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Not everyone's cup of tea
Afloat on a bunch of lies and manipulations, Ronny's (Zakir Khan) world is unpleasant chaos that he called upon himself. In order to establish his superficial image as an important man, he claims to be related to a local powerful politician. This entire tale based around "tu Jaanta hai mera baap kaun hai" attitude is stretched far too long and thin.

Each episode is a different story of his trying to save face after he failing to keep h promises that he so often makes to anyone and everyone to establish himself as a man of resources. The character of Ronny is an interesting study, an underachiever whose idea of success and self-worth is driven by a false reputation and deception. Unfortunately, the writing is mediocre and fails to deliver strong punches or satire resolutely on an absurd culture of the sort.

Humor which is sparse and emotions which are a tad to redundant, this show's comedy style isn't everyone's cup of tea. The series can be only recommended to anyone with a taste for Zakir khan's 'sakth launda' manner of narrative

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Amish Gupta reviewed Zeroes
TSP's take on the start-up culture is noteworthy
The incessant buzz around the startup culture shadows its lesser-known struggles quite well. It was about time someone brought them to light and break its glamourous perception. Zeroes do that and more. Following the story of 3 underachievers Brijesh Patel (Badri Chavan), a Gujrati boy from a well off family whose parties are as large as his stature, Satyananda Tripathi (Shivankit Singh Parihar) a sub-par employee and Lucky (Abhinav Anand), a delusional misfit. The trio plans to build a strat-up as a medium to realizing their dreams of success and money but here's the catch, none of them is competent or smart enough for the challenge and their business idea gives 'quirky' a whole other meaning. Lack of funding, skills and a core team are the glaring challenges amongst others, that must be conquered.

The characters are eccentric and nuanced, and actors deliver impressive performances. Writing is crisp, entertaining and engaging. The show is well-paced and lures in a with a strong plot that remains consistent throughout. The anticipation of will they or won't they make it big, keeps the viewer hooked on till the end.

It's a great watch and a unique narrative. TSP never disappoints.

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A pleasant ride
A show that comes packed with stunning production design and equally stunning chemistry, will actually make you so glad that it happened in hong kong. While Serendipity crosses the paths of Amol (Amol Parashar), a businessman on his work trip and Aahana (Aahana Kumra), a travel blogger, but their passionate, lock-and-key like pairing holds them together, transforming their solo trips into a shared experience

The characters are multidimensional with a good amount of depth. Actors do a phenomenal job of capturing strong characters who maintain a charming exterior while grappling with their internal struggles. Writing is natural, free-flowing and presents an engaging storyline. The exotic locations have been shot exquisitely.

The protagonists compliment each other quite well. With all the ups and downs in the journey, the classic will they or won't they question will definitely make for an indulging experience.

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Amish Gupta reviewed Aafat
Powerhouse of emotions
Hard work, creative efforts, and earnest thoughtfulness were what went into the making of this show, and it becomes apparent from the title itself which is actually an acronym for the name of characters of the 5 female leads - Ayesha (Anshul Chauhan), Aditi (Pushtii Shakti), Faiza (Chitrashi Rawat), Anu (Neelam Sivia), and Titli (Nikita Dutta). Everyone one of them is indeed capable of bringing 'Aafat,' given their compelling performances and dialogue delivery.

At first glance, a corny story of a bachelor trying to find a bride through a marriage bureau, seems to be capable of putting anyone to a deep sleep but thank heavens, looks can be deceptive. The show is not about Ghoongats, Samosas or 'khana bana leti ho?' it's a well told tale of 5 unique, eccentric and bold women, who refuse to resign to societal conforms. Despite their bravado, they struggle and suffer, making them just as human as you and me. Performances do complete justice to thoughtfully written characters. Even the matchmaker has a wacky sense of humor which she puts to good use for entertainment.

The show does a great job when taking digs at societal norms and challenging them in their totality. It is miles ahead of most series in Indian web-space. It's an experience, I believe, everyone must go through, living it along with some charming leads, and savoring the genius that is the script.
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Relatable
This is the kind of video you come across on youtube and are left grateful to whoever decided to make a series out of it. It is a relief to know there are creative people out there capable of making a well thought out and well-put sketch that integrates product promotion almost effortlessly. The show is short, relatable and so much fun

The show is about a man (Rajendra Chawla), his wife Disha (Shilpa Iyer) and mom operating a helpline for lost youngsters who need guidance getting through everyday crisis ranging anywhere from their to inability to pay taxes to being forced into a marriage. Episodes are on average 10 minutes long, but manage to cramp in a fair amount of hilarious quotes, great direction, some actual advice and performances delivered with finesses.

