Antarmahal: The Chamber Never Sleeps
A legal thriller that finally trusts its audience to read silence.
Bengali
Hoichoi
Lead Review · This Week
Edition 218 · 14 Nov 2024
Panchayat Season 4, Reviewed:
A Quiet, Near-Perfect 89.
The viral small-town saga returns with the discipline of a writer who knows when to stop. Every subplot earns its screentime; every Marathi joke lands without subtitles.
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A comedic premise the writers themselves seem to have stopped believing in by episode three. The fourth wall breaks; the jokes do not.
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Anwesha Dasgupta
Co-founder · Hindi & Marathi Desk
Beat: Slow-burn Hindi originals, Marathi parallel cinema, showrunner interviews. NFTS graduate, ex-Scroll.in.
Latest argued reviewPanchayat S4 — "A Perfect 89 / 100"
612 reviews filed since 2019
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Pritam Iyer
Co-founder · South Indian Desk
Beat: Tamil and Telugu theatrical-to-OTT transitions, Malayalam new wave, regional box-office politics. FTII Screenwriting, 2009.
Latest argued reviewAll We Imagine as Light — "94 / 100 — Payal Kapadia's quiet masterpiece"
584 reviews filed since 2019
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Rohan Khanna
Senior Critic · Bengali & Assamese Desk
Beat: Bengali indie cinema, Assamese documentary premieres, Hoichoi and Addatimes originals. LSE Media & Communications.
Latest argued reviewMandaar S2 — "71 / 100 — sharper, but still over-pitched"
318 reviews filed since 2021
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Meera Pillai
Senior Critic · Telugu & Kannada Desk
Beat: Telugu mass-entertainment on OTT, Kannada streaming originals, mid-budget Hindi crossovers. NFTS Film Criticism, 2017.
Latest argued reviewThe Hunt for Veerapan S2 — "83 / 100 — a rare thriller that earns its runtime"
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