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Ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin, HighballTV have provided Bloody Disgusting with the exclusive teaser trailer for their monster anthology film God of Frogs today.

The upcoming horror anthology includes four segments from several different directors, and what’s unique about this project is that each of the tales is centered on the same monster.

In God of Frogs, which is set across four different decades, “Deep in the heart of the jungle exists an elemental creature with an eternal hunger, and every 25 years, it emerges…

“A woman is eaten alive in 1969, a film crew goes missing in 1994, a politician explodes live on television in 2019, and a multinational corporation goes up in flames in 2044.”

Kate Vernon, Juan Chioran, Darius Rathe, Erika Prevost, Ilana Haley, Peter Fernandes, Alexander Eling, Rogrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Sabryn Rock, and Christian Lloyd star.

Directors include Ali Chappell, Natalie Metcalfe, Adrian Bobb and Richard Lee, who...

Jerry Pinto’s book Murder in Mahim finally gets an Ott adaptation, and it covers the very simple subject of homophobia. It explores the matter which is present in various shapes or forms, the distaste for queer men and women is rampant in society, so much so that parents also have a hard time accepting their children. Murder in Mahim gives it a spin by adding a murder to the scenario to bring forward several characters that might or might not have something to do with the crime. It also introduces the audience to a world that many may not have seen, especially post-2009 when the Delhi High Court decriminalized same-sex relations.

Peter Fernandes

Ashutosh Rana as Peter Fernandes, is a retired journalist who may have dealt with countless stories and cases regarding the rich and powerful and exposed them through the television channel he worked for. When it comes to understanding his son Sunil,...

Murder in Mahim, the book by Jerry Pinto, was popular for a reason. It was one of those books coming from an Indian author that threw light on a subject that was hardly covered by many authors back in the day. Using the book as the source material, JioCinema Original brings the audience the brand-new show Murder in Mahim, directed by Raj Acharya, released on the streaming platform on May 10th, 2024.

The series begins with the murder of a gay sex worker inside the toilet at the Mahim railway station, and the case is assigned to Shivajirao Jende. A retired journalist, Peter Fernandes, and his wife, Millie, suspect their son Sunil might be gay, are finding ways to accept it, and want to have a conversation with him. The death of the gay sex worker led to a series of murders, as each death directed the police toward the next target.

Raj Acharya’s Murder in Mahim has been adapted from the famous novel by Jerry Pinto of the same title. Throughout the seven-episode series, we have gotten the gist of the story and how it centers around a murderer targeting people, from gay sex workers to police officers linked with them. The motive behind these killings is strong; it’s a hate crime. The series vividly portrays the harsh reality of their lives in Mumbai in 2013, where it was extremely difficult for homosexuals to survive in a society where they were constantly threatened to be exposed for simply loving someone of their own choice. Here we come across a character named Sooraj Desai, who is married to Hemali but is secretly gay. His sexual involvement with Proxy, also known as Laxman, at the Mahim station led to severe consequences when their relationship was recorded by police officers Padmat and Durra.

In the heart of Mumbai, we see a hidden world behind a toilet at Mahim station, where gay sex workers seek shelter from society’s harsh judgment. You see, these people can’t freely love who they want in the open. Why? Because homophobia runs deep in people’s minds, these people are called “criminals” in society’s eyes. Adapted from Jerry Pinto’s renowned novel, the show Murder in Mahim, on Jio Cinema, directed by Raj Acharya, tells us a story from before the Supreme Court lifted the ban on same-sex relationships. Murder in Mahim‘s story starts with the murder of Laxman, a gay sex worker known in their circle as “Proxy.” He was murdered in the Mahim station toilet, and after that incident, more murders followed, which even included police officers. But why? Is it a hate crime?

Shiva Jende, a police officer played by Vijay Raaz,...