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The Future of Netflix: Here’s why you won’t be able to share passwords like before
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The Future of Netflix: Here’s why you won’t be able to share passwords like before

A password-sharing clampdown is coming by 2023. Netflix will start charging subscribers fees for sharing their account in an attempt to make ‘freeloaders’ pay for the service

Mumtaz on her comeback: Can't do anything and everything, have to like the subject
Entertainment

Mumtaz on her comeback: Can't do anything and everything, have to like the subject

The veteran also addressed the rumours surrounding her appearance in Heeramandi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut web series for Netflix.

Netflix India's post about Masaba Masaba season 2 and Friends will leave you in splits
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Netflix India's post about Masaba Masaba season 2 and Friends will leave you in splits

Netflix’s hilarious post about Ross being excited about ‘House of Shaadi’ left fans in splits. The post has already been viewed over 3 lakh times since it was posted a day ago.

A season 2 celebrate: Your favourite shows are returning on Netflix India
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A season 2 celebrate: Your favourite shows are returning on Netflix India

A must-watch-list: Netflix India to drop the second seasons of local shows - Masaba Masaba S2, Delhi Crime S2, Jamtara S2, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives S2 and Mismatched S2 in 2022.

Has OTT opened up space for new talent, storytelling perspectives; creators, executives weigh in
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Has OTT opened up space for new talent, storytelling perspectives; creators, executives weigh in

Halfway into 2022, the OTT platforms might have cracked a smarter, more effective way of entertaining people by focusing on story and suitable talent, rather than going for star value. Will this sustain?

How Mai on Netflix serves as an exploration of the mother's guilt
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How Mai on Netflix serves as an exploration of the mother's guilt

The mother's guilt allows Sakshi Tanwar's domesticated character in Mai to go through an extreme path in order to uncover her daughter's mysterious death. And the deep-seated pain of being a surrogate mother only compounds that guilt.

Anushka Sharma excited about Sakshi Tanwar's Mai to release on 15 April
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Anushka Sharma excited about Sakshi Tanwar's Mai to release on 15 April

The crime-thriller 'Mai' starring Sakshi Tanwar is all set to release on 15 April 2022, and just like every other fan, Anushka Sharma can't wait for it.

Atul Mongia, Anshai Lal, Tanya Bami — makers of Netflix show Mai on why acting workshops are indispensable today
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Atul Mongia, Anshai Lal, Tanya Bami — makers of Netflix show Mai on why acting workshops are indispensable today

Atul Mongia, who pioneered acting workshops in India back in 2000s, is glad the film industry is warming up to the concept now, especially with streaming platforms like Netflix gaining ground.

How Jim Sarbh's resplendent voiceover helps add perspective to Netflix's Eternally Confused and Eager for Love
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How Jim Sarbh's resplendent voiceover helps add perspective to Netflix's Eternally Confused and Eager for Love

Jim Sarbh’s part-heavy-part-shrill but ever resplendent voice does all this is a treat — a beat rather that reigns over the show.

Eternally Confused and Eager For Love review: Yet another addition to the list of emotionally vacant high-aesthetic shows
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Eternally Confused and Eager For Love review: Yet another addition to the list of emotionally vacant high-aesthetic shows

The show co-produced by Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar among others is in the extreme Urban Hindi comfort zone, where the story is watchable, the characters super relatable, and nearly nothing is memorable.

How shows like The Fame Game, and films like Tribhanga, Shakuntala Devi are finally embracing the idea of flawed motherhood
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How shows like The Fame Game, and films like Tribhanga, Shakuntala Devi are finally embracing the idea of flawed motherhood

A common theme in the West, the idea of flawed motherhood and the mother's guilt had been pushed under the carpet by Hindi cinema for the longest time because it is uncomfortable to address.

Food is the start of all great love stories, from Once Again, The Lunchbox to In The Mood for Love
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Food is the start of all great love stories, from Once Again, The Lunchbox to In The Mood for Love

All it takes is one wrong delivery of the lunchbox or a chance telephonic conversation with one of your restaurant customers. The premise is predictable. And yet, it makes magic. Each time.

Kapil Sharma's debut Netflix stand-up special only exposes the inherent flaws of his TV show
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Kapil Sharma's debut Netflix stand-up special only exposes the inherent flaws of his TV show

Even when Kapil Sharma, a television face, moves from its high censorship framework to a relatively unregulated OTT space, he cannot enjoy the right to be irreverent.

Kapil Sharma's all-black suit to Hannah Gadsby's suspenders and pants, how stand-up comedians choose what to wear
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Kapil Sharma's all-black suit to Hannah Gadsby's suspenders and pants, how stand-up comedians choose what to wear

Watching Kapil Sharma: I'm Not Done Yet on Netflix India made me ponder over what the costumes of stand-up comedians say about them.

'Kapil Sharma may be finally able to crack jokes on things he couldn't on TV': stand-up comedians open on his new Netflix special
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'Kapil Sharma may be finally able to crack jokes on things he couldn't on TV': stand-up comedians open on his new Netflix special

“Netflix is struggling to penetrate into small towns in India. They need a lot more relatable Indian content to attract new subscribers. Kapil Sharma is the king of that, so they are riding on his popularity and his brand image."

For Netflix India to conquer Indian market, they'll have to choose persuasion over attraction, conditioning over content
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For Netflix India to conquer Indian market, they'll have to choose persuasion over attraction, conditioning over content

Indians may not use the thing you offer them for free but it is in our nature to prize that which feels abundant rather than that which feels appealing. Netflix India needs to cater to those needs, like other streaming platforms do with sports and other add-ons.

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein: Tahir Raj Bhasin is what Shah Rukh Khan could have been in a Netflix show
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Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein: Tahir Raj Bhasin is what Shah Rukh Khan could have been in a Netflix show

Tahir Raj Bhasin's layered performance reminds one of what Shah Rukh Khan could have achieved had he been given the luxury of six hours of runtime to build a character and live through the conflict.

Anushka Sharma to play cricket icon Jhulan Goswami in biopic on Netflix, titled Chakda Xpress
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Anushka Sharma to play cricket icon Jhulan Goswami in biopic on Netflix, titled Chakda Xpress

"Chakda Xpress is essentially a story of tremendous sacrifice," said Anushka Sharma in a statement

Watch: In trailer of Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, a love triangle goes rogue
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Watch: In trailer of Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, a love triangle goes rogue

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, featuring Tahir Raj Bhasin, Shweta Tripathi, Anchal Singh, releases on Netflix on 14 January

How dysfunctional marriage was a recurrent theme on screen in 2021, from Haseen Dillruba to Decoupled
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How dysfunctional marriage was a recurrent theme on screen in 2021, from Haseen Dillruba to Decoupled

The trend of evolving marriage stories has created a revision of the safest, most used, and most overdone formula of Hindi cinema — one that has sustained the myth of a perfect marriage.