I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with today’s additions of the Telugu film Tillu Square and the Hindi movie Laapataa Ladies, directed by Kiran Rao. These theatrical releases come on the heels of last week’s new additions: the Bollywood flicks All India Rank and Article 370. Netflix is investing heavily in Hindi theatrical releases this year, with movies generally hitting streaming 8 weeks after they debut in theaters. Ajay Devgn’s Shaitaan could come to Netflix as early as next week, followed by Crew in late May and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan in early June (though none have officia ..read more

1.5 Stars (out of 4) Watch Silence 2 on Zee5 Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout leans into modern streaming video viewership habits. Every detail in this murder mystery is spelled out in such excruciating detail that you’d might as well be scrolling on your phone while you watch it. Full attention is not required. Silence 2 is a sequel to the 2021 Zee5 Original Silence… Can You Hear It?. Familiarity with the first film isn’t required, as the sequel follows a new case, and the main characters’ personal lives are hardly mentioned. Manoj Bajpayee plays ACP Avinash Verma, leader of Mumbai’s Spe ..read more

1.5 Stars (out of 4) Watch Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya on Amazon Prime Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (“Got So Entangled in Your Words“) has the makings of a decent movie. What begins as a high-concept romantic comedy about a man in love with a robot takes an insane turn at the end. Not once does it address the logical ethical questions that must be asked of such a relationship. Shahid Kapoor stars in Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (TBMAUJ, henceforth) as Aryan, a robotics engineer. His family is pressuring him to find a wife, but he’s more interested in his job. He takes after his si ..read more

4 Stars (out of 4) Watch Amar Singh Chamkila on Netflix Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila is an all-time great music biopic and one of the director’s finest works. His use of varied storytelling techniques makes for a riveting exploration of the life of a controversial celebrity. In the 1980s, Amar Singh Chamkila (Diljit Dosanjh) and his duet partner and wife Amarjot Kaur (Parineeti Chopra) ruled the music scene in Punjab with their cheeky, catchy tunes. The movie opens with the couple’s assassination on March 8, 1988, along with two members of their band. As their bodies are ferried ..read more

2.5 Stars (out of 4) Watch Woh Bhi Din The on Zee5 Woh Bhi Din The went through quite a journey before its release. The movie was shot in 2013 and only just now made its global debut on Zee5. It’s a good thing it finally did, as it presents an accurate depiction of the emotional lives of teenagers. The film opens with a cameo by John Abraham giving the least-inspirational speech ever by an alumnus to students at his old high school. Being back on the campus of Loyola School leads him to reminisce about his own colorful past with his rowdy friends in the late 1990s. Cue a flashback montage of a ..read more

2.5 Stars (out of 4) Watch Patna Shuklla on Hulu The earnest legal drama Patna Shuklla is elevated by an unexpected climax. Raveena Tandon stars as Tanvi Shuklla, a lawyer who is more renowned for her homemade ladoos than her prowess as a litigator. She’s happily married to government worker Siddharth (Manav Vij), and they have a cute young son, Sonu (Arijeet Kaurav). The biggest crisis in her life is when Sonu forgets his lunch and she has to chase down the school bus on her scooter. Then a challenging case falls into Tanvi’s lap. College student Rinki (Anushka Kaushik) asks Tanvi to represen ..read more

2 Stars (out of 4) Watch Murder Mubarak on Netflix The mystery Murder Mubarak is packed with characters but feels insubstantial. Sara Ali Khan and Vijay Varma show why they are in-demand actors, but Pankaj Tripathi’s turn as an offbeat detective feels too familiar. The film — based on Anuja Chauhan’s novel Club You to Death — invites comparison to Knives Out, as both feature a murder where most of the suspects are obscenely wealthy. However, a critical difference renders the class undertones in Murder Mubarak less satisfying. The murder victim in Knives Out is the patriarch of a rich family, w ..read more

I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu with yesterday’s world premiere of the Hindi movie Patna Shuklla, starring Raveena Tandon. Zee5 also debuted the Hindi drama film Woh Bhi Din The starring Adarsh Gourav yesterday, after it sat finished for a decade without being released. I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with the debut of the Tamil horror series Inspector Rishi. Finally, I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with today’s addition of the Tamil movie Por. The premiere episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show launches on Saturday, March 30 at 8 p.m. IST ..read more

3 Stars (out of 4) Watch Ae Watan Mere Watan on Amazon Prime Ae Watan Mere Watan (“Oh Country My Country“) gives a glimpse into an important chapter in Indian’s freedom struggle, highlighting the role of one inspiring young revolutionary. Though not strictly biographical, the film is based on the life of social activist Usha Mehta. Sara Ali Khan plays Usha as a college student in Bombay in 1942, where she protests against British tyranny with her boyfriend Kaushik (Abhay Verma) and fellow student Fahad (Sparsh Srivastav). Their involvement deepens after Gandhi’s “Quit India” speech leads to hi ..read more

I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Amazon Prime with today’s world premiere of the historical drama Ae Watan Mere Watan, starring Sara Ali Khan. Earlier this week, Amazon revealed their massive upcoming slate of Original Indian series and films: I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with today’s streaming debut of Hrithik Roshan & Deepika Padukone’s patriotic action flick Fighter. A dozen Indian films are set to expire from Netflix in the next month, including a bunch that Aamir Khan either starred in or produced (and a little more than 3 years since they returned to ..read more