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Drishyam: The Conclusion co-written, produced and directed by Abhishek Pathak , the third and presumably the final film of the crime-thriller Drishyam Hindi Franchise , released all over on October 2, 2026 and had in the meantime this Ajay Devgn starrer has become a blockbuster superhit, grossing over Rs. 300 crores domestically and nearly Rs. 460 crores globally so far; and also becoming the second highest grossing Hindi movie of the year and the second highest grossing Indian movie of the year. Curiously enough, the first Hindi Drishyam of the Series in 2015 directed by Nishikant Kamat , an adaptation of the original Malayalam Mammootty-starrer all-time blockbuster in Kerala crime-thriller Drishyam in 2013 directed by Jeethu Joseph , was not a blockbuster nor even a proper hit, only a semi-hit per the box-office verdict; however, thanks primarily to word-of-mouth publicity the film emerged as a cult film thus creating an immense interest for the sequels over the years. Both the se...

Psychological thrillers have always been a very popular variant of the larger genre of crime-mystery-suspense-detective-horror spins both for novels and movies—then for the television and latest for the OTT streaming platforms. The unfailing appeal of such sagas to the audiences of the world had its origin in the 18 th century as far as writing and publishing of Gothic fiction or dark romanticism-terror is concerned. Horace Walpole (1717-1797) is believed to be the founder of Gothic novels and his novel The Castle of Otranto , published in 1764, brought the concept of haunted castles or mansions into literature for the first time and the novel has endured ever since, it’s still being read. Stories and novels of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Mary Shelley (1797-1851) and Bram Stoker (1847-1912) among quite a few others including the authors of the American Gothic fiction, and of course, the Bronte sisters, have been feeding the curious human mind ever since with almost all regions of t...

The Web Series Hush Hush Season 1 started streaming on Prime Video from the 22 nd of September 2022. It has at least three very important reasons for being watched eagerly by a lot of viewers. First, filmmaker Tanuja Chandra whose intense flick Dushman (1998) is still remembered by movie fans features as one of the directors and producers in a clearly women-oriented story with mostly women in the crew too. Second, the cast is tremendously interesting and exciting with two of the most beloved babes of Bollywood since the eighties Juhi Chawla and Ayesha Jhulka coming back/appearing on the OTT Platform for the first time, and joined by the immensely talented Soha Ali Khan , Shahana Goswami , Kritika Kamra and Karishma Tanna . Third, the story begins on a very taut and promising note, seemingly doing justice for a mature series in the Suspense genre . But unfortunately, that lasts only till the third episode, and then, rather inexplicably, the storytelling breaks up and meanders to...

The law enforcers, the police and other related agencies, wield immense power to utilize it for the protection and the betterment of the common people if they want to do so. But unfortunately, such powers are more often misused and so, we keep on hearing stories about police corruption from the petty level of taking bribes on any pretext to the highest level of politician-criminal-underworld nexus. This is a global phenomenon, not just limited to more prone countries like India. Such is the impact of police corruption in society that thousands of fictions in terms of thrillers written or movies or television series have been made all over the world since decades. In most commercial films in India, we see police personnel portrayed as horrendously brazen and sadistic characters. In the US and the West through the franchises of James Bond , Mission Impossible and The Bourne Identity among others we invariably confront a traitorous bad cop within the system. I cannot possibly mention v...

An out and out formulaic Bollywood movie ‘ Bachchan Paandey ’ has been theatrically released all over India on 18 th March 2022 and then Amazon Prime Video started streaming it from 15 th April. The movie’s release has been pending since December 2020 due to various reasons including the pandemic. ‘Bachchan Paandey’ is produced Sajid Nadiadwala of the famed filmmaking house of the Nadiadwala that is celebrating 70 years of filmmaking and is directed   by Farhad Samji . The film is reportedly a remake of the Tamil movie ‘ Jigarthanda ’ (2014) and also supposedly inspired by the South Korean flick ‘ A Dirty Carnival ’ (2006). The hero or the antihero or the protagonist or the antagonist, whatever you may decipher after watching the movie, of the movie is the immensely popular action - comedy hero Akshay Kumar with the female lead played by the new generation heroine Kriti Sanon . Popular comedian and character actor Arshad Warsi also plays a key role and Jacqueline Fern...

A Still From Hitchcock Classic Frenzy Dinkar stood hunched, a knife in his hand. He was agitated and tense. The situation was getting out of hand. He had to do something now—something permanent and final. He could tolerate it no longer. Everyone has some weaknesses, but at the same time some strengths too, he muses furiously. What to do if one always highlights the weaknesses and makes it a point to ignore the strengths! His has been one such never ending story since all the years of his marriage. His grip on the knife tightened. He could still hear the rumblings, the grumblings and the awesomely monotonous cacophony. First thing on this beautiful Sunday morning he got it again. And what did he do? Were his mistakes so unpardonable or were these mistakes mistakes at all?   He only tried to help as always. That he broke the tea cup was only an accident. He took it to the sink just to make it easier—as a good gesture. Spilling the water in the passage was another little accident wh...