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Five years ago, we saw ‘Bombay Talkies’ and the gang of four hit back again exclusively for the ‘Netflix’ generation.   This time, we see the movie real time in the Fiji Islands after work. We see how they see people and places. There are four untitled stories done by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar weaving Kiara Advani, Vicky Kaushal, Neha Dhupia, Radhika Apte and Bhumi Pednekar around a common motif. The idea of launching the films on Netflix – a LIVE streaming platform is liberating for the filmmakers, I wish this existed when Kashyap made yet-to-be-released ‘Paanch’ I think, it would be a good idea to launch it legally now.   Coming back to where we began, there are clueless men and strong women fore-playing. The film is apt in a sexually liberated environment and very urban. All the films apart from the common theme ‘lust’ also portrayed how strong willed these women are and all of them exactly knew what they wanted in/from life. ...

It's over one year for me in this beautiful island country tucked in the South Pacific Islands. After leaving Delhi, had zero idea what Fiji is about. Have lifted information etc. Now, will begin a series where i'll pick up words heavily influenced by Bengal. The place where most Indo -Fijians (forefathers) came from. Hope you will like it. It’s literally a journey across oceans, mixing diplomacy and friendship with history, culture and civilizational memories. Located thousands of miles away in the South Pacific Ocean, but kindred in spirit, Fiji, a string of 800-plus stunningly picturesque coral islands, is intimately linked with India by over 300,000 persons of Indian origin who have made this Pacific nation their home for over a century. Early ancestors of Indo-Fijians- Indians had been employed for a long time on the European ships trading in India and the East Indies. Many of the early voyages to the Pacific either started or terminated in India, and many of these...