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Back in 2012, there was a heated debate that had the potential to kickstart a revolution in entertainment consumption in India. It was started by Kamal Haasan when he wanted to release his Vishwaroopam on DTH services hours before its theatrical release. His idea was snuffed out quickly. Eight years and a global pandemic later, every studio across the world has adopted variations of this model.
There are now 10-plus OTT streamers used by content creators to showcase their products. People who swore by theatrical releases not only warmed up to direct OTT premieres but became ambassadors of this growing market too. While audiences logged in in droves to watch direct-to-digital films that would’ve been theatrical releases if not for the pandemic, the reception to original Indian OTT content in 2020 was quite heartening. It was nothing short of a tectonic shift in entertainment consumption. Here are a few trends that best encapsulate the kind of Indian content th
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Relevant but Flawed
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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
Criminal Justice 2 Review: Kirti Kulhari and Pankaj Tripathi power a hard-hitting tale
Criminal Justice 2 Review: Kirti Kulhari and Pankaj Tripathi power a hard-hitting tale
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is a hard-hitting show that will leave you pondering, questioning and worrying. The show is available for streaming on Disney+Hotstar VIP and stars Kirti Kulhari and Pankaj Tripathi in lead roles.
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Kirti Kulhari and Pankaj Tripathi play lead roles in Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors.
“Innocent until proven guilty,” recalls criminal lawyer Madhav Mishra’s (Pankaj Tripathi) wife, as she explains to her boss in a beauty parlour that one cannot be termed a criminal until their crime has been proven. The small scene in the show delivers a much bigger message, that if you can change the thinking of even one person, you’ve made a difference.
Criminal Justice Behind Closed Doors Review: Pankaj Tripathi Fails to Lift Slow Paced Drama
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Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Anupriya Goenka, Kirti Kulhari, Khushboo Atre
Directors: Rohan Sippy and Arjun Mukerjee
Criminal Justice season 2 arrives with the promise of doubling up on the drama quotient from the first installment. However, it fails to measure up to its first outing in every way imaginable.
To say that the plot does not offer characters enough to play around with would be wrong as season one did pretty well with a straight forward set-up that is milked dry for pathos. This time around, the pace goes doubly slow with no real enjoyment stored for the latter half.
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