Pushpendra Nath Misra
Vikram Kochhar bags Netflix series Chuna
Netflix India will have a fascinating year ahead with the renowned OTT platform announcing 41 Indian titles recently. The streaming giant has roped in big Bollywood celebrities from Sonakshi Sinha to Taapsee Pannu to Kartik Aaryan. In addition to the 41 titles announced, Netflix is also working on many more concepts of which Chuna is one. Tentatively titled Chuna, a tale set in Uttar Pradesh, revolving around state politics is already on floor. The series is produced by Flying Saucer and directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra. Flying Saucer had earlier produced Taj Mahal 1989 for Netflix. | Click Here...
Review of ZEE5’s Ghoomketu: Watch It For Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Ghoomketu (ZEE5) Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ila Arun, Raghubir Yadav, Anurag Kashyap, Richa Chadha Directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra 2.5 stars The title of the film, Ghoomketu, intrigues. The trailer did induce excitement. After all, Nawazuddin Siddiqui features in it. He is ‘sacred’ in web space. Having said that, the movie hails from pre-Sacred Games era, when Nawaz was, let’s put it this way, just an actor. Now, he is a star and precisely for this reason, to harp on the Bollywood buzz, ZEE5 must have latched on to this not so impressive | Click Here...
Review of Netflix Taj Mahal 1989: Good performances can’t rescue this hoax
Starring Neeraj Kabi, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Danish Husain, Sheeba Chadha Written & Directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra Rating: **(2 stars) As a 40-plus couple trapped in a stagnant marriage, the redoubtable Geetanjali Kulkarni and Neeraj Kabi are effective performers trapped in a pretentious, retro-sociopolitical drama where every character speaks as though reading from a teleprompter. Oh, I forgot! There were no teleprompters in 1989 (especially not in Lucknow where tehzeeb demanded love confessions in hand-written letters). But then, there was no Tinder either. An | Click Here...