Watch our full review of COURT: State vs. A Nobody, a 2025 Telegu-language courtroom drama about a boy, a girl, and a dastardly uncle, streaming now on Netflix.
Priyadarshi Pulikonda as the lawyer was amazing. It’s a David and Goliath kind of story. And I love the message of the film, which was to find your allies and fight for justice…The film doesn’t criticize the POCSO Act. It’s critical of the court system, which very much favors the wealthy. And that’s not just true in India…It was realistic. Its structure wasn’t typical but it didn’t drag on.
It’s Seabiscuit meets RRR, your classic boy-in-love-with-horse-meets-freedom-fighters movie. Check out our review of Azaad, streaming now on Netflix.
One day a stablehand messes with the daughter of the zamindar, the local landowner, and is forced to run away. He runs into some rebels who are trying to take down the zamindar and the British rule…I loved the historical elements. This is not a documentary, but it touches on real life things that were happening at that time.
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.
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.
It’s like The Hangover meets Glass Onion…This 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!
This month, Shuvam and I review the Hindi-language film Sector 36, a police thriller about a serial child killer streaming now on Netflix. Loosely inspired by true events surrounding the Nithari case, it led us to a much deeper conversation than in our usual reviews including discussing the RG Kar rape case, the Atlanta child killings, the French gang rape case and the politics of caste and religion.
It has a lot of layers. It talks about caste politics, religion politics, and the patriarchal side of society. Deepak Dobpriyal is known to play comedy roles but this movie has given him an opportunity to really shine. Vikrant Massey has also done something which he has never done before. So, kudos to both of these great actors . . . The film keeps the police thriller genre fresh by placing a real life social issue in the middle of it, which is that the police and the media are not interested if it’s a poor kid.
