The Jeff & Ishan Show #3: Dhoom Dhaam

Our latest review is live! This month, we review the action romantic-comedy Dhoom Dhaam (meaning Fanfare), rated UA 13+, streaming now on Netflix.

With me, the comedy is the test is always, is it funny? Did I laugh? And the answer is yes. My favorite part is when they find out where Charlie is hidden . . . And there’s the scene where the groom has to fill in for a dancer at a bachelorette party. I’d never seen that in a movie before.

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The Jeff & Ishan Show #2: The Mehta Boys

Welcome to Season 2 and The Jeff & Ishan Show (he passed the audition in December). This month, we review the family drama The Mehta Boys (UA 13+) and its outstanding performances. Our original theme music by Ano Malee.

It’s a slow burn. And in a way, I appreciated that because it avoided cliches. This is not a Bollywood romance, and I thought that was great about it...There are some strong family themes and parts that were super serious but woven through was also the comedic aspect.

The Jeff & Shuvam Show #5: Khel Khel Mein

(and The Jeff & Ishan Show #1!)

Shuvam’s on vacation in India this month so guest co-host Ishan and I closed out the year by reviewing the Hindi-language film Khel Khel Mein, a hilarious romantic comedy about brutal honesty in the digital age.

Streaming now on Netflix, it’s a perfect film to watch for the holidays with your 13-and-ups.

It’s like The Hangover meets Glass OnionThis group of friends all come together and decide to play a game where everyone’s phones are public . . .You can guess how everything’s going to quickly go horribly wrong, but you can’t. You couldn’t guess. That’s one thing I loved about the movie.

– The Jeff & Shuvam Ishan Show

Dive into our review below. Our blinky Santa hats are widely available in the US but these two are important to us because we bought them on the street in Kolkata (Park Street and New Market) during various trips when we happened to be there in December. We treat them like gold!

The Jeff & Shuvam Show is shot in Philadelphia and produced in Kolkata by award-winning film director and my fellow former Fulbrighter Abhijit Chowdhury and his media production company Concept Cube.

Dhrubo rocks KIFF

Woohoo! Colossal congratulations to my friend, colleague and fellow Fulbrighter Abhijit Chowdhury, Concept Cube, Fourth Floor Entertainment and the entire cast and crew of The Strange Life of Dhrubo for rocking the Kolkata International Film Festival’s National Competition, Bengali Panorama category. Can’t say I’m surprised but I love hearing the news.

Dhrubo at KIFF

And it keeps on rolling. Congratulations, Abhijit Chowdhury and team, producers of The Jeff & Shuvam Show, for their latest feature film The Strange Life of Dhrubo making it into the prestigious Kolkata International Film Festival. I’ve seen it but I wish I could watch it on the big screen in the City of Joy.