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Avsar (Hindi) [Opportunity]

By Golu
This Hindi movie is a pretty straightforward slice-of-life story that tries to give a modern look at what it's like to be a single, professional gay man. It dives into how he understands who he is, the chances he missed out on, and the personal choices he’s made along the way. The director used three parallel timelines to tell the story, which honestly didn't make much sense to me. While the core idea was actually pretty interesting, I really feel like this would have worked way better as a short film considering the point it was trying to make. Still, it wasn't a bad watch. The plot centers on Rachit, a city professional, and his friend Shikhar as they hang out for an evening. Rachit is a polished, urban guy, while Shikhar has more of a "small-town" rustic vibe, and you can really see the contrast between them when they talk. As the night goes on, Rachit starts thinking back to some old memories from a long time ago. He remembers being an intern after college in ...
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Evening Cafe (Thai Mini-Series)

By Golu
This mini series of 4 episodes of about 10-12 minuted each is a series that should never have been made. Done to the death story, bad acting and direction and totally senseless logic, makes even this short series a very tedious watch.

Tham, the handsome young barista works at a cafe. He has a simple, ordinary and uneventful life. Except a female customer who comes everyday to flirt with him hoping to take him out. Tham complains of to much work and he asks his boss to hire. Anew person. In comes Sakay. Tham doesn't have a good start with him and gives him a very hard time, but eventually when he gets to know of struggles that Sakay has been facing, he is ready to help him out. Clearly Sakay is trying to get close to Tham but Tham shows no feelings except friendship. One day when the duo are hanging out, the jealous girl takes their photo and posts only as a gay couple. Initially Tham is shocked, but then randomly Sakay says, now you can be my boyfriend, and Tham agrees! WTF!! The girl eventually apologizes.

The shows tries to hit many BL tropes, but without any substance or character development, none of them had any kind of significance or impact. Its amateurish at every level as I have mentioned above. There is no reason for Tham to behave so brashly with Sakay just because of a small incident. He comes out as a complete asshole with no charisma. No explanation for why Sakay has been following him since before job (just because of his looks) and the random twist at end to suddenly become boyfriends was total nonsense. There is absolutely no sort of character detailing. The boss is a big yawn and every level of annoyance. Seeing the coffee shop log like 5 times in every episode doesn't help either. I wonder if anyone actually watched the show as a final product from the production team!! As someone else said somewhere online about this show "I saw friends making tik toks with a more convincing acting and plot, and that itself should warn you." My feelings can also be summarized in the same vein. (1.5/10)
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