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Ghost Stories Review: Misfires And Meaning In Netflix’s Rooted Horror Anthology

BY Krupa Ge On

The stories in Netflix’s horror anthology, Ghost Stories, are rooted and the problems seemingly arise from the horrors of life as we know it already — geriatric loneliness, abandonment, majoritarianism, lynching, death of a child and the stigma, and finally the unknowable in an arranged marriage.Rich people meet to, maybe, have an arranged marriage; boy seems to be still talking to his dead grandmother; girl goes ahead and marries him despite the red flag and then like a detective walks around the uber-rich house (with superb wallpapers by the way), trying to ‘find’ the ghost.

Work on ‘Dostana 2’ Gets Underway; Here’s The Latest

BY Silverscreen India Staff On

Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions is busy prepping to bring Dostana 2 to the silverscreen. Dostana was a 2008 film starring Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham and Akshay Kumar, with the latter two pretending to be gay. The film has since received mixed responses for its portrayal of the community. News reports have speculated that the second installation of the series will not see the leading men pretending to be gay, but that they will actually play gay men.

Dhadak Review: A Mediocre Bollywood Affair That Is Best Forgotten

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

Following the story-line of Sairat, Dhadak goes exploring the grey territory of post-infatuation where the lovers feel the pangs of real life, realize that being around each other and building a life together isn’t as dreamy as a fairy tale.Sairat brought alive the socio-political nuances of the small-town so subtly that it crept into the audience’s understanding without them realizing it – like the almost-invisible moment where the boy’s mother hesitates a little when the girl comes to their house and asks for a glass of water.  Dhadak unfolds in a one-note world.