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.

The remix is a breath of fresh air in the stagnated and swamped space of music shows. Singers aren't just singing but performing that too on popular Bollywood tracks which they completely reinvent by collaborating with a music director as their partner. The director-singer duo is judged based on their ability to remix an existing track with current styles and tempos.

With experienced singers, directors and equally capable judges Sunidhi Chauhan, Amit Trivedi, and Nucleya, the show definitely does not feel like an amateur hour trying to make something of nothing. Karan Tacker does a good job hosting. There are some great performances too like Sree Rama and Candice redding's rendition of 'Masakali', Akasa Singh and Skip's a version of 'Sooraj dooba hai'. Another contender to look out for is NSG who could have killed with a better pairing. Each episode brings a different theme, and contestants must conform a track of their choice to that theme. Teams scoring the least are disqualified every episode.

The production design is on point and stage set up is pleasing to look at. The live audience adds to the overall charm.

Bottom line, a great show for modern-day music enthusiasts.

Uglies is a novel, coming of age idea of presenting a story in an indulging and bold manner, that is, a series of texts and conversational snippets rather than actual visualization and dramatization. Stories typically have unconventional plot-lines, usually considered taboo by the majority of society and 'Terribly Tiny Tales' manages to hit them hard while avoiding to sugar-coat any situation.

Writing is convincing as well as realistic and almost feels like a guilt-free peep into private, offbeat and confidential thoughts of someone you would want to meet. Each short story has a different theme and episodes are unrelated. Shrouded in mystery from the very beginning plot lines are quite unpredictable and therefore make for an engaging experience. Other elements like sound effects (such as keyboard Clicks) and backdrops are thoughtfully placed and enhance the appeal rather than making it repulsive.

Profound is an understatement. Stories challenge societal norms and aim for realistic settings, climaxes, and endings. This liberty is especially well utilized by web content creators unlike the people pleasing and money making mainstream media. Getting awestruck by these stories should be a must have experience for every art aficionado.

Just when you begin to believe that the show couldn't get any worse, it does. The channel 'DK Films' is relatively to new to the world of cinematography, their primary focus being VFX, I wasn't expecting wonders when I first started watching the show, but I, in no way was expecting an almost comical and atrocious dramatization rebelling to all senses.

For the first half, it seems almost to be a parody of the action genre, anticipate to be completely thrown off when you find it's not. It is almost like "The room", but much dingier.

The story is set to follow the journey of Charchit (Charchit Kaushik) as he investigates the mysterious circumstances under which his magician father left to never return. He struggles as clues do not add up and he comes in possession of a powerful magic charm (a pencil) that could finally serve him all the answers with the guiding aid of Narayan Narayan (Dushyant Kapoor) who protects him and the pencil from being captured by the evil powers.

Portrayal of characters is insipid and bad, actors fail to deliver any dialogue convincingly, dialogues being completely irrelevant and ill-considered to top it all. The only aspect even remotely suffer-able are the computer graphics, and not in any way call for the rebuke that writing and acting does. Maybe it is for a completely different set of audience, but definitely can in no way be recommended to an action enthusiast.

Kota factory is indeed the sliver of bliss in the dark despair of familiar Kota "stories" and experiences that millions have lived. Viewers will find no trouble identifying with turbulent journeys, everyday snags and unfortunate events that characters sail through. The tactful writing and on-point performances hook in the viewer while the cultured incorporation of humor guarantees of an amusing ride.

Highlighting the aspects of a student's life other than textbooks and chalkboards, Kota factory does not shy away from rather hard truths of relationships, failures and mental health. However, the series does seem a little innocuous while addressing the redundancy of Kota culture (maybe because of corporate sponsorship), but still is a huge leap in debunking the prevailing myths and helping people realize of possibilities beyond Kota.

Protagonist Vaibhav Pandey (Mayur More), a teen from a small town, an IIT aspirant, a student at prodigy classes (a coaching institute), Kota is extremely likable. All leads embody a distinguishing flair, like the grit of Vaibhav, the innocence of Meena (Ranjan Raj), the fierceness of Shivangi (Ahsaas Channa), or the liveliness of Uday (Alam Khan), making the show appealing and structured. However, the presence of a resolute guiding light, a knight in shining armor, Jeetu (Jitendra Kumar) 'bhaiya', physics faculty, prodigy institute, can often seem too good to be true.

Central themes for episodes are well chosen and resonate with the target audience. Noone will most definitely repent investing time watching this web series, and one may even find themselves repeating some of its clever and hysterical lines.

On first glance what looks like an ensemble of fierce, bold and chic cast, soon turns into a labyrinth of too many ideas. Way too many ideas. It tries to blend the essence of feminism, sexism and 'good girls have fun', resulting in an unappetizing smoothy that is hard to digest.

