Criminal Justice Season 2 review: A gripping morality tale
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is no Orange is the New Black, Netflix’s breakout series, though one can see hints of the Australian series Wentworth.
Rating: 3 out of 5 Updated: December 24, 2020 11:28:33 pm
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar.
Criminal Justice Behind Closed Doors cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Anupria Goenka, Kirti Kulhari, Deepti Naval, Mita Vashisht, Ashish Vidyarthi, Jisshu Sengupta, Shilpa Shukla
Criminal Justice Behind Closed Doors director: Rohan Sippy and Arjun Mukherjee
Criminal Justice Behind Closed Doors rating: Three stars
The fact that the Indian justice system is flawed, and at times is even broken is a well documented and accepted fact. The lawyers know it, as do the judges, and as for the people who end up in the system, well, movies and shows get made on them. Criminal Justice: Behind Close Doors season two
10 most loved films and popular plays themed on Christmas promise to bring in festive cheer
Take a trip to the North Pole or watch how a little girl can change the heart of a Grinch and while at it, stop to laugh with pantomime artiste Dick Whittington. December 24, 2020 11:54:22 am
The Christmas Chronicles is streaming on Netflix.
This time it’s not a “White Christmas” nor even a social, festive one. What we have instead is “an indoor, quiet Christmas”, courtesy the pandemic. But don’t lose heart, to bring you some cheer are a list of popular films and plays you can watch over the long Christmas weekend.
Mirzapur (2018-present) on Prime Video
As a child, Divyenndu loved it when his parents would ask him to recite a poem or sing for guests. “I would embellish it with some theatrics or other,” says the actor whose role as Munna Bhaiya in the web-series
Mirzapur on Prime Video has been a hit. “When people ask when I was bitten by the acting bug, I say that I was born with it,” he says.
This bug kept him involved in extracurricular activities in school and, later, at Kirori Mal College, Delhi, where he pursued a degree in political science. “Those three years made me realise the depth of theatre. I decided to give it my all and joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune,” he says. Divyenndu’s next stop was Mumbai. After some struggle, he was cast in
There were so many shades to Harshad Mehta that I wanted the audience to notice: Pratik Gandhi
Actor Pratik Gandhi on growing up with theatre and the series that changed his life Updated: December 20, 2020 5:51:36 pm
Pratik Gandhi, on the massive success of his OTT debut, Scam 92: The Harshad Mehta Story, directed by Hansal Mehta, which released to great reviews in October on Sony LIV.
First Role: A Gujarati play in school, when he was in Class III
Standout Act: Playing Harshad Mehta in Scam 92 on Sony LIV
“When we were making Scam 92, we knew that it was something unique. It is one of the first financial thriller series based on real events, for instance, but we never imagined it to have an impact of this magnitude,” says actor Pratik Gandhi, on the massive success of his OTT debut, Scam 92: The Harshad Mehta Story, directed by Hansal Mehta, which released to great reviews in October on Sony LIV.
Jitendra Kumar never thought he could become an actor.
Jitendra Kumar had never harboured any dreams of being an actor. Theatre and acting happened by chance when he was pursuing civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur. After that, there was no looking back. A fellow student Biswapati Sarkar pushed Kumar, facilitating his entry into the world of online content in 2012-13. As his videos went viral, Kumar became a familiar face. The year 2020 looked promising with two big releases as the romantic lead opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (the film, directed by Hitesh Kewalya and Rohit Sharma, released in February), and the web-series Panchayat (released on Prime Video this April).