Hola Peeps
We are back with another epi of our weekly pod for y'all.
This week we watched 9 Hours  on Hulu/ Hotstar filmmaker Krish Jagarlamudi’s adaptation of the Telugu novel Thommidhi Gantalu (nine hours), written by Malladi Venkata Krishnamurthy. 

Directed by Niranjan Kaushik and Jacob Verghese, the series has diverse and complicated characters falling on different sides of the moral compass. Three inmates have escaped prison right after their roll call to execute a robbery of three major banks. However, the robbery is not the challenge here. The catch is that they have to be back in their cells by the time of the next roll call, which is just 9 hours. 9 Hours has everything that you want out of a good heist series but kinda gets lost in morality lessons and backstories.
Can Watch.
Next on our list is Bobbywood's own #Aashram in its third Avatar on Voot. Based on the activities of a self-proclaimed godman, Gurmeet Ram Rahim. Baba Nirala (Bobby Deol) is ruthless and relies on corrupt politicians to gain power while preying on innocent women. Baba, being a conman, hides his true intentions from the public like a pro and fools his devotees by wearing a mask of pretence.  Bobby Deol takes Nirala to another level. We loved this season as well. Cannot wait for next season.
Last but not the least, the patriotic Major, the biopic  of real-life hero Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan (Adivi Sesh), who saved the lives of numerous hostages before being martyred by terrorists in the Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai on November 26, 2008 . The first half of the movie however is romance.
That's it from us this week folks
See ya next week with more.
Team Desis.

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This week we had super fun going to an exclusive screening of Top Gun Maverick where we were on the edge of the seats with the excitement watching  Tom Freakin' Cruise  as Pete Mitchell back as our heartthrob Maverick in all his rule floutin' , heart breakin', glory. Can Tom Cruise age any better?  Or less hotter?
We keep sighing.
Now about Anek. We loved it for it's brave script. Anek asks the difficult question of what it means to be Indian, a loaded riddle in a period where Hindutva rhetoric has fostered brutal discrimination all across India. A must watch. In Theaters now and later on Netflix
Toolsidas Jr. deserves all the publicity it can get. Told by Midi, who is the director Mridul himself, it is such a personal, heart-felt story of love and accomplishment that it is almost pure magnificence. Loved this movie. Recommend it. Its on  Netflix
That's all for this week!
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Team D

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This week was crazy watching because we had 2 movies and one whole long series to cover.
#KanganaRanaut's #Dhaakad was a disotypain disappointment despite hot hunk Arjun Rampal trampling our hearts. Kangana just couldn't pull off the Lara Croft x Atomic Blonde avatar with a n hour long back story that did not move a flicker in our hearts that would make us justify her trigger happy avatar.
Huge mess.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as Farhad Samji slapstick - a laugh and a half with absolutely no new thing to add except Kartik Aryan in its list of bad actors. For a cult to a basic badly CGI'd slapstick - journey is interesting. Tabu is a beaut.
Panchayat 2 was uncomplicated and such a delight to watch in all its simple , impactful writing of people who are selfish and motivated by what works for them. Loved the series.
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Peeps,
This week was a lot of watching.  Michael and Miraal went to watch Jayeshbhai Jordaar in the theater and came back with a mixed bag of reactions. A man being a hero of a women empowerment movie. Enuf pussyfooting , we say.
Modern Love Mumbai:  Another anthology we thought !! But here's the twist - we kinda liked this one !!

The actors, the directors, the entire over reaching theme is beautifully plotted.

