Subhadeep Ghosh

Very well-made series that overshadows the original by a mile. The jackal's humane side and vulnerability are woven smoothly into the story, thus elevating the plot into newer realms of realism and surrealism at the same time. At long last we have a brilliant portrayal of the paid assassin genre, after multiple failed attempts in the recent past, e.g., the one that immediately comes to mind is David Fincher's 'The Killer' which badly messed up the entire genre and put the audience to sleep. I would predict that Eddie Redmayne would win the Emmy for the best actor in 2025, at least he richly deserves it. In fact Eddie's foray into the web series genre is testament of how big OTT platform's have become, that even a multi Academy award winning young actor is venturing into it and giving his very best.

The concept is 'borrowed' and 'inspired' from numerous Hollywood action flicks from the past. The 'Next Three Days' come to mind, so does 'Bangkok Hilton'. Nothing original about the concept - just a shoddy remake and remix of the much repeated 'jailbreak' genre. Only here, the actual jailbreak occupies just 5% of the movie. The remaining 95% focuses on the Dharma prodigy, Alia Bhatt who hogs the entire limelight of the movie without doing much really. Not sure if she or RK even produced the project or not. but that's how it looked. The basic problem with our so called 'Bollywood' is - they have celebrated mediocrity for so long, that they have forgotten what is good cinema. They think you serve up anything and audience will just lap it up. Just take a look at the AI generated, paid 4+ reviews on Google and other pages, they all read the same, have same keywords, etc.

A sincere attempt at factual storytelling. I don't think the writers or producers could have done more justice to the actual events. While everyone understands how the system is tilted in favour of people with money and connections, but without hard evidence, actual criminals do get away. At least one of the criminals is still in prison. We can only hope that the other will also be punished, if not by the court of law, but by the court of God.

Very important documentary of the infamous event that changed India's civil aviation forever. There is no propaganda, no chest-thumping nationalism, just plain and simple story telling of the facts. Yes, the director has taken few liberties because not everything that happened behind closed doors can be publicly disclosed. But overall, for us, who actually lived through those 8 days of ordeal (despite being thousands of miles away), this series gives us a kind of closure.