Are you a bibliophile and are scared that you'll cringe at the #adaptation of your favorite YA Fiction series (The Mortal Instruments)?
Take it from a fellow bibliophile- this show is going to cross your expectations, and yes, it is BETTER than the movie.
Based on the Shadowhunters, who protect the earth from demons, Downworlders, consisting of the magical warlocks, ferocious werewolves, cunning faeries and mysterious vampires, and of course, the demons. A world hidden away from the real world, of which Clary is a major part of, but does not know it yet... until she bumps into Jace. By the way, let me just add: Clary is my all time favorite protagonist across all shows, and Malec (Magnus and Alec) are my OTP.
This show is for the lovers of Harry Potter, Hunger Games and Percy Jackson, and tops the charts in fantasy. You'll too be left wondering how writers can create an entire universe without any loopholes. It involves magic, action, romance, humour, and splendid acting. There isn't much I can give away about the Shadowhunter universe without giving you spoilers, but I will tell you this: watch at least the first episode, and you'll be bound to continue.
However, for the lovers of The Mortal Instruments series: There is a lot of change from what the books say mid season 1 onwards. Fear not, it is one of the rare pieces which do not spoil the books by changing details, but you might find yourself discontinuing owing to worrying you'll actually forget what the book says.

Lovers of the first 'Mamma Mia!' will certainly feel a sharp absence of Meryl Streep, who appears only in the last two songs. The story is half in flashback, showing Donna, Meryl Streep's character in the first, travelling around the world in her youth, trying to find her way in life- basically lots of pretty European locations. They show how she ends up on the island on which she later owns a hotel, and how she met the three fathers of her daughter in the first place. (Don't know what the three father story is? This movie is probably not for you, as you need to watch the first one before this.) The now part of the story is about Sophie re-opening the hotel on the island and throwing a huge party, with everything obviously not falling into place.
The three young dads do not do the older ones justice. And since the first half of the movie covers young Donna, who is actually pretty good, meeting the three men one by one, it's not all that exciting. And most parts with Sophie in it is about her missing her mother, who passed away a year ago, and wanting to make her proud. This might be sweet, but I think we got the message after the first five times itself.
The second half of the movie brings together the old cast, and a lovely new entrant: Cher playing Sophie's grandmother. Only the second half of the movie should've been the whole, or the part with the young Donna should've been a lot less dreamy.
The songs of this movie are also GREAT, with a return of 'Dancing Queen' and of course, 'Mamma Mia!', making you nostalgic and sing along.
The two childhood best friends of Donna, however, are the highlight of the movie. They were fun, emotional, quirky, exciting, and all at the right times. While the three dads were so too, the younger versions of them did not do justice and the older ones did not get much of screen time. However, all versions of the best friends were fabulous.
More than enjoying this movie while watching it, you realize you're busy missing the old one, which did have a much better story. But who expected it to be as good, anyway?

Hannah Baker committed suicide. And she wants the people she holds responsible to know. She leaves behind 13 tapes, each tape addressed to someone she knew, explaining how her relationship with that person further pushed her into depression. As she says, her suicide was due to the chaos effect, a result of several piled up issues over a period of time.
The main objective of this show is to spread awareness about issues that high-schoolers face, which takes a toll on their mental health too. And season 1 definitely covers such issue and makes you think about how you should be more responsible and careful towards what you say and do. The story is told through tapes, which Clay, to whom tape number 11 is dedicated to listens to. Clay was in love with Hannah and felt angry at himself for not recognizing what Hannah was going through, which again gives you the importance of helping people around you speak up. Overall, in season 1, the depressing matter does not start till the 8th tape, but due to sensitive issues such as rape, viewers must be of sound mind to not disturb them.
However, as well as season 1 went, season 2 is a drag. Each episode of season 2 is a testimony given by some of the characters, as Hannah Baker's mother has sued the school for not taking required action on Hannah being depressed. This takes you back to the past into Hannah's life, but some of her behavior then ruins her image of season 1. You start growing closer to Clay instead of Hannah, and Hannah seems like someone you do not know anymore, a new character.
Several disturbing facts arise in the case of the high school rapist, but justice is not served to the rape victims by the end of the show, and instead the rapist is given a way to flee, which is not a message that the show should be trying to put across. And how another student of the school is bullied is way too violent and scarring, especially in the last episode. While the last episode also tries to show gun violence to highlight recent similar situations in USA, it is not show properly, and instead just adds to the number of unresolved horrible issues. Season 2 is incomplete, clearly to just encourage viewers to watch season 3 as well to find out what happens, but watching only the first season of 13 Reasons Why will also suffice.

