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The Family Man 2
The first season of this OTT series created with Raj Nidimoru and Krishna
DK, starring Manoj Bajpayee was a thrilling, fast-paced and occasionally
humorous ride into the life of Srikant Tiwari, who leads a double life. The
second season is made with the polish seen in the earlier part, but takes so
many episodes to pick up its pace that as a thriller it’s a bit of a letdown.
Pakistan’s ISI and Sri Lanka’s Tamil rebels join hands to assassinate the
Indian PM (Seema Biswas) and her Lankan counterpart.
If the viewer is not counting the bloopers (and there are The Family Man 2
many), the series is passably entertaining and Bajpayee Directed by Raj and DK, Suparn
superb as usual, though Samantha Akkineni has a great S Varma
part too, but one which requires her to be stony-faced all Starring Manoj Bajpayee,
the time. Samantha Akkineni, Priya Mani
Prime Video

Theatre (on OTT): Books
Pashmina The Thursday Murder
Actor-director Shreyas Club
Talpade started a One of the top-selling
subscription-based OTT thrillers in recent times,
platform, Nine Rasa, Richard Osman’s The
for the theatre and the Thursday Murder Club is
performing arts. One set in a swanky home for
of the plays that can be seniors, called Coopers
watched on it is the hour- Chase. Far from being a
long Pashmina, written by Mrinal Mathur, sad, depressing place, that such places for
which was one of the 2018 winners of the the elderly are usually portrayed as, this one
playwriting competition organised by is buzzing with activity. A group of seniors
Sanhita Manch (an organisation set up by have formed a Murder Club that meets every
NSD alumni Rasika Agashe and Mohammad Thursday to solve cold murder cases, for
Zeeshan Ayyub). their own entertainment.
Many plays about Kashmir have been Osman’s debut novel did so well, that a
staged, almost all expressing anguish over sequel is on its way, and reports say none
the beautiful state fractured by militancy— other than Steven Spielberg has bought the
some angry, some pessimistic, some hopeful. movie rights.
Pashmina is marked by its simplicity and
poignance.

Pashmina The Thursday Murder Club
Directed by Rasika Agashe By Richard Osman
Starring Anamika Tiwari , Manish 382 pages
Chaudhary, Shaurya Shanker Rs 450 (Paperback),
Nine Rasa Rs 329.93 (Kindle)

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