at work. And the debutant 15-year-old Owen Cooper as the central character slays it – from a pant-wetting boy to smart

    conversationalist to angry male – he is rocking!

    Adolescence is the best of television for you!

    “I should’ve done better”

    I do not think any closing lines have created such a thought-provoking deep impact in recent times as these ones in the Adolescence! Totally Devastating!

    (Casablanca, Gone With The Wind and Silence Of The Lambs are my all-time favourites for beautiful ending one liners!)

    Do you like me?

    Do you think I am ugly?

    Are we safe in our homes?

    The mental repercussion of thoughts like these emerge in a Netflix redeeming spectacular show!

    And more questions emerge!

    How can we do a good parenting job?

    Can good produce evil?

    How can kids deal with social media?

    How much technology is good?

    Adolescence is the perfect mix of gut-wrenching contemporary premise, dazzling performances, technical impeccability and devastating impact that calls for action and conversations!

    Ladies and gentlemen, watch the finest piece of artistic work today!

    #adolescence #adolescencereview #netflix #netflixandchill #misogyny #thriller #crimethriller #murdermystery #weekendwatch #mustwatch

  • Barzakh Review: Visually Stunning & Refreshingly Artistic Mystical

    Barzakh Review: Visually Stunning & Refreshingly Artistic Mystical

    Barzakh Review: Visually Stunning & Refreshingly Artistic Mystical

    Barzakh means a place in-between. The stage between death and resurrection. The kingdom between paradise and hell. Barzakh series is stuck between perfection and promise!

    Barzakh is an ambitious web series of love, longing and loss from across the border. Beautifully composed on a canvas, awesomely shot in beautiful locales and an outstanding ensemble cast with superlative performances – Barzakh is wonderfully designed.

    A super wealth patriarch Jafar invites his estranged sons for his third marriage to his first love Mahtab. It is just that Mahtab is dead, and Jafar believes she will meet him on the other side. His two sons have a difficult relationship with him while the villagers demand access to atrium of his palatial ‘Land Of Nowhere’ house.

    Strained family ties, postpartum depression, challenges of caregiving, parenting issues, mental health, toxic patriarchy – all topics are showcased by rich characters. All this in the backdrop of red-draped fairies, pink souls with baggage, special girl and other supernatural themes.

    Loved the Gibran Rumi type quotes, breathtaking Hunza valley, carefully crafted visuals and metaphor rich depictions. And of course, the superlative acting of the terrific trio of Fawad Khan, Sanam Saeed and Salman Shahid! The Zindagi Gulzar Hai pair is adorable.

    Yet, inspite of all its positives, it fails to make an impact and achieve its true potential – perhaps it is trying to achieve too much.

    Barzakh is intelligent, brave, unique and highly creative. It grows on you and will stay with you – not every series can claim that!

    Watch it with loads of patience!

  • Singham Again Review: Ranveer Rocks Rohit’s Ramayan Reloaded Repetitive Recipe 

    Singham Again Review: Ranveer Rocks Rohit’s Ramayan Reloaded Repetitive Recipe 

    Singham Again Review: Ranveer Rocks Rohit’s Ramayan Reloaded Repetitive Recipe 

    Singham Again Is A Typical Rohit Shetty Movie With Everything More This Time – More Cops, More Cars, More Action, More One-Liners! But Great Guru Said Less Is More!

    Rohit Creates His Cop Universe With Singham, Simba, Lady Singham & Sooryavanshi – And With A Hint Of Upcoming Collaboration With Chulbul Pandey!

    What You Expect Is What You Get – The Trailer Is Actually Enough To Reveal & Summarise The Entire Move! Why Bother To See The Movie? 

    Singham Again Is A Modern Ramayana Where Danger Lanka (Ravan) Kidnaps Singham’s (Ram) Wife Avni (Sita) & Singham Gets His Friends & Family To Help Him (Lakshman, Hanuman, Jatayu Etc.) Nothing Is Left To Subtlety – The Ramayana References Are Repeated & Choked To You!

    Ajay Devgn Makes An Impact But The Biggest Entertainer Is Ranveer In His Simbba Avatar. Tiger Shroff, Deepika Padukone, Akshay Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Ravi Kishan & Super Star Cameo Just Complete The Ensemble Cast – Nothing New From Them. And Arjun Kapoor Is A Big Letdown – He Is Not An Intimidating Villain Whose Horrendous Acts Require A Battery Of Saviour Heroes! 

    Singham Again: Not A Diwali Phatakha! Just Watch It For The Fun Entertainment & Forget It! 

  • Data-ISM: The New Religion Of Digital & AI-Enabled World!

    Data-ISM: The New Religion Of Digital & AI-Enabled World!

    Data-ISM: The New Religion Of Digital & AI-Enabled World!

    Data-Driven culture is at the heart of success for actualization of business vision!

    Dr. Ashok Karania & Mr Murali Kotagiri, senior leaders of Apexon, participated in the Nasscom Technology Confluence Roadshow at Ahmedabad – An eclectic mix of exhilarating topics and amazing speakers at the thoughtfully curated event.

    Dr. Ashok spoke about the importance of data analytics for a digital enterprise and how creating a data-driven organisation ensures innovation, efficiency and competitive advantage. He also double clicked on the choice of cloud, on-prem and hybrid data storage solution from the perspective of security and scalability. 