Okay, so I really do not get how this movie did not make more noise. I though Karan Johar as splendid at marketing! (sorry, not sorry) This movie brings together four celebrated directors: Karan Johar, Dibakar Bannerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap, who each contribute one story celebrating 100 years of Indian Cinema. And no, this does not celebrate the masala and the love triangles or have any item songs. This movie is raw and brave and brilliant.

The first story, by Karan Johar, speaks of revelation. Rani Mukherji's character Gayatri is a happily married working woman, when she gets close to a gay man Avinash (Saquib Saleem) at work. And not long later you see her friend and husband (Randeep Hooda) bond over songs, the melodious song 'Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh', while being sung by a beggar girl on a railway bridge, means something else suddenly, and Gayatri realizes her husband and Avinash are not just 'friendly'. Given that it is a Karan Johar story, it comes off as a surprise too, with nothing but the hard-hitting reality and an absence of long lost relatives or long ballads. This is a story about finding your own sexuality, love and adaption, and the old Bollywood songs form a connection, and break ties, in their own way.

The second story, by Dibakar Bannerjee, is about connection. Purandar, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui, is a poor man, in the search for a job. But that does not worry him as much, as what really gives him happiness is narrating new stories, usually about movies they can't watch, to his sick daughter at the end of he day, but he's running out of stories to say. While on his way back from a job he couldn't get, he happens to land a chance to play a very small part in a big movie being shot, nd he seems to find himself in a way he never has before. You find out he was related to the theater earlier, and being a junior artist means something completely different to him.

The third story by Zoya Akhtar is about passion. A young boy is not interested in any of the thigs young boys usually are in, and after he dresses up like a girl and dances in front of his sister at home one day as he is obsessed with Katrina Kaif and Shiela Ki Jawaani and her dance, you become almost sure of a possibility of his transexuality. He decides dancing is his passion, Katrina Kaif is his goddess, thinks his sister is lucky to be a girl, and uses this to help his sister to gather some money.

The last story is about hope, and by Anurag Kashyap. It is a sweet story about a dying father who, like the rest of us, is a big time Amitabh Bachchan fan. He sends his son on a journey off to Bombay with a murabba, said to be Bachchan's favorite, and needs him to make Bachchan have half of the murabba, so that he can have a tiny bite of the remainder murabba for the rest of his life, but also may live longer. He narrates that he had done the same for his father, a Dilip Kumar fan, with a bottle of honey.

If you need another reason to watch this movie, check out this ensemble : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VByWs3tTyGk

This is a bold as well as sweet movie about our cinema. Even if you're not a Bollywood Junkie, you'll realize how you too are affected by and connected to the cinema.

Taking you back into the 1950s, the royal wedding of then Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh, Philip is where everything starts. This show, in the two seasons which have released till now, dives into the details of Queen Elizabeth II's first decade as a queen, taking over after her father George VI's death due to lung cancer.
You will find yourself Googling some of the events and people shown, and will not only be surprised by how close it is to reality, but also on how the appearances of the actors and the people on whom their role is based match. As a historical drama, this Emmy-award winning show certainly gives you all the history and drama you could have. Each episode revolves around a particular situation, so while there might be a slight problem in understanding what happens in what year, it helps avoiding the uneventful months and focus on the major happenings. And can I just add how perfect the character f Winston Churchill is? Being an Indian, one can't help but have certain prejudices against the former and much celebrated prime minister of UK. But on watching some speeches of Churchill in events, especially in events which the show covers as well, I fell in love with his character and how diverse he was in his own way. While he does not make an appearance in the second season, the first season even had a tinge of humor, thanks to him, as well as Princess Margaret. Kudos, John Lithgow (Winston Churchill) and even Vanessa Kirby.
There are a lot of characters on the show for obvious reasons- with the Royal Family, the people working for the family, a few friends, Prime Ministers,, other important politicians, and so on, so it can get hard to keep track. Of course, Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II stands out, but another character who stands out is her husband His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. (Another advantage of watching this show-you understand how these titles work!) You would certainly have a bipolar relationship with him, sometimes feeling bad at how he doesn't enjoy have the decision-making powers his wife does, sympathizing when he has to give things up for her, and at the same time having enough of his arrogance and and hating him for having un-prince-like behavior.
You will certainly be interested in the things that go on inside as well as outside of the Royal Household, be more familiarized with how they work and what each ones duties are, which believe me do not seem like much, and the Royal Family will suddenly feel more accessible and relatable for you. One negative point, however, is that they do not introduce characters properly. They expect you to know half of them already, because of which you end up looking them up and ultimately giving yourself spoilers.

