The greatest draw of OTT providers is its wide selection of content material. And this week, there are some attention-grabbing films and reveals on supply – Looop Lapeta (Netflix), The Great Indian Murder (Disney Plus Hotstar), Suspicion (Apple TV Plus) and The Tinder Swindler (Netflix). Also value watching is Rocket Boys (SonyLIV) which tells the story of two extraordinary Indian males, Homi J Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.
Looop Lapeta: Netflix
Looop Lapeta marks Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin’s first challenge collectively. (Photo: PR Handout)
Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin lead this remake of the German movie Run Lola Run. Helmed by Aakash Bhatia, the movie revolves round Taapsee’s character Savi who has to avoid wasting her boyfriend Satya’s (Tahir Raj Bhasin) life from a mobster whose cash he misplaced and she or he has solely 50 minutes to take action. In her evaluation of the movie, The Indian Express movie critic Shubhra Gupta wrote, “Looop Lapeta takes a lot too lengthy to heat up, and will get into its stride solely after the interval. Its USP, the looping again of time upon itself, the place sure issues will occur otherwise relying upon the way it all begins, begins to creak too quickly, regardless of all its stylistic thrives and funky psychedelic lighting. The movie makes you look forward to it to get into its stride, and that is by no means an excellent factor.”
Read the evaluation of Looop Lapeta right here.
The Great Indian Murder: Disney Plus Hotstar
The homicide thriller, directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, has Pratik Gandhi taking part in a CBI officer and Richa Chadha is seen as DCP Sudha Bhardwaj. Together, they’ve to analyze the homicide of a minister’s son at his social gathering. There are six main suspects on this homicide. The nine-episode sequence is predicated on the novel Six Suspects by author Vikas Swarup. Shubhra Gupta discovered the sequence ‘a combined bag’ and wrote in her evaluation, “The Great Indian Murder provides us moments of pleasure as it winds its way from start to finish of the first season, if you manage to stick with it.”
Read the evaluation of The Great Indian Murder right here.
Rocket Boys: SonyLIV
Jim Sarbh in a nonetheless from Rocket Boys. (Photo: SonyLIV)
SonyLIV sequence chronicles the lives and works of India’s two famend physicists, Dr Vikram Sarabhai and Dr Homi J Bhabha. It has Pataal Lok fame Ishwak Singh essaying the position of Vikram Sarabhai and Jim Sarbh has gotten into the pores and skin of Homi Bhabha. In her evaluation, Shubhra Gupta wrote, “Season one in every of ‘Rocket Boys’, streaming on SonyLIV, makes probably the most of its unimaginable supply materials and comes up with a well-produced, absorbing state-of-the-nation saga. Both Jim Sarbh and Ishwak Singh, within the titular elements of Homi J Bhabha and Vikram A Sarabhai, are wonderful.”
Read the evaluation of Rocket Boys right here.
One Cut Two Cut: Amazon Prime Video
A nonetheless from One Cut Two Cut. (Photo: PR handout)
Directed by Vamsidhar Bhogaraju, the comedy thriller One Cut Two Cut stars Danish Sait within the lead position. The satirical comedy revolves round an artwork and crafts trainer Gopi, performed by Sait, whose first day at work has him saving the college from 4 radical social media activists who’ve taken it hostage. The movie has most of its jokes falling flat. Indianexpress.com’s Manoj Kumar R wrote in his evaluation, “The blatant mistreatment of the protagonist seeps into different elements of the film. The digital camera motion, sound, music and modifying does little or no to enhance the narration. The complete film appears purposeless as its humor feels recycled and churlish, drama is non-existing, battle just isn’t robust sufficient, and social commentary just isn’t contemporary sufficient.”
Read the evaluation of One Cut Two Cut right here.
Suspicion: Apple TV Plus
Apple TV Plus thriller Suspicion follows the lives of a bunch of British residents who’re accused of abducting the son of an American PR specialist. They are decided to show their innocence, however will anybody imagine them or are they even telling the reality types the crux of this Chris Long directorial. It stars Uma Thurman, Kunal Nayyar, Angel Coulby, Noah Emmerich, Georgina Campbell, and Elyes Gabel, amongst others.
The Tinder Swindler: Netflix
Starring Cecilie Fjellhoy and Pernilla Sjöholm, the crime documentary The Tinder Swindle is directed by Felicity Morris. It follows the story of three ladies who went searching for their Prince Charming on a relationship app, however ended up conned by a person who loots them whereas pretending to be a diamond mogul. In his evaluation of the documentary, indianexpress.com’s Rohan Naahar wrote, “Netflix’s twisted true crime documentary puts an empowering spin on a cautionary tale. What makes The Tinder Swindler significantly better than your average flavour-of-the-week true crime documentary is its admirable dedication to not sit on the fence about the whole thing.”
Read the evaluation of The Tinder Swindler right here.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
