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Started nicely but ends like a low budget show. Could have shown more maturity direction in last episode.

It's unfair to keep calling it the Indian Stranger Things because it's apples and oranges. This is about ghosts though it takes a bit that story straight. There is a rather pointless subplot involving the husband and a devious ex lover but that along with the ending seemed to be only plot devices for Season 2. The cast is good with a couple real hams and for once the kid actors are likeable, not annoying.

The story is simplistic and lies more in the genre of supernatural thriller than horror. This Netflix series suffers from the same malaise as so many others i.e. stretching a shallow script over too many hours. This would have been a very fine feature film but as a five - episode series with each episode of 50 mts (approx.) it is undeniably stretched. Main reason for this is failure to develop the characters presented. Nevertheless, the story even though simplistic is engaging, the actors are quite competent, direction is appreciable and the production values are good. I like it and endorse it as a recommendation. Nice!

This show is for all audience, kids and adult and is very good. The acting is superb, kids are awesome as well as the adult characters(Abhishek Banerjee was superb in his role). Story progresses at good pace and there are no dull moments at all. It could have had been a masterpiece but the ending was not very promising and seemed done only to ensure a second season. But still it was a very good and i would suggest it to everyone. Locations of Goa are very beautiful, the villa showed here was also very good. The backstory developed was also great. Only if the ending could have been better this could have been the topic for discussion for a long time. But still its a must watch.

The way some projects are performing (badly) which are made in India, Typewriter is a fresh attempt to prove that we are creative and good makers too. Obviously we can't compare every Indian Series with International Content, there's Vast difference. From what some Indian producers have been making for amazon/netflix etc. this is a pretty good attempt, worth a watch for every Indian.

Good-story telling, shot taking, locations, performances, screen play and dialogues. The characterisation and layering could have been better, it could have been a bit crispier but may be, since it is made for mostly the Indian market the makers have tried to spoon feed, which is otherwise not required. The editing could have been a little smarter and in the climax, the VFX team has not done a good job. But, a brilliant attempt, the location used and the look of the show is quite international. I hope many more attempts are made and we all get to enjoy good content along with some crisp making.

Well done Team Typewriter. Kudos - Sujoy Ghosh you have done an amazing job.

Do watch it. Cheers

Premise and story was good upto 3 episodes... Then went downhill..... And Last episode was really immature....expected more from Sujit Ghosh

The story is really gripping and would keep you interested till the last episode . I'm seeing people calling it typical Bollywood and a stranger things rip off . Well have you guys watched stranger things 3? Hopper is supposed to die but will come back in season 4 . Didn't that look like a typical Bollywood flick ? The point is people will keep criticising Bollywood and will fail to appreciate genuine attempts to make good shows.

I starts to watch the typewriter cause i liked the trailer..no doubt its a good attempt by netflix india but its slow predicated and cringe worthy over the top writing makes it worse after each episode. Don't waste your time like i did.

This Indian ghost story opens in 1983; writer Madhav Matthews is working on the book 'The Ghost of Sultanpur' in Bardez Villa, a large house in Goa, when his granddaughter Jenny tells him she can't sleep because of sound of crying in her room... while investigating for her he suffers a fatal 'heart attack'. After this prologue we move to the present and three children Sam, Bunty and Gablu are bunking off school to talk about ghosts. They decide to go and investigate the long abandoned villa; this plan is thwarted as Jenny, her husband and their two children have chosen that very day to move back into the house. One of the removal men goes to take an old typewriter from the attic but Jenny's daughter says she wants it. It turns out that a man named Amit Roy had offered to pay for the typewriter and he is not happy that he didn't get it. Strange things start happening at the villa and around Jenny. The trio of young ghost hunters determine to discover what is happening while Sam's father, a local police inspector, investigates a series of strange deaths.

I really enjoyed this five part series. It opens really well with a good creepy prologue and later deaths were somewhat disturbing, with bleeding from eyes, without being excessive. The young ghost hunters could easily have been irritating but I found them hilarious; especially Sam, who is their de facto leader and rather naughty for a policeman's daughter! While it is clear from the series' title that the typewriter will be key to the story but the exact reason why only becomes apparent later on. The story develops nicely mixing chills, laughs and occasional scares in a fine way. This involves several flashback scenes to key events that took place decades ago. The setting is great; the Bardez Villa is impressive with a good 'haunted house' feel and other locations are nicely scenic. The cast is impressive; most notably young Aarnaa Sharma, as Sam; Palomi Ghosh as Jenny and Purab Kohli, as Sam's father. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of ghost stories who also want an occasional laugh.

These comments are based on watching the series in Hindi with English subtitles.

As I just finished watching Typewriter, I found that it ended up poorly like Ghoul did, I mean few kids/people may like it but who watch as much series/movies as I do wouldn't like it. Bad writing bad execution and last but not the least THE POOR ENDING.

It was nice to see a web series set in Goa - although the Goan village is a bit more organized than I am used to seeing.

The kid actors are uniformly excellent and the supporting actors do a fine job as well in shoring up what is an interesting but predictable series. The director is in fine fettle and the cameraman makes Goa look gorgeous.

The storyline itself is a tad weak - they could have done a slightly better job. The opening scene sets the mood and unfortunately the rest of the series doesn't really match up to the shock value offered in the first few minutes.

They have set it up for a sequel and that part seemed forced rather than organic. They could have found a better way to prolong the tale.

But for what it's worth, it is a decent weekend watch. Older kids will be drawn to it.

Typewriter is just bad from the beginning to the end. Tacky sets, badly shot, poor screenplay and dialogues, average casting and a disastrous ending, makes this one of the worst shows currently on Netflix.

An interesting Hindi horror/ mystery type series that will surely remind you of Stranger Things. However the similarities stop when it comes to acting and writing. The dirction is good and holds your interest till the very end when it feels like a bit of let down. Still a good watch.

Series starts well, builds some characters and story well but just doest kick off after that. Could have been much much better

This is A Good Show , Give it a Chance .Season 2 has a Scope of doing this in a More better way .

I had great expectations from this show as great Sujoy Ghosh directed it but I feel very disappointed after watching it. I don't understand but he was trying to make, Indian version of Stranger things ?? So this series neither for kids nor for adults. It started well but end miserably.

Typewriter - Started well but was completely Trash when it finished . Blatantly ripped-off scenes from Stranger Things . Bad acting , Bad storytelling , bad dialogues and loads of Logical Loopholes .

This is a fresh horror story without a ghost appearance and thats what I liked about this series. It can be watched with family and friends anytime.

'Typewriter' directed by Sujoy Ghosh is a series for all, but not very thrilling for the strong hearted ( like who love watching films/series with extreme horror content ). It starts well with good horror scenes in between containing many twists and turns which is applaudable but the climax is not upto the mark as expected after watching the previous episodes. Acting and direction is good( especially the child actors ) but the climax could have been much better. The story doesn't end in the 1st season only, there is much more to the story which will be revealed in the 2nd season most likely.

The series started off too well but it seems the team was in too hurry to finish the shooting. A very good marination but a half cooked chicken. Initially It seemed like we had some series to compare to the likes of American series stranger things. But then towards the end it turned out to be a B grade Hindi horror movie. Seems that the director and cinematographer changed half way.

An indian horror movie would have been beter if they used hindoeïsm in stead of chrisianity. Like this is so cliché. The dark deity of hindoe has so much more to offen in a movie than the God satan stories. And if they use the hindoe demons it puts the Indian culture on de world wide movie map