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Family Man Season 2

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I loved Family Man season 2 on Amazon Prime videos. It is truly amazing! I thought it was even better than season one. Season one had left us waiting for season 2 ,which took more than a year and half to release but the wait was surely worth it! I was blown away by Samantha's acting. She is just too good. She hardly had any dialogues but she has done all the talking through her expressions and body language. I doubt anyone else could have carried out Raji's role so well. Manoj Bajpai as Srikant is so realistic and relatable as any of us. He is such a brilliant actor, be it his comic timings, serious scenes, emotions he conveys through his eyes and face or portraying of day to day frustrations at his IT job or at home. You end up admiring him every single minute. The kids who played Dhriti and Atharva have also done a wonderful job. While Atharva is cutest at his emotional blackmailing game and new found love for hypnosis. Dhriti is the classic teen who wants to grow up t

Bombay Begums on Netflix

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It is a 6 part long webseries which was released on Women's Day and revolves around five seemingly empowered women who belong to different stratas, different ages and are facing all sorta different struggles which most women can relate to. The intention of the makers seems really great but, the efforts fall short somewhere. Many things were repetitive and unnecessary. It could not create an impact and connect the way it could have! Its Pooja Bhatt's comeback as an actor after almost 21 years and she has done a fair job as Rani: a powerful woman, who started from scratch and has achieved a lot in life except for acceptance from her own family. Shahana and Plabita were perhaps the best performers and did a great job keeping it realistic. Shahana Goswami as Fatima: the fiesty ambitious woman who can crack the best of deals with her quickwit and presence of mind but has been dealing with a lot of internal struggle, self prejudices and dissatisfaction in her personal life. Plab