Little Things is about everything that is there to the life of an urban couple in their 20s. A couple who is both focused and chilled, sure of their bond and cool with the coolness of a live-in, taking each day as it comes. Dhruv Vats (Dhruv Sehgal) and Kavya Kulkarni (Mithila Palkar) live in Mumbai laying out the contours of what a healthy, modern relationship should look and feel like. They have their fights and they have their ways of ironing out differences by speaking out and then by sitting down and listening. Dhurv and Kavya have grown in years since season one and so have their problems. Dhruv is aimless, Kavya is at the top of her game with a promotion and pay hike. Dhruv’s decision to quit his job and Kavya’s choice to submerge herself deeper in work bring with it the expected tiffs and quarrels but there is also maturity in handling the crises before they blow them apart.
Little Things is filled with nuanced details that build an intimate portrait of a relationship that has aged and weathered but is still strong. Having been bombarded for decades with high pitched love stories complete with songs, drama and convenient happily ever afters, it’s lovely to watch a couple celebrate the ordinariness of love and the importance of friendship in sustaining any long term relationship. In a world that’s constantly pulling us in different directions, and telling us about everything we don’t have, it’s the familiarity of the little things we share that truly makes for a great love story.
Little Things is thus nothing but a soft and gentle reminder that nothing really matters, except the little things.

The story begins with Mikesh, Tanya’s long-distance boyfriend visiting from the US to give her a surprise. Although it is more of a shock than a surprise for Tanya as Mikesh proposes marriage to her. Tanya clearly freaks out and tries to do what she can to postpone the engagement. After a turn of events, they decide to move in together as ‘permanent roommates’. Throughout their rocky yet adorable journey as roommates, Tanya and Mikesh both have doubts about the marriage and, seem to never be on the same page.
The characters grow with each episode and we become emotionally attached to them throughout the season. The actors create beautiful little moments onscreen. Sumeet Vyas does an excellent job of portraying the impossibly innocent Mikesh. Characters like Purshottam and Leo bring life to the story.
TVF’s Permanent Roommates is an offbeat love story with bizarre yet lovable characters and is definitely a must-watch.
Watch Permanent Roommates because it’s both charming and engaging, without tyring too hard, and that’s a rare combination these days.

A.I.SHA follows the life of a naive, lonely, but genius app developer, Sam, who works under a vicious megalomaniac boss. He is out to prove his mettle to the world by creating A.I SHA, a true artificial intelligence program, an autonomous virtual assistant. Things start going downhill when A.I.SHA develops a mind of her own.
It’s high on dark humor, gripping and packed with suspense.
Singha, who seems natural, is believable and endearing as Sameer, while Raghu Ram seems to be in a role that is tailor-made to suit his domineering aura.
The smartly directed show keeps you wanting more and keeps you guessing until the last frame.
Storytelling through a minimal conversation between characters, video diaries and visual effects gives a hook to this web series.
A.I.SHA gets brownie points for being India’s first sci-fi web-series. It is a good attempt at tapping a genre not touched by the web industry and manages to keep you on the edge of your seat!
The show is written by Harman Singha and Raghu Ram who also happen to play the protagonist and antagonist respectively. Raghu Ram and Harman Singha zeroed in on the idea of the show during a random conversation. When they couldn’t find writers, they wrote it themselves.
Overall the series is cool sci-fi and unique among the other typical romantic shows. This series is surely something to look forward too. Give it a try, you will definitely love it.

Four kids end up becoming best friends because their parents meet up every weekend. The three boys are apprehensive to include the latest entrant, a girl. But all boils down in the end and the four have whacky adventures – so whacky that sometimes the audience wonders whether it is all a fantasy for them.
The Insiders is a unique web series – and a very bold one for the streaming audiences in 2019. The performances are great, the story arcs in each episode are interesting enough, and the characters are all so endearing that audiences will be only too happy to let go of suspension of disbelief. The kicker here are the current event references, like the 2G Scam, the state of the media, so on and so forth. Omkar Kulkarni is the life of the series. Himika Bose gives an excellent performance as well. If Omkar is the life of the series, Brij Bhushan Shulka with his cranky dialogues paves the way for this entertainer.
What is admirable is that there’s rarely any sequence that is not blown out of proportion, but it never feels redundant or boring; because behind all the hyperbole lies a tiny touch of reality that makes the show entertaining and engaging. In fact, the crazy, nonsensical, absurd events will make you laugh out loud.
The four leads, Omkar, Ritvik, Arnav and Himika, have done an excellent job at portraying their characters. The crazy quotient of the series is made approachable by their steady performances, balancing the hyperactive storyline. Apart from them, Brij Bhushan Shukla deserves a special mention for his lively performance as Bhalla, Rabbi’s father, cracking you up with his ‘Dad jokes’.
The Insiders is an artistic piece that speaks loudly between the lines. Behind all the crazy, it takes a dig at various pop culture references, Indian media, parenting, and the overall perception of the older generation towards the millennials.
The best part of this series is that it doesn’t burden itself with the nitty gritty that works into the scripts of a coming of age comedy, the romantic angle, the social message, etc. This is just about four kids growing up.
The show beautifully brings out peculiar characteristics from each of the protagonists, taking us back to our weird group of friends. They're short, 20 minute, snackable episodes that capture the essence of practically everyone's teen age. And once you're done with all five episodes, you will want to watch them all over again.

