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Babygirl review :

Released in Indian cinemas last month and now available for rent on Amazon Prime; Babygirl is a fairly engaging erotic thriller, which relies solely on the star power of the lovely Nicole Kidman.

Nicole plays Romy, the CEO of a Robotics company having a kinky torrid affair with her much younger intern Samuel (Harris Dickinson). She ain't getting orgasm from her hubby (Antonio Banderas, efficient) and longs for rough and roleplay based lovemaking, which Samuel gives her aplenty!!

Contrary to expectation, the sex scenes are aesthetically shot, with camera angles suggesting more and showing less. The basic plot is similar to The Boy Next Door (2015), which also had a mature woman getting involved with her much younger intern (student). Babygirl is much better than that J Lo movie.

In fact, Babygirl is quite good for a cosy one time watch. Nicole Kidman, at fifty seven years, still rocks it big time. As for the uncanny title, we get to know its significance over an immortal George Michael song. Wow!!

Sumeet Nadkarni.

The Indrani Mukerjea Story Buried Truth review :

An outstanding docu-series detailing the widely reported Sheena Bora murder case; The Indrani Mukerjea Story makes for an ideal binge watch this weekend, especially when there aren't any new big ticket Bollywood releases to relish!!

This four episode series of approximately forty five minutes each, takes an unbiased and uncompromising view on the high profile case, which involved the INX Media couple Peter Mukerjea and his as beautiful as ambitious wife Indrani. "Is it sin for a woman to be ambitious?", she asks the audience at one point!!!

Narrated by various journalists (including a seemingly excited Rajdeep Sardesai), the disappearance of the twenty five year old Sheena Bora and her alleged skeletal remains found three years later, has enough meat to engage and grip even a few those, who may have never followed this difficult case!!

The highlight is of course, Indrani Mukerjea explaning her side of the story. She appears so very bold yet so calm and composed while answering some tough questions. Having said that, the makers are clever enough to not let it influence your overall judgement in any manner. That is the series biggest strength.

Everyone from Indrani's kids Vidhie and Mekhail to her defence lawyer, get a chance to offer their own perspective to the jigsaw puzzle of a case. It gives an almost Rashomon feel to the series. You decide for yourself using your intelligence...excellent stuff. Don't miss it on Netflix!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Mast Mein Rehne Ka review :

A quiet release on Amazon Prime in midst of the ongoing Animal shor-sharaaba; Mast Mein Rehne Ka turns out to be a breezy feel good fare with Jackie Shroff and Neena Gupta striking a sweet senior citizen friendship, which you would root and hoot...

In fact, Jaggu dada is in top form (as usual) playing the Karwari Kamath to perfection. Neena Gupta, as the boisterous Punjaban cussing in every sentence and calling Jaggu "Madrasi" is also first rate. The angst and emotional pain of neglected senior citizens is effectively explored through their platonic relationship.

There is a parallel love track between a petty chor (Abhishek Chauhan) and street hooker (Monika, impressive) surviving in the big bad Mumbai. Writer- actor turned director Vijay Maurya does quite well for his first full fledged movie. Mast Mein Rehne Ka easily fits in the "Can See" category. Make it your Sunday matinee!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.