Hello, hello,
Happy Holi, folks!
I hope you've had (or are still having) a lovely Holi!
It has never been a favourite festival of mine- too much chaos, too much forceful rubbing of colour on faces- but I have enjoyed the food and community parts of it.
Sharing some binge-worthy OTT content for you to enjoy over the long weekend!
1. The Weekend Away on Netflix is based on the eponymous book by Sarah Alderson. Sophie, a young mother leaves for a weekend away in Croatia with her best friend, who is going through a divorce. After a blurry night of partying, her best friend goes missing and the cops arent interested in finding her. What happened that night? As Sophie sets out to find answers, she finds herself in an even more dangerous situation. A short, fast-paced movie that is definitely worth watching.
2. Salute streaming on SonyLiv is a Malayalam crime thriller movie starring Dulquer Salman. Three years ago, a professor and his wife were brutally murdered. The cops, under political pressure, do the minimum and arrest auto driver Murali, who Arvind (Dulquer Salman's character) believes to be innocent. Three years later, a guilty Arvind sets off to kind the elusive real killer and get Murali justice even at the cost of his and his eldest brother's careers.
A nicely made cop drama, but a tad slow for the thriller genre. Definitely worth watching for its very unusual storyline.
3. Sunderbaner Vidyasagar streaming on Hoichoi is a coming of age social drama. Kinkar Karmakar is a young graduate, whose father believes he is the second coming of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar since they both share a birthday! Poor Kinkar has been forced to follow in the great educator's footsteps his whole life until he barely basses his BA in Sanskrit! Forced out of the house and to join the Forest Department as a volunteer, Kinkar moves to a tiny island in the Sunderbans, known as a village for widows. He soon finds out that something very wrong seems to be happening there but does he have the courage to stand up to the local bigwigs?
A nicely done, heartwarming social drama that is definitely worth watching.
4. Bad Vegan: Fame, Fraud and Fugitives streaming on Netflix is a documentary about a vegan food pioneer (of sorts) in New York called Sarma Melngailis, who got married to a conman, who took over $2 million from her and she in turn defrauded investors, her employees and the IRS to the tune of $6 million!
This is a truly bizarre story and you have to see it to believe it! At 4 episodes, this is a quick watch too.
5. Rocket Boys streaming on SonyLiv is a goosebump-incuding story of India's space program. It takes us into the lives and struggles of luminaries like Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam as, over a period of two decades, they slowly and steadily build the Indian space program.
This series is an absolute must-watch! Highly recommend!
Have a great weekend, y'all!
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