The Jeff & Ishan Show #9 – Ek Chatur Naar

Watch our review of Ek Chatur Naar (One Clever Woman), a 2025 Hindi-language comedy-thriller starring Divya Khosla Kumar and Neil Nitin Mukesh, written by Siddhaarth Goel, Jay Master and Deepak Nirman, directed by Umesh Shukla, streaming now on Netflix.

It’s the kind of movie I love most, a comedy with a social message about oppressed people stickin’ it to the man. It reminded me of some of my favorite films in this tradition, My Man Godfrey from the US, 1936, the 1956 Indian film Jagte Raho starring Raj Kapoor, and the 2019 Hoichoi limited streaming series Astey, Ladies (Salon de Paris) written and directed by Abhijit Chowdhury. That’s one of our favorites as well.

The Jeff & Ishan Show #8 Halloween Edition – Virupaksha

We had a blast making our Halloween edition reviewing Indian horror film Virupaksha (Formless Eyes), a 2023 Telugu-language film starring Sai Dharam Tej, Samyuktha and Harsh Roshan, written by Bandreddi Sukumar and directed by Karthik Dandu, streaming now on Netflix. We hope you have as much fun watching it as we had making it. Hello India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the USA!

Surya returns to his ancestral village for a brief visit.   Everything’s going great until somehow a curse on the village is activated and people start dying by suicide.  Surya starts investigating because he wants to save the village by solving who placed the curse, why they did it, and what he can do to stop it before it’s too late . . . I love that Surya’s two main allies in fighting evil are a man of medicine and a sadhu, so he’s got science and spirituality on his side. . . Harsh Roshan might be one of my favorite Indian actors.

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Congratulations, Leesa Gazi

Congratulations to Barir Naam Shahana (A House Named Shahana) filmmaker Leesa Gazi on her film being Bangladesh’s first Oscar entry directed by a woman.

A significant portion of our nearly 20,000 Youtube viewers and subscribers to The Jeff & Ishan Show to date are from the great nation of Bangladesh. We see you, and we’re grateful for your support.

We look forward to being able to review A House Named Shahana when it becomes available for streaming in the US, which will surely happen soon.

Women in Film – Aparna Sen and Deepa Mehta

Can’t wait! FREE virtual event with two major film directors. Hope to see you there. Aparna Sen and Deepa Mehta in conversation with Vishakha Desai, brought to you by the Fulbright India Interest Group (FIIG). Register at https://tinyurl.com/FIIGWomeninFilm.