Set in the “summer of 98”, the comedy-drama follows the Gupta family as it negotiates one particularly heated season. Starring Akarsh Khurana, Mona Singh and Vishesh Bansal.
The show revisits those growing years through the travails of 13-year-old Harshu over one summer holiday. It cleverly recreates the self-centred world view of a teenager yearning to break out of limitations imposed by his age and seek greener pastures. When he’s not warring with his mother or sparring with his brother, Harshu is busy agonising over the lack of excitement in his life, frequently turning to his not-older-but-wiser friend for advice.
Yeh Meri Family’s strong point is the way it captures the essence of the ’90s, a time when India was on the cusp of economic, social and cultural change. That conflict between old and new infused an inter-generational dynamic exclusive to that era, which is aptly reflected in Harshu’s relationship with his parents.
Each episode also offers tangible proof of its milieu. The first episode, for instance, sets the scene with posters of ’90s hits including Border, Aflatoon and Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya haphazardly pasted on a roadside wall. Soon after, it relives that other great agony of the decade – the ordeal of winding a cassette tape come loose.
Harshu’s relationship with Shanky creates the best best lines and laughs. Wise beyond his years, Shanky is Harshu’s friend and strategist, frequently reprimanding him or giving him sagely advice as he helps him negotiate the many mundane crises that seem life-defining to the adolescent mind. The two share a particularly memorable moment when Shanky guides Harshu through the process of buying a slam book – that other marker of adolescence – in a stationery shop. Harshul wants the diary so that he can find out what the girl he has a crush on thinks about him.
Ultimately, even though the plot is thin and the humour sparse, the show works by laying on the charm thick and adding a liberal dose of nostalgia, which carries half the story-telling weight.

Shaadi Boys is a Voot original series directed by Shashant Shah and written by duo of Siddharth and Garima. Till now they have aired first season comprising of 7 episodes ranging from 20 to 30 minutes. It is a story of writer, cinematographer and choreographer trio Neil, Nitin and Mukesh who have been contacted by ex-army brigaier Mr. Khullar to work for his bhaanji Riah aka Bebo's sangeet ceremony.
Neil a guy with ethics and principles has been roped in all this by Nitin and Mukesh by befooling him. Nitin and Mukesh's comical flirting with the ladies at the shaadi events are efforts to make you laugh. The story propels with the burgeoning chemistry between the to-be bride, Riah and the writer, Neil. The entry of the to-be bridegroom 'plays' the awaited chaos.
Direction and acting is fair. Script lacks attention because viewers remain unsure about many things happening in the show as it seems like the writers couldn't catch up to the idea of the show. Moreover it is full of cliches.

'Time Out' stars the hugely talented Tahir Raj Bhasin as Rahul & the gorgeous Sarah Jane Dias as his wife Radha. Rahul & Radha are your typical urban salaried couple, with unsatisfying jobs & a huge EMI burden thanks to their new swanky apartment. Rahul works as an ad exec, who finds his work to be a complete drag. He has a boss who, is constantly on his case. Although he is the “rising star” in his company, Rahul is always at loggerheads with his boss, due to his attitude. He has recently found out, that his parents who are based out of Lucknow, are filing for divorce thanks to his father’s philandering ways. He has a colleague & best friend – Ashish (Sahil Vaid). Ashish & alcoholic wife have two kids. The kids & the responsibility of having them, freak the hell out of Rahul. To add to his list of woes, his loving wife badly wants a baby & our hero just isn’t ready. Rahul, unable to handle so many challenges, takes some drastic decisions which end up alienating him from his wife. Rahul then asks for a “Time Out” from their relationship.
Tahir Raj Bhasin shines in his portrayal of a conflicted husband having a meltdown. You feel for his character and yet, at times, want to shake him back to his senses. Sarah Jane Dias to justifies her eccentric character of an alpha female chasing a perfect life.
Sahil Vaid is completely natural and is amazing in every scene. With superb comic timing, his parts with his alcoholic wife (played flawlessly by the effervescent Mansi Multani) add a much needed comic relief in the narrative.
Time Out has its share of bold stuff, yet it is not force fed and blends seamlessly into the story without looking trivial. So watch this story as it shows how a marriage in an age like this exists with everything that comes with it.

