This show, unlike any other Alt Balaji's asinine titles, comes with some actual artistic values and barely passable storylines. The show presents ideas of sexual and emotional struggles.

Each episode is based around consequences of emotional repression and stigmatization of sex. Focus is on characters based in small rural towns, and themes dealt by the show range anywhere from concealing sexual orientation to breaking free of forced marriages. Writing is mediocre, so is the direction but some good performances can be found here and there.

Fortunately, the erotic scenes are not a complete disaster and the show remains consistent to the theme. Each plot-line is different but grapples with way too many ideas at once. Watch at your own discretion.

Basing someone's worth on their familiarity with a hip vernacular or rejecting someone based on their inability to communicate using "cool" foreign reference is a scary prospect but not an uncommon one. Workplace biases have existed since forever and have forced many into working beneath their potential. Thikistan addresses these biases and also hits hard on so much that's wrong with currently prevailing toxic work culture.

The show opens with Hema (Shravan Reddy) composing a short ballad about quitting his job in the automobile industry to pursue his passion as a writer in a famous marketing agency. Parallelly, Amit (Naveen Kasturia) a Hindi writer from a small town with no resources to sustain himself has his sleep interrupted by cops while laying on a public bench. Both of them start their job as interns, but Hema soon garners astronomical rise in his career, while Amit is stuck at a lower position despite his innate talent and dedicated work.

Storylines are engrossing and follow the lives of the protagonist engagingly, always leaving the viewer wondering, what's about to happen next? Performances are strong, convincing and Navin Kasturia brings his A-game to portray a complex character who has been prejudiced against and pushed around.

The show is a highly recommended powerful watch with a thought-provoking subtext.

Before watching this show, if given the choice, I would have picked anarchy over an ignorant social media influencer as the prime minister, but I am glad 'PM Selfiewalie' came just in time to reinforce the potential of a fashion blogger as a country's leader. Of course, the show is a wild exaggeration but the entertainment quotient is high enough to overlook the superficial logic employed to justify the show's plot.

A gullible fashion expert from London is on a vacation in India and faces life-altering events when her long lost grandmother Priyamvada Thakur (Beena Banerjee), prime minister of India, re-establishes contact with her. Priyamvada wants to see Tanya Thakur (Nityami Shirke) elected as the next prime minister during a crisis, setting her up for failure and swooping back into power heroically. Thankfully, Tanya has plans of her own and ends up running the government on her terms. Nityami Shirke's performance isn't half bad and her character of a fashion diva turned politician is good enough.

Writing is fun with some good punches. Supporting characters do a great job at remaining consistent with the giddy, whimsical tone. It's an entertaining watch, with light-hearted, fatuous aspects but the show reflects profoundly on our broken political system.

A second-hand attempt at copying content of similar formats, this series is far from entertaining. Short sketches based on quirky parent-kid interactions, some awkward some thought-provoking and other simply hysterical have been a popular theme for many channels to base their content on. From TSP's awkward conversations to Yfilms' Papu and papa, Being human's 'Papa kehte hain' fades quickly in their bright shine.

The show falls short in writing and performance. With some of the most asinine logic you'll come across that can't be even chalked off to poetic liberty or humor, this show makes for a disappointing experience. The haste and thoughtlessness that went into the making of the episodes becomes apparent in the first few minutes, making the remaining minutes unbearable.

It would be safe to bet against this show when so much superior content is already available.

Finally something more realistic amongst the sea of euphoria and happily ever after tales, Love on the rocks' unbiased approach to portraying relationships is impactful. It's a short web series, and each episode comes with a different theme. From finding love in the most unexpected places to a pretend-arrange-marriage, the show does have unique ideas, unlike the mawkish romance tales.

At the heart of each episode is fierce writing and an engaging progression of narrative. Dialogues are crisp and in sync with the tone of story lines. Performances are equally convincing and the direction and production teams' imaginative thinking make sure of impressive 7-10 minutes of screenplay.

It's a unique format with after tales of breakups, cheating partners or making connections with strangers. The show is a worthy watch and can be easily recommended.

