pramitisapru Reviews (4)

Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024– )

Action done right!

[7/10 · 2 January 2025]

Late to the party but Raj and DK do it again! Their hold on action has been commendable since A Gentleman and has only gotten better with each series.

Love some of the single camera shots to signify the back story of the two spies. For instance the blood on the cassatta. That could have easily made for a poster of the show!

I love how Varun Dhawan holds his own in this show and the action suits him so well. But Samantha Ruth kicking ass against 80/90's music is a different vibe all together.

Only on the third episode and cannot wait to see the way this show unfolds. I hope it has more complex layers than the current three episodes to make it more interesting and not too direct as the first three episodes.

Life Hill Gayi (2024– )

Shitts Creek with a Desi Tadka

[7/10 · 10 August 2024]

The direction, visuals, and the dialogues are bang on! The writing is quick wit, sarcastic, and ironic. The comic timing of all the actors only added to the fun of watching *cough* binge-watching this series in 3 hours with my mother. Yes, one can find several loopholes that the characters could have had more depth or their had to be some character growth but that is where Season 2 shall come in *hopefully* I really hope Hotstar greenlights this project for an S2 cause it honestly deserves it!

Divyendu, Vinay Pathak are expected to be good - but Kusha Kapila and Mukti Mohan were definitely the surprise package here. Both women packed a punch in their pivitol scenes.

Lastly, the show was what it was because of the entire supporting cast who elevated even the smallest of scenes with their effortless human, expression, and body language. - Honestly, this show belongs to them. (Annapurna Soni, Atul Srivastava, Hemant Pandey, Gyan Prakash, Ishtiyak Khan, and Sachin Negi)

Monkey Man (2024)

One of the best from 2024

[9/10 · 9 August 2024]

The things one has to do to view this in India is sad but I digress.

What. A. Movie! For a directorial debut this was absolutely brilliant.

Dev Patel's take on organised religion v/s spirituality, the socio-economic factors that affect India - and finally the personal revenge arc that ties it ALL together is fantastic.

In this film every one has their own enemy to vanquish- sometimes their own fears and demons and what better than to use the metaphor of the intrepid Hanuman Ji from India.

Furthermore, the depiction of transgenders or 'hijras' as they are called in Indian society was beautiful for once and not OTP or shown as monsters unlike other movies from the past!

Lastly, the intertwining of music at different points of the movie - including the brilliant Zakir Hussain (Tabla Maestro) - and Dev Patel training to his sound and beats was so poignant - a scene with no dialogues just one phrase get up - and THATS the whole movie - GET UP. FIGHT FOR A PURPOSE. REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE (Hi, Lion King)

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024– )

An 8-10 episode could have saved this mess!

[5/10 · 4 August 2024]

Ruined the protagonist. She's no longer smart like Sherlock as written in the book - no longer resilient and persistent to get to the bottom of the truth- she's literally a passive participant with things just happening to her and around her.

They didn't even dive into the social commentary of the town's heinous behaviour to the singh family, or Ravi's plotline with his OWN brother.

Even Sal's persona was diminished!!

Andie was suppose to be narcissistic, arrogant and yes because of her father - but even the 'abuse' wasn't even shown! NOT EVEN IMPLIED. How dumb do you think the audience is?