'Fuh se Fantasy' is a series about the delight in modern relationships and daring to explore the deepest, quirkiest and most exciting desires. In a world where we are opening our minds and laws up to every kind of relationship, A charming showcase of couples exploring their fun fantasies, the show starring popular faces such as Karan Wahi, Plabita Borthakur, Naveen Kasturia, Anshuman Malhotra, Gaurav Pandey, and Anupriya Goenka, is a 10 episodic series of pure emotion, pleasure, and adventure.
The concept is good. It mixes exotic love with the idea of falling in love with someone who’s a part of our lives, but we never really pay attention to them. Debatma Mandal creates endearing characters who are a chasm of innocence in a world that’s full of grit and grime. Bedroom fantasies have been the subject matter of private discussions for years, yet no one talks about them for fear of being called out a pervert. The best part of this series is that they have dealt with the issue in a very sensitive and aesthetic manner.
All in all, I enjoyed all the breezy tales about the forbidden fruit.

Tamanna traces a documentary filmmaker, Dhruv (Priyanshu Jora), and his desperate search for his missing dancer girlfriend, Tamanna (Vrushika Mehta). As the episodes go on, he comes to know that he actually knows nothing about her. He even goes undercover in the dance academy she works, coming across a web of deceit, one-upmanship (fellow dancer hates her for taking her place) and crime (drug peddling, in which Tamanna, being a junky, gets involved).
Kudos to Kushal Punjabi for playing the egoistic and self-serving, gay academy head, Kaizad Poonawala, to the T. He has a lot to hide, including a history with Tamanna.Dhruv is helped in this task by his friend Jackie (Mansi Rachh). She goes out on a limb for him, yet he seems to take undue advantage of her, i.e. ditching her in the police station at night, when he goes off with Tamanna’s brother, Randhir (Sachin Verma). Randhir saves him after he gets arrested for trying to break into the shrink’s office where Tamanna is seeking treatment.Randhir’s is another complex character. Although, on the face of it, he loves his kidnapped sister (all think she has eloped to London), he does have issues.
Although Vrushika Mehta is the lead and the whole story revolves around her, she is hardly seen. Agreed, she is held hostage and they have shown her trying to escape. We still expected more flashback scenes with her brother and the dance academy. The makers should also have taken more advantage of Vrushika’s dancing skills– the only time she was seen shaking a leg on screen was in the flash mob dance sequence, in the very first episode.
Also, playing out a web-series with the backdrop of a musical and dance ambience is certainly fresh, and kudos for that.

Love, Lust and Confusion is a comedy of errors and a coming of age story – with a gamut of confusions and perplexities, love and desires, choices and dilemmas mixed with an ensemble of lovable characters who depict today’s confused selves of the millennials. Revolving around the life of a young girl Poroma Sarkar, Love Lust and Confusion is the perfect depiction of the age of indecisiveness, the age of physical exploration and the age of confusion. The show also explores the element of polyamory and depicts the perspective of youngsters towards it. The lead actors look natural in their parts and suit their characters perfectly. The supporting characters too, don’t seem unnecessary and each of them adds their unique element to the story. Rajat Barmecha shines the most as the vulnerable drummer with a heart of gold.
The punches are not forced and the dialogues are witty. The series is replete with situational humor peppered with some interesting twists and turns.
The lovemaking scenes are shot aesthetically and are not cringe-worthy like a lot of other content on the web space currently.The background score and the aesthetics of the show are worth a mention. While the music impresses, all the actors are styled impeccably and the set design is modern and has a lived-in appeal.
The content is fresh and unlike what you’ve seen before: a girl set out on a series of adventures before getting hitched and filling her diary with memorable experiences to hold on to. Each episode is a breath of fresh air.
Overall, Love, Lust and Confusion is a good attempt at depicting the vulnerability of today’s youngsters with respect to the confusion in the head, about love and lust.