Khauf Review: Monika Panwar, Rajat Kapoor Explore The Horror Within Trauma, Not Just The Paranormal
Khauf Review: Contemporary Indian horror often struggles with tone and depth, leaning too heavily on gimmicks or preachiness. Khauf, created by Smita Singh and streaming on Amazon Prime, strikes a rare balance—anchoring its fear in raw, present-day trauma over ghosts. Though nuanced and atmospheric, it isn’t entirely without its flaws. Khauf Review: The problem with […]
‘Khauf’ web-series review: Rajat Kapoor and Monika Panwar’s horror-thriller digs deeper and keeps you engaged
Cast: Monika Panwar, Rajat Kapoor, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Shilpa Shukla, Abhishek Chauhan, Chum Darang Directors: Pankaj Kumar and Surya Balakrishnan Language: Hindi One thing that the Hindi film content needs to be praised for is how the atmospherics are in a much better place as opposed to the gaudiness of the past. It’s more about the […]
Khauf Review: Monika Panwar Anchors Khauf, A Haunting Tapestry Of Trauma, Terror And Ghosts That Never Leave
Pankaj Kumar’s Khauf features Monika Panwar, Rajat Kapoor, Abhishek Chauhan, Geetanjali Kulkarni, and Shilpa Shukla in a gripping eight-part horror series where haunted hostels, buried trauma and emotional scars collide—delivering a chilling exploration of fear, silence and survival through a richly atmospheric and psychologically intense narrative. There’s something oddly comforting about horror when done right—it […]
Prime Video announces suspense horror series ‘Khauf’
The show is helmed by debutante Smita Singh, and executive produced by Sanjay Routray and Sarita Patil under the banner of Matchbox Shots. It is directed by Pankaj Kumar and Surya Balakrishnan. Khauf, an eight-episode series, promises to deliver suspense and chills, offering a gripping narrative and an intense, edge-of-the-seat experience, according to a press […]
Khauf: Prime Video Horror Series Premieres April 18
A gripping suspense horror, Khauf is an eight-part series written and created by Smita Singh. Produced under the banner of Matchbox Shots, the Original series is directed by Pankaj Kumar and Surya Balakrishnan. Khauf features a talented ensemble cast, including Monika Panwar, Rajat Kapoor, Abhishek Chauhan, Geetanjali Kulkarni, and Shilpa Shukla Khauf is set to […]
‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ Is Competent, Evokes a Sense of Deja Vu
Weaving archival footage into a film/series that is based on real-life incidents, is an art form in itself. Most filmmakers prefer doing it in the end credits, where they place the fictitious and actual versions besides one another, only to apparently gloat about how faithfully they’ve managed to recreate the person or place. Sometimes the […]
‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ review: Gripping hijack drama powered by great cast
Skilfully directed by Anubhav Sinha (of ‘Article 15’ fame), the story, adapted from a book penned by the Captain of the ill-fated plane, moves from Kathmandu where the hijack plot was supposedly hatched to Delhi where IB and RAW officers are at each … Many of us spent the last week of 1999 lazily imagining […]
IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack: In the best Indian show of the year, Anubhav Sinha puts ‘babugiri’ on blast
“Every great spy story is also a secret history of bureaucracy;” so observed Zach Dorfman’s rip-roaring Rolling Stone article about a mysterious CIA operative who was embedded so deeply inside the Taliban that he presumably began participating in global terror himself. A thrilling account of international espionage and the human toll that it takes on […]
‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ series review: Vijay Varma, Manoj Pahwa power this stirring political thriller
On December 31, 1999, when the world was eager to embrace Y2K, Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh was traveling to Kandahar in Afghanistan with three dreaded terrorists on board. Released hours earlier from Indian jails, they were part of an exchange deal for 176 passengers and crew members on board the Indian Airlines flight IC […]
‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ Review: A masterclass in storytelling
Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha’s gripping Netflix series — IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack — is a masterclass in storytelling, boasting of an impressive ensemb… With a dream team of acting legends, including Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Varma, Kumud Mishra, Arvind Swamy, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, and Man… Read more at: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/review/netflix-ic-814-the-kandahar-hijack-review-directed-by-anubhav-sinha-1.9854488