Amazon Prime Video’s anthology Modern Love Mumbai, the first of the three localized Indian versions of the widely acclaimed international series Modern Love features six heartwarming stories about discovering and exploring love in all its varied shades and emotions.
That's it for this week !! Listen to our POD and Enjoy
Catch you next week
Team Desis

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Peeps,
Welcome our new team member - Michael.
He is a sophomore at Stanford but a desi at heart. Apart from Biryani, he likes Ranveer Singh and stans Deepika :P

While Shriya has been busy shooting saree vids at weddings in the mid-west; we reviewed the desi-western Thar  on Netflix and the slow mo series Home Shanti on  Hulu
Hear what we thought about it 
Catch y'all soon
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Team Desis

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This week we had two movies and a series to review. Though we had a fun time watching the quirky series #Neverkissyourbestfriend2 on #zee5 and droooling over #KaranWahi on loop, we cannot say we had fun watching the movies.
Heropanti2 is definitely proof that COVID caused irreparable damage to some folks. And #runway34 was so high on theatrics that the second half became a little difficult to gulp even with the magnificent Ajay Devgn and the towering Mr. Bachchan to devour.
On the whole, we had fun and hope you have fun listening to our mindless banter about the heroes of Heropanti and bad ( real bad) jokes about how we all have a crush on Karan Wahi
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Shriya Miraal

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This week we had real fun reviewing a movie and two shows.
The movie was a remake of a Tamil superhit from the early 2000's so no surprise that a copied adaptation was s damp squib despite the brilliant actors and a decent direction. This was #ShahidKapoor's #Jersey. Too emotionally draining, too long and honestly too predictable for us.
#GuiltyMinds on Prime Video was engaging legal drama that had us binging. We loved it. If you want a good intelligent show that can make you think, question, engage and be curious - this one is a pick.
Then hot hunk Arjun Rampal made our day appearing in London Files on Voot but the happiness was short lived because the director had this man, this adonis , this super talented actor, the director also had Purab Kohli , he had Sapna Pabbi and he wasnt able to handle it, we guess - because what could have been a pacy psych thriller with good sub plots turned out to be a messy drama with too many characters too follow.! We needed the sticky notes on the wall to follow the story dude- you were solving a fictional crime - we were more traumatized.
In any case, we know you will have fun listening to us this week - we definitely enjoyed chatting  and we cannot wait to see you next week with a lot more

We love y'all
Shriya Miraal

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Hola Peeps,
How's it going?
Its been a crazy watch week for us! What do we tell you about this running joke we have about binge watching- we watch it so you don't have to.
Thank us later.

So KGF Chapter 2, Fans of Yash went crazy the world over.  They danced in theaters here in the USA too - but we have a POV. Listen in.
We also reviewed Vijay and Pooja Hegde's Beast. This mall based thriller is quite an action flick. Action galore,
Then we sat through Mai.
We really sat through Sakshi Tanwar killing people with her bare hands as she tried figuring out who killed her daughter in this series on Netflix

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Seeya next week

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Peeps,
This week we started with an interesting take on education or all with Dasvi where Abhishek Bachchan , playing a corrupt politician in prison decides that he can still appear for his Standard 10 exam, just so he can escape hard work first but then gets really into the political education when he reads about the freedom struggle of india and enlists several inmates to help him with math and other subjects.
Longish but interesting story. Streams Netlfix.

Then there was a rant of a movie called Hurdang which we wished we had not watched. it was like a rant of a privileged person against the lower caste reservations. Na, not buying that one.
Waste of a trip to the theater.

The ones we really liked was Kunal Kemmu's Abhay. First, Kemmu is a dish. Second, if there is a crime thriller you want to enjoy, come here - watch this really engaging one on zee5.
We dig it.
Love y'all
Seeya next week
Shiraal

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Hola peeps!
How's it going ?
We reviewed four movies for you this week and we cannot help but be excited about some of them!!
We started with #Rishikapoor's swan song #SharmajiNamkeen  which we thoroughly enjoyed. It streams on Prime.
We watched the Tamil hit #HeySinamika  featuring #DulquerSalman who we fell for hook, line and sinker and now we cannot help but harp DQ all day!! Watch it on Netflix.
We also had a lot of fun watching #Attack and have been on Abharamland since then. Plays in theaters and woah what a kickass action flick
We reviewed a sports biopic #KaunPravinTambe that you'll find on Hotstar and on hulu and we actually liked it quite a lot.
A strange week when we didn't diss any movies. Infact we are telling you to go watch each of them.
Watch and Binge
We will see you next week
Team Desis

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