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OTTThe series has too many distractions and plot entanglements to keep us invested in the ‘hostages’ and their safety for 12 long episodes. Saraswati DatarIt is worth exploring why shows streaming on Ott platforms are dropping shows with over 10 episodes these days. Hostages Season 2, now streaming on Disney+Hotstar, is 12 episodes long, and a laborious watch. Ironically a stressful situation like a hostage drama should have been tightly edited and kept to an engaging single digit number of episodes. But sadly, creators Applause Entertainment and Banijay Asia Productions stretch the sequel endlessly. Season 2 picks up exactly where Season 1 ends after Prithvi (Ronit Bose Roy) successfully kidnaps Chief Minister Kl Handa (Dalip Tahhil), who we realise is Prithvi’s wife Saba’s biological father. Saba needs a bone marrow transplant to save her life and Handa is the only one who can help. Season 1 saw Prithvi take Dr Meera’s (Tisca Chopra...

Short film The film is based on the real story of a 17-year-old, who after her rescue, helped police and the International Justice Mission rescue seven others.Geetika MantriFour young girls sit in a dingy, cramped room. Two men look at them – the pimp who is a fairly young chap, the other much older, and clearly a customer. The atmosphere is so dark – both literally and figuratively – that the pimp turns on the flashlight on his phone so that the customer can see the girls’ faces, and take his pick. Enter a team of police officials and an Ngo worker, barging through the dim and cramped rooms and corridors in a raid and rescue, even as the young man escapes with three of the minor girls. With the rescue of a reluctant Sani (played by Neetu), the fourth girl who is left behind, Chosen Few, a short fictional film (based...

Actress Faezeh Jalali, who has been seen in small roles in films like Slumdog Millionaire and Kurbaan, will now be seen in Anil Kapoor's much talked about TV show 24.

The actress took part in a series of workshops with the cast and crew and is looking forward to this new challenge.

Anil Kapoor will reprise the title role in this action packed TV series directed by Abhinay Deo.