Go ahead, and dive right into 10 minutes of pure joy boasting humorous narrative and great writing.

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Amish Gupta reviewed Flip
A psychological thriller that lacks the thrill
If the show could match up to the standards of its description, it would have delivered an astounding experience, but it is yet another disappointment that claims ingenuity but screams mediocrity. It tries to dwell into dark, obscure corners of the human brain and reflect on the possibility of lives turning into dystopian nightmares if morals and rationale cease to exist. While that seems bad-ass, the attempt miserably falls face-first into failure.

From life-altering superstitions to traumatizing bullying, while 'Flip' does have some interesting ideas, they, however, are eclipsed by loosely held execution that fails to make any impact. The first episode, about a real-life hunting game, where participants kill human targets brought to an isolated island from mental institutions is actually as exhilarating as it sounds, but the subsequent episodes have weak plots and a godspeed deterioration in quality.

Except for the first episode, the rest of the series is neither dark nor compelling. That being said, there is still an attempt at crafting something irregular which cannot be overlooked.

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A disaster.
Pushing out low-quality ludicrous shows was only what ALT Balaji could be credited for until 'X.X.X. : Uncensored' came along and made every other of their shows seem like a Quentin Tarantino movie. This untasteful and abhorrent Adult video masquerading as a TV series, really makes you wonder how did it ever make past production's screening.

With bad, appalling casting choices and extremely repulsive performances, nothing in the show is even worth a dime expect for a few steamy sex scenes which again are neither artistic nor intriguing. A famous high headed actor Mayank (Rithvik Dhanjani), decided to give lift to a complete stranger Kyra (Kyra Dutt), who out of nowhere starts narrating tales of weird sexual encounters. She is supposed to be enticing and seductive, but in fact, comes off as annoying to the viewer.

There is no acceptable plotlines, everything is happening to anything. The series needs to rewrite its disclaimer, for humanity's sake, and warn viewers about the mentally aggravation it may cause.

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Tasteful erotica
It was about time that unspeakable fetishes and thrilling sexual fantasies garnered some limelight in mainstream media. Fuh Se Fantasy does a fair job of capturing sizzling erotica while retaining emotional value. It's not unheard of for people to have harmless quirky fantasies, a show that embraces individuality and accepts how unique everyone's preferences can be, is actually a brilliant idea.

Each episode comes with a different fetish or fantasy and is completely unrelated to other episodes. With some great casting choices and subtle writing, performances are convincing and surprisingly non-superficial. The show manages to steer clear of ostentatious portrayals and can be credited of tasteful direction and pleasing production design

From threesomes to a pretend-hooker, Fuh Se fantasy curates a wide gamut of fantasies. It's a forward and progressive must watch.

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Short, crisp and on point.
The show reflects on the lesser-known facts of a professional life. From miseries that Monday brings to hardhips of underappreciated doctors, Phas Gaye yaar presents it as it is, untainted. It bares the truth and hardly attempts to sugar coat it, but does employ humour to diffuse the grim and thought-provoking remarks about challenges of various professions, hidden deep beneath its a surface.

Every episode has a different theme, be it horrors of a desk job, an overworked doctor or undervalued and misunderstood lawyer, the show is quite inclusive in its coverage and considerate equally to every one of their sufferings. At no point, writers can be blamed of exaggeration under the name of poetic liberty, since everything talked about is the actual stark reality.

It's a comedy rant, pains of which many will relate to. Either you'll resonate with them or learn something from it.

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The classic deserved better
As much as I wanted to like to this show, with every increasing minute only emotion I could muster up was despise. With already, some great Indian mockumentary-style web content present like 'the better life foundation,' it was fair to expect at least some effort by the writing team to make this adaptation of a beloved Tv series to be at least entertaining.

Amidst awful casting and terrible character portrayal, the asinine dialogues are just excruciatingly painful to bear. Google would have done a better job at translating the dialogues verbatim from the original series than the writers did. A lack of dedication and haste to just push out the series is apparent. to address the elephant, what's up with Jagadeep Chadda (Mukul Chadda) and that repulsive accent of his?

The Only actor even remotely trying is Gopal Dutt as T.P. Mishra and at least grasps the role's ethos accurately. Sayandeep Sengupta as Amit and Samridhi Dewan as Pammi are equally abhorrent. Do yourself a solid favor and put your precious data bandwidth to better use.

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