    Mr Murali interacted with the industry leaders and technology geeks and stressed the importance of data in regulatory industry and the overall trends in the market. 

  • Listening – A rare and an extinct quality!

    Listening – A rare and an extinct quality!

    Listening – A rare and an extinct quality!

    In the world that constantly wants to speak and be heard, listen seems almost a forgotten skill! 

    And how costly it is! Yet we do not realise it!

    God gave us two ears and one month – But we do not understand!

    Listen to customers and business will never fail!

    Listen to employees and success will soar!

    Listen to friends and relationships will enrich!

    Listen to kids and family will smile!

    Listen to heart and life will thrive!

  • Do Patti Review: Falls Like A House Of Cards

    Do Patti Review: Falls Like A House Of Cards

    Do Patti Review: Falls Like A House Of Cards – Avoid It!

    Kriti Sanon’s Veronica Style Cocktail Of Crime Thriller, Mental Health & Domestic Abuse Is A Big Letdown

    Soumya and Shailee are twin sisters, who not only are as different as chalk and see, but also do not see eye-to-eye. Both fall for a cool charmer Dhruv- Aaina in Seeta Aur Geeta & Chaalbaaz mode. The troubled trio tale gets a twist as the stud has anger issues and he resorts to violence since he suffers from a patriarchal hangover. Key topics of mental health and domestic violence are diluted in an overzealous attempt to be a cinematic artwork. 

    Kajol is wasted – her Dushman was a better fare. Producer Kriti Sanon gets to show her acting skills in a double act including a complete tribute to Cocktail’s Deepika Padukone Veronica avatar. Rest of the act fail to redeem the poor screenplay and poorer direction – A better sensitivity was expected from Kanika in a women-produced film. 

    Do Patti: Avoid it!

    #dopatti #dopattireview #newreleases #weekendwatch #OTT #OTTShows #thriller #netflix #netflixandchill #hindicinema #hindimovies

  • Raat Jawaan Hai – A Must Watch Friendship Hug!

    Raat Jawaan Hai – A Must Watch Friendship Hug!

    Raat Jawaan Hai – A Must Watch Friendship Hug!

    Dil Chahta Hai & Zindagi Na Milegi Dobra Friendship Meets An Ultimate Adventure Called Parenting!

    Raat Jawaan Hai is a refreshing and heart warming series focussing on adult friendships and raising children. Three friends Avinash, Radhika and Suman are juggling the challenges of parenting while their spouses focus on winning the bread. Their friendship helps them navigate life, marriage, parents, self-identity, career and other challenges that emerge on the way.

    Anjali Anand as Radhika is the energy and outspoken cult leader. Barun Sobti as Avinash gives a perfect portrayal of ‘stay-at-home-dad’ blending his humour and insecurities. Priya Bapat as Suman is the hesitant one but the emotional anchor of the trio.

    Highly relatable to the urban couples, it touches your heart with humour, feelings and profound thought. Special credit to the writer – Loved the rural uncle who refused a life because he has to get 10K steps on Fitbit. Or the lines like: We are exactly like our kids. Just potty trained!

    Brilliantly written, wonderfully acted and beautifully directed, ‘Raat Jawaan Hai’ is a must watch!

  • CTRL: Promising Idea Gone Out Of Control

    CTRL: Promising Idea Gone Out Of Control

    CTRL: Promising Idea Gone Out Of Control

    CTRL has all the right ingredients but its a stale dish on arrival! 

    AI
    GenZ 
    Ananya Panday
    Social Media
    Talented Director

    All the above elements fail to make a compelling and refreshing story. The movie seems a packaged product designed to fill the Netflix shelves of new content. 

    Teenagers Nella and Joe are the GenZ couple living a dream life on social media. The influencers blissful life gets punctured when Joe is caught cheating – live on camera of course! 

    Nella gets Geet’s ‘Jalaa Do Saali’ inspiration from AI App where Joe’s images and videos are erased from her digital footprint and possibly life – The Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind!  But the AI Avatar is not a noble friend philosopher and guide – it takes over her data, privacy and soul for sinister gains. The evils of technology, data security and digital life are showcased – even prompting us to switch off our cameras and microphones. 

    Ananya is effortless in her GenZ avatar – her third outing on GenZ, social media and evils of technology after the very recent ‘Call Me Bae’ and ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahaan’. While the movie maybe a project to showcase Ananya’s talents, it has nothing new to offer. 

    Full credit for getting the look and feel of the movie right but the impact is missing. 

    Vikramaditya Motwane is a genius but he fails to convert a good idea into a credible movie!

    #CTRL #CTRLReview #CTRLMovie #Ananypanday #Ananya #GenZ #Netflix #Netflixandchill #AI #digital #privacy #digitallife #bollywood #newreleases #hindicinema #hindimovies #weekendwatch

  • The River Of Life – Keep Flowing!

    The River Of Life – Keep Flowing!

    Keep Flowing

    Keep Growing

    Be like a river. 

    Keep flowing. 

    Find the way. 

    Reduce speed. 

    Fasten pace. 

    Never rest. 

    Become the ocean. 

    Pic: Jeremy Bishop