Month: April 2020

Posted in Reviews, Series Reviews

ASUR: Welcome To Your Dark Side

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By Saakshi Sharma

Just finished watching this psychological drama on Voot, one of the budding Netflixes of India. And this is one of the finest thriller drama I’ve come across in a very long time by an Indian director.

Asur is a 2020 Indian, Hindi-language crime thriller directed and co-produced by Oni Sen. The series stars Arshad Warsi and Barun Sobti. It is set in current times and revolves around serial killings. Arshad Warsi made his web debut in this series.

Brilliant stuff. Slightly ahead of its time I believe. Its dark, grim, gritty and gripping. A great mix of Indian mythology, techniques and science. The background score is almost haunting, something that will stay with you for long especially during credits. 

The postmortem scenes have been so well elaborated that you feel like standing straight and take a note, you learn! One feels like going back to chemistry classes and pay ATTENTION!!

The story keeps you engaged till the very end. The murders have been very well connected. So connected that it plays with viewers mind. However, it ends abruptly; atleast not in a very well explained environs, which is slightly disappointing.

Some questions are left unanswered – why the murderer (s) cut the first fingers in every murder (its not a spoiler; worry not). One of the killing in the last by normal people is again not explained; may be the producers will explain in next season…

Notwithstanding a little ambiguity, the series is a must watch. Every single actor has impressed the audience with their work. It doesn’t look like they are ‘acting,’ but as if they are living their characters.

More than established names like Arshad Warsi, you will notice that Barun Sobti stands out on his own. The character played by him has shades; goes through hallucination and yet stays very very strong in eyes of the audience.  

I would rate it at 4.5 out of 5 or a minimum 8 on a scale of 10.

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I’M NOT OKAY WITH THIS

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By: Samyukta Narayanan

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While watching Netflix new teen supernatural series ‘I Am Not Okay With This,’ it’s easy to be reminded of all the TV shows and movies it borrows from there’s a hefty dose of ‘Stranger things,’ ‘Carrie,’ a ‘Breakfast Club’ homage, a bit of the Spider-Man origin story and the teen drama of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’ With a short first season and a great star, it has the potential to stand out from Netflix’s weekly dump of new series. 

‘Okay’ is chock-full of tropes you’ve seen before. Superpowers as a metaphor for puberty, sexuality and emotion. Quirky kids stuck in small towns. Dead parental figures. But it succeeds precisely because it feels so novel in spite of these familiar building blocks. It outstrips the higher-profile would-be ‘Stranger successor’ ‘Locke & Key,’ which made a solid effort but sometimes had trouble nailing down a cohesive identity.

The writers know exactly what show they are making, and there isn’t a wobbly moment in the seven-episode, first season. It is a singularly focused series riding high on a fabulous young actress who makes her journey from Point A to Point B immensely successful.

Across the season, we watch Sydney live her awkward teenage life. She’s burdened by the loss of her father, a best friend who recently hooked up with an awful jock, a love-sick weirdo pal who she can’t bring herself to romantically reject, and, perhaps most pressing of all, a budding psychic power that manifests in her horrible ways when she’s angry.

The series makes the smart move of focusing on Sydney’s relationships with the rest of the cast, especially the ebb and flow of her feelings towards her best friends Dina (Sofia Bryant) and Stanley (Wyatt Oleff, who starred alongside Lillis in the recent It adaptation).

Lillis has been making waves in Hollywood for a few years now. She stole scenes as Young Beverly in ‘It,’ popped up as a younger version of Amy Adams in ‘Sharp Objects,’ led a Nancy Drew movie and recently anchored another strong horror showing in ‘Gretel and Hansel.’

This series moves her fully from ‘up-and-coming’ talent to ‘arrived.’ The series simply would not have power (super or otherwise) without her as a sympathetic protagonist. It is a slight shame that the three teens around her are not nearly as fully drawn characters, although Stanley comes close. 

These characters, for all their flaws, are likable and compelling, and the awkward realness of their teenage personalities is what makes the series work. The show has the good sense to realize that most viewers will be charmed by Stanley’s weirdo ways, and Sydney feels fully formed. Her ability to float things with her mind, and the fact that things sometimes break or go flying when she’s angry, feels like a manifestation of the other issues in her life rather than the thing that defines her. She’s a lot like Stranger Things’ Eleven, but a bit older, a little less in control.

I Am Not Okay With This is a sweet-natured show with a dark side; one moment it’s all charming conversations between likeable characters, and then the next something heavy and distressing will happen. The show walks the line between these tones well, and by the end of the short first season I was invested in the characters, what they were going through, and the hints of lore peppered throughout.

I recommend y’all to watch it, the first season was a comforting slice of television that you can finish in an afternoon but it ends with a tempting cliffhanger, I was sad that there wasn’t more to watch.I’m eagerly waiting for the next season to be released as quickly as possible.

Posted in Movie Reviews, Reviews

CHAL MERA PUTT – 2

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By – Simran kaur

In typical times, or in times where we are not 1feeling good and happy, Chal Mera Putt-2 is a mixture of full of drama, comic portion and the emotional bond that the characters share with each other is what wins your heart over. In this, Simi Chahal as Savvy, Garry Sandhu as Deepa and Amrinder Gill as Jinder, they have worked so well that it can be described a fun film on the basis of their dialogues.

