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I did not have the fortune of watching any of Pulkit’s feature films, apart from the Alt Balaji miniseries “Bose: Dead/Alive,” before watching “Maalik.” I especially regret not having watched “Bhakshak” (2024), which last year caught some critical attention. However, my first engagement with Pulkit, in terms of a feature film, was not bad at all. I liked “Maalik” to an extent. Not because it is the kind of popular cinema I was eagerly waiting for, but because of its attempt to bring back a certain genre that Bollywood had abandoned long ago.

The ‘Angry Young Man’, in other words a simpleton, driven by some past events, choosing the path of a gangster/Mafia to place himself in the highest strata of power, a (wayward) hero of the working class, had literally vanished from the popular discourse of Hindi Cinema since the early 90s, after enriching Bollywood – both commercially and...

Maalik Box Office Collection Day 2: The owner of Rajkumar Rao, who was expecting a big opening at the box office. This movie has failed in it. Actually Rajkummar Rao and Manushi Chillar starrer film completed its first day at the box office. Where its earnings have been simple. Which is very less than his previous hit film ‘Bhool Lack Maaf’. Whereas today there is a lot of expectations from the ‘owner’ on second day. Where it can fill theaters with audience. Let’s know today Malik Day 2 collection How much is going to do

Maalik Box Office Collection Second Day Report

The film directed by Pulkit has knocked in theaters yesterday. In which Rajkummar Rao has been seen with an influential character in the film with tremendous action. This time the director and producer has made Akshay Kumar’s heroine Manushi Chillar. His role in the film is that of a girlfriend.

The volume of violence in filmmaker Pulkit’ s Maalik would surprise and shock only those who haven’t seen his outstanding series, Bhakshak, which was about sexual violence.

Maalik is about the politics of violence. And the violence In politics. It is set in the city of Amitabh Bachchan, Allahabad, and there are some delectable references to the Superstar. I especially liked Rajkummar Rao’s deadpan response after a shootout in a movie theatre: “Manoranjan mein hinsa?!”

Writer-director Pulkit does the opposite: hinsa mein manoranjan. There is much to be said about a film that peels off layer after layer of commissioned violence in the Uttar Pradesh of the 1990s—long before Yogi’s operation cleanup—to reveal what we already know: the more we use violence as a tool of protest, the more its chances of becoming nothing but a weapon of mass destruction.

Would it be politically correct...

Grahan(Disney-Hotstar, 8 episodes)

Starring Pawan Malhotra,Zoya Hussain,Anshuman Pushkar, Wamiqua Gabbi

Directed by Ranjan Chandel

I was a shocked teenager when the 1984 genocide wiped away thousands of Sikhs. Well- known politicians and even politically motivated celebrities from the entertainment world provoked and incited the mobs to go out and take revenge against an entire community for their beloved prime minister’s assassination.

I haven’t forgotten the dance of death that started on the night of October 31 and continued till my birthday on November 2. Quality conscious producer Ajay Rai(who has invested in many a significant cinematic project from the Marathi masterpiece Kill in 2014 to the most recent achievement Fire In The Mountains) opens up the wounds of the 1984 genocide, wounds that never healed, wrongs that were never righted.

Directed by Ranjan Chandel, the 8 episodes have a certain consistent momentum in the storytelling, and though it moves through two time zones,...

A young Ips Officer Amrita Singh is handed over a special investigation from the past; only to discover her father in the center of this case. Will she suffer the consequences of chasing the truth? Inspired by author Satya Vyas’ popular book ‘Chaurasi’ comes Hotstar Specials’ next series Grahan - a story that traverses two tales set apart by three decades but connected by one truth.

Actors Pavan Malhotra and Zoya Hussain come together as a father-daughter (Amrita and Gursevak) duo of today; while actors Anshuman Pushkar and Wamiqa Gabbi (Rishi and Manu) revive old-world romance of the 80s in this drama-mystery. The series also features actors Teekam Joshi and Sahidur Rahman in pivotal roles. Produced by Jar Pictures, Grahan has been directed by Ranjan Chandel with Shailendra Jha as showrunner.

Grahan brings to life a methodical and nuanced style of storytelling that goes back and forth in time, with...

NetflixThe series is based on true cyber crimes from Jamtara in Jharkhand.Neetha JohnWhere the land is tinted a dreary shade of blue and brown, you know there will be misery and sadness. The young lads of Jamkara are fraudsters, cyber criminals and well, “These boys call people posing as bank employees, and make fake calls and steal their money'' as inspector Biswa (Dibyendu Bhattacharya) says. Everybody knows about the cyber crimes that have been going on, and yet, nothing keeps them from being tempted by a trip to Goa or a Maruti car, into sharing their security details. The young lads, led by the brains behind these phone calls - Sunny Mondal (Sparsh Shrivastava), a boy of 17 - know just how to take advantage of gullible, greedy and ignorant Indians. The series is written by Trishant Srivastava and directed by Soumendra Padhi who won the National Award for Best...

It takes a Google search to put a finger on Jamtara. It is a sleepy district tucked away somewhere in northeast Jharkhand, barely over 1,800 square kilometers in expanse. In 2006 the government listed Jamtara as one of India's 250 most backward districts.

Here's the quirk, then: Jamtara town, which forms the hub of such a backward domain, is widely nicknamed India's phishing capital. Over 50 per cent of phishing scams happening in the country are executed from this remote backyard of nothingness.

Soumendra Padhi's web series tries delving into the reality that drives such an irony, with focus on creating drama and suspense. Simply put, phishing is a crime that requires very little investment -- a dispensable cellphone and a sim card. The caller, posing as a bank official, must also have the adroit conversational skill to dig out identity details pertaining to the victim's bank account or debit card. Often, educated...