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It's difficult to tell what makes Barzakh so beautiful-is it the enchanting mountain scenery, the sorrow that fills the Mahtab Mahal, or the love that still drives a demented man after 60 years? Perhaps it is all of these and so much more.

Barzakh denotes the separation of the known from the unknown, living from eternity, sorrow from joy. The themes of human vulnerabilities, grief, and sexism are blended with the mystical ambiance of the hills. The characters are crafted skillfully, and you can see different sides of the same person. The vile and eccentric Jaffar accepts he does not know how to love yet builds a Mahal in memory of his eternal lover. His love brings him back to his roots, but he is always distant from his folks. Love, or the lack of it, and sometimes fear of it, becomes the cause of all actions.

The series drags at points (in the middle episodes), and maybe it could have been shorter, but it demands patience from its viewers. When every scene is poetic, and every word is purposeful, you must absorb them to truly understand the emotions on the screen and feel the same inside you. The show leaves some things deliberately unexplained and you must draw your own explanations on the blank canvas.

The only thought I had in my mind after watching Rog was why Irrfan did this movie. Rog is so bad that even Irrfan Khan's acting looks average. It's quite evident that most of the supporting cast, including the lead actress, are not full-time actors. The dubbing of the lead actress is simply pathetic. Other actors didn't even require dubbing artists to ruin the act, they did it themselves. If you can turn a blind eye to all that is bad in this movie, then you may enjoy the music, which was surprisingly much better. Overall, it's just a forgettable pseudo-erotic thriller, like many others made during the 2000s. Just go watch Laura, the 1944 film starring Gene Tierney.

Glass onion is the sequel to one of the best detective mystery movies of recent times. And it certainly misses the predecessor's quality by some distance.

A billionaire steals ideas to build an empire. And now his life is in danger as he has invited his mistrustful friends to a remote island. The setup of the movie is decent; the mystery is not really baffling, and, well, there is detective Blanc being detective Blanc. Most of the characters are just loud caricatures and never seem well developed. But this is the first half.

The second one is the real letdown. The plot moves in the direction of social commentary. And there is a lot of commentary on contemporary topics, but the mystery gets dissolved in the verbose chaos. But if you were astute, you may have realised there was never any mystery at all. The climax is another typical good-versus-bad fight without any deductive knockout punches.