The trailer must have convinced you enough to watch this movie.
The first half of the movie is based on actor Sanjay Dutt's drug addiction and irresponsible behavior, while the second half is based on his involvement, or rather alleged non-involvement, in the 1993 Bombay blasts and the media circus.
One is completely engrossed in the movie right from the first second, as Ranbir Kapoor acting as Sanjay Dutt takes you through Dutt's life. While you grow to not like Dutt's habits and behaviors, the movie still makes you want to sympathize with him, hold his hand through his troubles, instead of disliking him for his actions. This movie has all the essentials of a Bollywood movie- comedy, friendship, heartbreak, conspiracy; and hence leaves you more appalled at the fact that it is based on a real person's life journey, which could not have been more closer to a roller coaster ride. While it still does not explore certain areas of Dutt's life, such as his relationship with his sister or his first wife, it makes you realize further what a dramatic life Sanjay Dutt has had.
Needless to say, Ranbir Kapoor has given us an award-winning performance, Paresh Rawal has made us love and respect Sunil Dutt even more, and the portrayal of the father-son relationship proves to be one of the main highlights of he film. Everybody wants a friend like Kamli, played by Vicky Kaushal, in their lives. While there are many more stars who are a part of this movie, their roles are short lived and do not have as much of an impact on you, other than Jim Sarbh playing Sanjay Dutt's bad influence, Zubin Mistry. Rajkumar Hirani has done it again, by giving us a movie people of all ages and types will love.
The movie has done a great job of serving its purpose- cleaning up Sanjay Dutt's image as much as it can. Hence, while watching the movie, one must make sure to keep it mind that it is, after all, a movie, and is just a version or small part of the bigger picture. Yet, the movie is a must watch.

With the internet flooding with Sacred Games' season 1's memes and your friends pestering you for days, you must have either already watched it, or looking for a little bit of free time to.
Two reasons you should definitely watch the new Netflix show Sacred Games: Saif Ali Khan, playing the honest police officer Sartaj Singh, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, playing the gangster who considers himselves to be God, Ganesh Gaitonde. They have given us one of the very best of their performances till date, and by the end of it you cannot separate the actor from the character, because they are their character.
Radhika Apte as Anjali Mathur, a RAW Agent, who also did a great job, however is shadowed by these two. While she plays the third most important role on the show, it seems like the show could've been done without her.
Apart from this, the show, based on Vikram Chandra's book with the same name, certainly has a hook to it. It makes you want to keep knowing more about Sartaj and Gaitonde's life and you get excited each time you gather more clues about what will happen in Bombay in 25 days and why Trivedi will be the only survivor, as Gaitonde narrated to Sartaj over a phone call before he shot himself dead. However, the show proceeds at a slow pace, and ones like me who do not always enjoy mafia or crime content may not enjoy this as much, but will still watch till the end for the suspense. While season 1 overall does not reveal much about what Gaitonde warned Sartaj about, and he tried to investigate with Anjali, it has several other things going on, most of it related to Gaitonde's gang. There is rivarly, murder and sex, and blackmails to Sartaj from his boss relating to another case.
In short, should you watch it because everyone is? Certainly not. You should watch it if you have an appetite for violence and mob drama, and also patience.

Okay, why did no one think of a series explaining how technology manipulates people? Right, it does instantly sound like the work of a #geniusMind, doesnt it? It is.
Each episode gives you a different story of the life of a person where a certain type of technology dominates his/her life. And you can't deny that you've thought of the future having at least some of these technologies on a lazy rainy Sunday. Towards the end, you see how it makes life easier and more complicated at the same time. These #clever episodes always lead to a dark ending, where even the vices of social media are explained in a way you wouldn't have ever thought of.
It certainly isn't for every person, however. It has been rightly rated 16+, where many episodes contain violence and insane deaths. Some episodes will leave you in thought spirals, but in the end, your mind is guaranteed to be blown and you'll always be wanting more.