The situations that all the friends throw each other into keeps you glued to the screen. There is not even a single dull moment in Chal Mera Putt-2 .


Throughout two halves, you enjoy the constant leg pulling of each character by the others, which most of the people enjoy a lot. In every movie there is a single male lead (hero) but in this movie, the uniqueness of the movie is that there is no hero , but all the 6 of them did a tremendous job and your heart beats for them all. The romance is relegated to the backseat in this part.

If we talk about the characters, Amrinder Gill has good command over humor, drama and emotion. Simi Chahal has a brief part and she does it very well. Garry Sandhu, in a cameo appearance adds to the star quotient. Iftikhar Thakur, Nasir Chinyoti, Gurshabad Singh, Hardeep Gill and Akram Udas, they all are superb .

The movie carries forward the unique essence of everlasting friendship and love between illegal immigrants struggling for their PR in UK. In this it has been shown how many challenges they face and how they overcome these challenges. They come across a few characters adding more fun to their journey showing us that when it comes to the struggle of life, no border can divide human hearts and the love inside.

Chal Mera Putt -2 is a perfect blockbuster sequel of Chal Mera Putt (2019) . In this movie, Indian and Pakistani actors have shared a single screen space. This movie tends to speak the language of the youth who face problems in foreign lands.

I recommend to every person whether a kid, old aged or our youth to go and watch this movie as they have entertained us in most unadulterated manner which is quite tough in today’s time.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reviews

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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By Rahul Baghel

Recently, I’ve Finished reading a book titled ‘Then She Was Gone’ by Lisa Jewell.

The Book was nominated for the Best Mystery and Thriller novel at the Goodread’s yearly choice awards. Lisa Jewell was born in london in 1968. she started her First novel, Ralph’s party foe a bet in 1996. she finished it in 1997 and it was published by penguin books in May 1998. It went on to become the best selling debut novel of that year. she has since written further nine novel as is currently at work on her tenth.

The story is about a Missing girl called Ellie. We don’t learn much about her, the plot rather resolves around the cause of her missing and the effect it left on her environment. Lisa Jewell is an experienced writer and she knows how to tell an attention, grabbing story but I Must admit that the plot is quite predictable and wasn’t sure whether that was author intention or not. However, predictability didn’t repel me from the book, which is quite unusual. I simple wanted to see what happens next and if it could it any crazier and it gets.

Important characters in Book ‘Then she Was Gone’ – Laurel Mack, Ellie Mack, Paul Mack, Hanna Mack, Floyd Dunn, Poppy Dun, Sara-Jude Virtue, Noelle Donelly.

Much of the story resolves around grief, denial and hope mostly told from the POV of Ellie’s Mother, Laurel. We get to see the Manipulative and Exploitative side of human nature who are willing to do anything for personal gain, crushing everything and everyone who are standing on their own ways. In the game, nobody actually wins and the reckless, selfish, manipulative behavior effects more people than we can think of.

Although the story was built on some rather unbelievable set of events, with a lot of obvious patches for plot holes, which are not quite well explained. In this Novel, no blood, no violence, yet the reveal exposes how cheap human life is to some people but that doesn’t put you of or stop you from reading until the very last page. After all, I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading mysteries, but be prepared to reveal a lot of information by yourself. The Ending was both satisfying and touching.

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Doorstep Delivery in Covid 19 situation

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By Rahul Baghel

Everyone is very much familiar with this fact that COVID-19 has affected, drastically not just India but the entire world .

The thing is people are not taking it as serious as it actually is, they are roaming here and there, wandering on streets. Why people are not understanding that all measures, precautions which are taken by the government are for their own benefit only.

I have seen people complaining that what our government is doing is inconvenient to them However, they should realize that if this lockdown was not done, then this COVID-19 situation could have gotten out of hands. The death rates would have increased like water flowing in the river .

Hey, I am Rahul, a journalism student and resident of Ludhiana city. As we all know Government is not allowing us to go outside from our homes, it’s getting difficult for some people to buy things which we need in our daily routine like groceries. It is a basic and essential necessity for the human beings.

How needy and poor people or even people who are locked in their houses will be able to purchase essential stuff?

Municipal Corporation of Ludhiana has given us and all grocery shops owners the license to do door to door delivery of food/ essential items like wheat, rice and lentils all over the city. There is also special timings for the delivery of the food items which is from 9 to 6.

There is a helpline number of every grocery shop through which any body from Ludhiana can make a call and ask for the delivery.

It’s my first time doing this great work, putting smiles on dull faces who are suffering from hunger. It’s not that like I am coming in contact with any person, necessary measures are being observed such as wearing gloves, using sanitizer and masks.

We are serving and taking all the precautions which one should while going outside or even if in the house. Those precautions are :

  1. I avoid close contact with people ( 1 feet or 3 feet ) who are unwell , which means maintaining social distancing .
  2. I regularly and thoroughly wash my hands with an alcohol based hand wash .
  3. I always go outside at the time of delivery carrying a sanitizer on me.
  4. I put a mask ,when I have to go for the delivery .
  5. I put hand gloves to avoid direct contact with any other person .

These all precautions are to reduce our chances of contracting COVID -19. Kindly cope up with the Police officials and government. It will be beneficial for our future only.