Dhoom Dhaam
Veer and Koyal enter an arranged marriage and the fun begins in their wedding night suite when they are accosted by two unidentified people incessantly questioning the whereabouts of Charlie…
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When The Phone Rings
Sleek alloy car wheels and a sleeker pair of shoes, Baek Sa Eon is not only the spokesperson for the President’s office but also the ace negotiator of the Korean government with superlative credentials, including being trained by the FBI. In contrast, his wife Hong Hee Joo, who suffers from selective mutism was overlooked by many as a marriage prospect.
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Love Game In Eastern Fantasy
We have a solid plot with fast paced storytelling. Thankfully, the drama does not spend too much time in the dramatics, but, being a drama, expect: tears, declarations of friendship and love, loyalty, sticking up for each other, heroism, self sacrifice etc. Though there is good suspense that is held with strategic plot reveals at different points in the story, towards the end, the reveals tend to be plot heavy leaving us with a slightly ambiguous ending that could have been dealt with and explained better.
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Aranyak
With 8 episodes of 1 hr each, Aranyak is lengthy but it packs in not only murder and mystery but also love, marital issues, family traumas, revenge, a psycho, a kidnapping, political drama, teenague issues, suspense and drug deals. The stories are interspersed with each other. To hide one crime, another crime gets done, each party with their own secrets to hide. The stories loop into each other to form a full circle and in the end the crime takes a magnitude of its own.
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The Buckingham Murders
Buckingham Murders has the requisite twists and turns one would expect from a murder mystery. The title of the movie was a little misleading to me. I expected more British influence, but the star cast is primarily Indian with a setting in an Indian dominant community. The murders in plural led me to believe a serial killer on the loose. While multiple bodies do turn up, and there are unexpected plot twists with adequate hints of something amiss; the movie like Khan’s role appears muted and fails to ignite edge of the seat anticipation or thrill of the unknown.
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