The show follows the journey of four women Damini (Sayani Gupta), chief executive editor at a revelatory news site; Anjana (Kriti Kulhari), a lawyer, a divorcee, and mother; Umang (VJ Bani), a fitness trainer; Siddhi (Maanvi Gagroo), a distressed maiden. Grappling with love, careers and societal norms they gather quite often at a bar to find solace in the other's company. The issues seem a bit cliche at times, but Umang (VJ bani) is a breath of fresh air in most instances and never fails to grab attention with her surreal on-screen presence.

However, the glamorous outfits and fancy backdrops are done right and make the show quite an eye candy. This precarious heap of viewpoints can be well credited for not being ostentatious and overall, the character and story development is not a complete loose end and may even draw viewers in.

Stir away from high expectations, and show just might even seem entertaining.

A show about marriage, family, and therapy to tie the two together, Mind The Malhotras is a welcome revision in typical family dynamics. Worried about their relationship after all of their friends have had divorces, the Malhotras Rishabh (Cyrus Sahukar) and Shefali (Mini Mathur) decide to attend couple's therapy.

Wacky and comical interactions with the therapist, the recollection of unconventional instances in their married life, and a constant concern for their quirky son make up for most of the comedy in the show. Although the daughters have a scarce presence and a bit bland one too, the character of mother-in-law is a great addition.

The situations may seem a bit cliche and worn out at times, the actors, however, manage to pull off most scenes convincingly despite the choppy writing. The show could definitely use some solid punch lines and more frivolous situations to make it memorable.

It's a light-hearted entertainer, will not completely knock your shoes off, but will not disappoint either.

The story starts off with Aditya (Vikrant Massey) looking forward to a night out with friends, but plans go awry and the night soon turns into a murder mystery. Chances of fair retribution looks bleak as he has no recollection of the night. The story begins on a high note and ends on a high note, it's the middle that feels dragged. Few shots and segues are redundantly long and unengaging.

However, remarkable performances manage to lure in the viewers and deliver as much as they promise. Madhav Mishra (Pankaj Tripathi) a sloppy unethical lawyer who is on a journey of trnaformation into a conscientious and dedicated individual, is the saving grace and delivers a performance that's hard to forget. Performances by Jackie Shroff and Vikrant Massey are quite convincing and remain consistent with the central theme. Appalling revelations seem to be reserved for the last couple of episodes. Thrills, therefore, are sparse.

Another concern for a fastidious viewer might be occurrence of unconvincing coincidences necessary to sustain story line. Being an adaptation writers could have made an attempt to copy the plot without the plot holes, The series is a bit far from competing with the big guns like sacred games but shines regardless in its niche.

An attempt at a celebrity talk show cum a cooking show manages to perfect neither. A lonely woman named Beauty (Sumukhi Suresh), is unable to find amicable relationships the normal way and decides to bring people (celebrities) into her home by tying them up and forcing them to a feast by. She makes them a great meal and tries to strike good conversations all in hope of building some new friendships.

In general, the conversations are vague and inconsequential with bland questions lacking continuity and almost feel forced. While that doesn't make it repulsive or unbearable, just nothing presented is memorably ravishing. After the interactions, recipes for the dishes served are explained in a rather sloppy and quick fashion, making them really hard to follow.

The attempt to add flavor to monotonous talk shows is appreciable, but the lack of execution is apparent. Sumukhi Suresh manages to pull the character of an insecure, desperate but extremely amiable hostess as well as the constraints of theme allow her. Writing needs work and moments will seem palatable if they were more candid than orchestrated.

It's a one time watch offering nothing more than shallow talk and poorly explained fancy dishes.

This Alt Balaji original targeted at the young adults is at best entertaining and really nothing more, that too, only if one chooses to refrain from searching logic. The series feast on stereotypes, and presents no effort in trying to be original. The show could have benefited from focusing more on writing and storytelling rather than asserting a series of random out of context catchphrases and glorified profanities to grab attention of "cool" teenagers.

The idea of Shantanu Maheshwari in the role of Mr. popular and privileged casanova- Abir Basu, son of a surgeon and student at KIMS ( Kolkata Institute of Medical Science) isn't absurd and he does as good a job as his innocent visage allows him to. He is smug and unpredictable, most of his actions are doltish and cynical and his best friend Nibedita (Nityami Shirke) accommodates with his tantrums while trying to maintain her high academic standards. The episodes follow their lives along with what horrors a medical college cast upon already worked up medicine students. Characters are uni-dimensional and seem mechanical in their operational behavior.

It would be unfair to expect high-quality art or magnificent screenplay out of the show, but it can be rated high on fatuous entertainment. Afterall, isn't that all a target viewer is looking for anyway? Some goofy distraction to get a little giggle here and there and an 'aw' moment every once in a while.