telltale: my take on what I watch on screen

Finally, Season 3 of Dark is here... streaming on Netflix.... the wait is over. However, anyone who has watched the first two seasons know that keeping up with various characters and their timelines is not an easy job. A year has passed since the last season dropped and one hardly remembers the minute details of it. To prep myself for the latest season, I decided to draw up a chart of my own to recap all the events that have taken place in Winden until now. The result of that is the image you see below (#spoiler alert - given that its a recap of season 1 and 2). Its a labyrinth and rookie mistake on my part to assume that a small sheet of paper would be enough. Have a go at it.. though I doubt you'd be able to make much out of it, given both the complicated plot and the terrible handwriting. Enjoy streaming the final season of this intelligent series. Cheers.

Pehle dhanda mard chalate the, ab bache nahi, spites back Aarya to one of her colleagues who asks her if she was so capable of handling her family business, why did she not do it before. Earlier, midway through the series, when she asks the same colleague to resume working with her in their family business, he responds mockingly by asking who will run it as the men who used to manage it earlier aren’t available. The mocking turns into disbelief when Aarya indicates that she will run it. He says yes suggesting that it makes no difference whether it’s the men or Aarya, a woman, who handles it. His expression, however, indicates the exact opposite. He clearly doubts a woman’s ability to run a rough business of illegal drugs. Sushmita Sen, as Aarya, is back with a bang on screen. She can remain suspended inverted on gymnastic ropes, raise 3 kids and is certainly the force behind her husband. Running her family business may not come naturally to her. But just like any ...

The series opens with Jaideep Ahlawat's character describing the three worlds he believes exist in our universe   - Swarg Lok (Heaven) at the top where Gods and Goddesses reside, Dharti Lok (Earth) in the middle where human beings like him stay and then there is Paatal Lok (Hell) at the bottom where insects live. He then goes on to suggest that the area where he is posted (Outer Jamuna Paar in New Delhi) is akin to Paatal Lok. By the end of the series, one doubts whether this entire society that we live in may very well be hell. This world in which 'Paatal Lok' is set mirrors our society which is filled with social evils. Casteism, discrimination against minorities, racism and transgender inequality are all prevalent and represented. And this is not it - corrupt politicians, attack on the freedom of media and fake news rear their ugly heads as well. It’s an assortment of all those real-world problems which we know exist but turn a blind eye towards as it s...

At some point in our lives, most of us would have suffered from performance anxiety. It could have been while performing in a school play when you were a child, just before an important meeting / presentation or even in bed while having sex. The field of sports is filled with examples of strong teams and players choking when it matters most. While reading this, I am sure all cricket fans are thinking of South Africa. It isn't unique to any one of us. What matters is how you move on and that defines you as an individual. Anurag Kashyap's latest - 'Choked: Paisa bolta hain' - on Netflix is about an incident of performance anxiety that affects the direction of one's life. Sarita, played by Saiyami Kher, is a working woman who handles household chores along with earning for a living. Her husband Sushant, underplayed well by Roshan Mathew, is unemployed and refuses to be of much help at home. Sarita is haunted by an incident in her past where she choked an...