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.

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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.