Reviews & Ratings for
Spotlight (2017)

Spotlight reveals the dark side of Bollywood where a woman has to suffer a lot
It tells about how much people go down to get a film and defame others to steal their work
It reveals the reality of the directors who ask for sexual favours before giving work to them

The plot is a common one where two contemporary actresses are fighting for a big budget film of an A-list director. Both actresses play their own cards to bag the role, but the moment Priya Chopra (played by Simran) gets the firm, the other lead Sana (played by Tridha) plays the dirtiest trick. While shooting for a common film, Sana gets the hint that something is cooking between Priya and her make-up artist. Sana hires a detective to get to the truth and the detective brings her photographs of Priya making-out with her make-up artist/girlfriend! Sana releases these photographs in the media, which creates a lot of controversies.
Priya’s girlfriend is much in love with her, and since this revelation has put Priya’s career on stake, she suggests taking all the blame on herself, and asks Priya to remove her from the job and inform the same to the media. Priya is much touched by her girlfriend’s unconditional love and sacrifice.
We all know that Media and Entertainment industry is full of talented LGBTQ people, but we are still waiting for the day when this society will be more accepting, more tolerant and people would not be discriminated owing to their sexuality or gender definitions. Many people are living in the closet because there is a threat of losing professional grip. What Priya’s role has done in this web-series is inspiring, but it is still a fictional story.
Nonetheless, it is terrific to see that the content creators are not limiting themselves to gay men stories only but openly creating good lesbian themed content and representing their desires and loves in the right light.

An actress who never wanted to be one until her mother dies and reveals the identity of her father who occurs to be a superstar.Her journey of becoming an top actress starts when her father dejects her existence as his daughter by insulting her illegitimate, unimportant,one time mistake of desire and trash.She is hurt but now she finally has a mission of becoming the top Bollywood actress .Pain is her strength and she is no more afraid of the backstabbers,insolent and materialistic relationships.In distress and chaos she find comfort and love unknowingly and in a mysterious ways.Spotlight focuses every aspect of a superstar from struggling point to debut film to scandals to awards ceremonies.Not everyone can handle the pressure of being in spotlight continuously but when someone has nothing to lose then that person would take up risks willingly.

SPOTLIGHT shows us the dark side of the fashion world. Something you will see in alot of movies the struggle of a fresher, sexual favors, harassment....again proving the fact that bollywood is endorsing
#MeToo ......#dark

Vikram Bhatt showcases the real life of superstars of the Bollywood industry. Advertised as India’s first ever digital musical series, it assures to be a story of passionate and stormy romance as it chronicles the rise and downfall of a superstar. These series throw spotlight on the fact that how unfortunate is that when a person is broken, he or she is surrounded by many loved ones, but as he climbs the ladder of success, love becomes tenuous. In the end, only one person is left under the spotlight. This series highlights how a struggle passes through the various vicious circle of Bollywood life and how it landed her in inevitable grief. Starring Tridha Choudhury along with Sid Makkar, this show is a fictional biopic on Bollywood starlet.

Vikram Bhatt's spotlight talks about the dark side of the industry. It is somewhat like the Indian version of "13 reasons why " only that it doesn't have a Hannah Baker but has a Sana Sanyal who gets shot while shooting for a film, Romesh yet another popular name in the industry who has been scandalized into an illicit relationship with Sana; was taken aback when he heard that she was assassinated. Hereby the story continues when his lawyer gives access to some of her audio files where she talks about her struggle in her life that could be used against her for admitting her affair with the actor Romesh. As Romesh goes through the audio files more and more he falls in love with Sana, The entire story revolves around Sana and her struggle from Sana To the Star Sana Sanyal.
The story focuses on the dark end of the industry which is even darker for a woman with no support or known faces in the industry. Luck at some point was on her side that she could escape each and every problems in her life . As she lies in the hospital bed for days, Romesh listens to each and every audio files and his lawyer and wife thinks of ways to penalize her in front of the media and that's how the entire story proceeds.
Talking of the direction, it is Vikram Bhatt so no comments on that, it is how it should be; while script i felt fell short of thrills, the ending could have been a little dramatic as the pace suddenly drops down in the end but never the less it ends on a twisted note.
Overall i feel it is a good show and a must watch, it is just not a show but it teaches a lot of bitter truth of life; people stay around when you are not successful but once you are you feel the loneliness resides in you, you will miss some genuine people in your life. But that's how life is and that's how it is pictured by Vikram Bhatt through his series spotlight.