Thironthoram Dude

It has been a while since a quality British thriller hit the small screen and the trailer of  Bodyguard (2018)  suggested that the wait might go on for a little longer. Bodyguard, starring  Richard Madden  (David Budd) and  Keeley Hawes  (Home Secretary Julia Montague) was griping from the word go. A fantastic opening episode introduces us to the Special Protection Office David Budd, through a tense, brilliantly acted out sequence of a terror attempt in a train. The traumatized war veteran is assigned the duty of Special Protection Officer of the highly volatile, yet motivated Home Secretary Julia Montague whose controversial comments earn her both high praise as well as powerful enemies. The acting by all the supporting cast including, but not limited to  Sophie Rundle ,  Ash Tandon ,  Nina Toussaint-White   and  Anjli Mohindra  is brilliant to say the least. The series is edge of the seat stuff. If one is willing to ...

A stellar cast, a fluid narrative and no over-the-top Bollywood heroism and lo we have the first India based Netflix  Original that can truly compete with the rest of the world. Before we even go into the details of the series I would like to pause for a moment and express my awe for  Nawazuddin Siddiqui , the true focal point of the entire series.  The series begins with Sartaj Singh ( Saif Ali Khan  ) a honest-downbeat  Mumbai policeman who is going through a rough patch with his peers, superiors and life in whole, getting a call from a notorious gangster Ganesh Gaitonde ( Nawazuddin Siddiqui ) who gets him going on a wild goose chase. Ganesh claims that the country is going to burn in a matter of 25 days and with that he takes his own life. Anjali Mathur ( Radhika Apte ), a RAW analyst chances upon the exchange and joins the hunt with the motive of proving herself as a field agent as well as protecting the country.  Co-directed by Vikrama...