It's not uncommon to hear "Mumbai is a city, Bombay is an emotion," indeed high on emotions and drama, people of Bombay have a lot of diverse sentiments, some heartwarming others gut-wrenching. City of dreams explores the city beyond the glamour that lures millions in every year, while the city isn't fair to everyone it, everyone isn't fair to the city either.

Drunk with power, Ashish Rao Gaikwad (Siddharth Chandekar), is driven solely by self-interest. He is eager to emerge as the new face of the party after his father's attempted assassination but his sister Poornima Rao Gaikwad (Priya Bapat), actually becomes the one to face serious responsibility. The next character of interest is a conscientious cop whose resolute goodwill to uproot everything unjust in the city has gotten him only transfers to different branches in the past. Now he is on to decoding the mystery of the minister's attempted assassination but wait, there's more, the show also houses fairly interesting subplots of a salesman tired of the job and a sex worker whose wisdom and free spirit surpasses the walls of her profession.

'City of dreams' is a gripping enough tale of many lives that seem unrelated but tied together by the unforgiving city that they thrive in.

Sympathy might not be the first emotion that arises while watching a biopic on Sunny Leone's life but a deeper level of respect and compassion can't be denied. Karenjit Kaur is all about the chance circumstances and events that led Karen, a shy immigrant from a conservative Sikh family turn into an adult industry's superstar.

Every episode transitions between various phases in her life. Usually, two periods are narrated simultaneously, her childhood (1999) and the 2016's rather demeaning interview she faced are juxtaposed in the first few episodes, then her teenage and her adult video career and so on. This narrative style is enticing and effective. Segues are smooth and editing is on point. Stellar efforts by direction team and production team bear sweet fruits of success, the show is absolute eye candy.

The show has a gripping writing and convincing performances, make the show a great binge-worthy option.

What impressed me most was the unique narration style of a generations-old tale - two best friends falling in love. Umang (Umang Jain) and Rohan (Rohan Shah) have known each other since forever and understand each other inside out, yet fail to recognize the chaotic chemistry of their relationship.Umang, an ambitious, self-sufficient over achiever falls for Rohan in fear of losing him. Rohan is a free-spirited carefree guy who believes their friendship to be of purely platonic nature.

Both Rohan and Umang are likable characters with a fair set of imperfections. That makes the show human and grounded. Neither are they ideal nor is their friendship. Characters are nuanced and portray a gamut of emotions effectively, except for Rohan's rage filled crying, which is an unpleasant sight literally and figuratively.

The plot isn't exceptional or highly engaging, but short episodes cramp in a lot of events and work in the series' favor. So far the episodes haven't dissappointed but I am not very eager for the next one either.

Filtercopy talkies is a collection of short and gladsome sketches, focusing on nuances of diverse relationships and strong, emotionally charged moments. Each episode comes with a different theme ranging anywhere from a soldier bound to leave his pregnant wife for duty or a late-night heart to heart shared on a long journey.

The main agenda of every episode is to bring out the power in deep and meaningful conversations. All episode are heartwarming, some lean more towards the harder, stark truths, while the others incline more towards romantic vulnerabilities. Fortunately, performance and writing do justice to the ethos of the show and are convincing enough to cause a resonating emotional uproar.

'Filtercopt Talkies ' is format that goes beyond surface-level conversations, making it a pleasant welcome.

'The Insiders' is a ravishing experience, made up of strong, impressive writing and clean, clever humor with a worthy melange of visual as well as verbal comedy. It's the kind of show that dwells on familiar uncomfortable instances and effortlessly presents them in an extremely palatable and relatable manner. From 18-at-heart, annoying uncles in late 40s to evil little sisters, the writing successfully tickles the funny bone in a remarkable fashion.

'The insiders' is about the secret lives of kids who get dragged to house parties, along with their parents, against their wishes. A group of 3 boys whose parents meet up frequently over drinks and dinner, like to call themselves - 'the insiders', since they are confined to insides of a room to carry out their fun affairs discreetly. A new addition to their gang threatens their comfortable status quo and the first episode is spent mostly trying to decode the mysterious identity of the new possible member and subsequent episodes focus on their collective adventures.

What stands out most is stellar writing. On par direction along with well-executed performances are not far behind either. The sheer volume of attention to detail that went into making each episode makes it extremely hard to resist appreciation It's a great watch and a trend setter for teenage comedy-dramas.