Hellbound, Jungle Cruise, Antim

Watched three movies and series as mentioned above:

Hellbound

• This South Korean series I saw on Netflix.
• I liked the series which consists of six episodes.
• The phenomena shown in the movie is "Random" or "Ordained by God" that is the crucial message and point in the movie.
• The story is deeply philosophical.
• There are a lot of things in the series which cannot be written in a simple blog post.
• Overall worth watching
  

Jungle Cruise

• This movie was watched on Disney+ Hotstar.
• This one movie I did not see in theatre and managed to see on OTT.
• Too good a movie.
• The big spoiler of the movie is that "The Rock" Dwayne is "undead".
• He is also Algerian as is shown in the movie.
• Movie is similar to Indiana Jones and Mummy series movie.
• But there is also fantasy involved like of which may not happen in real life.
  

Antim:The Final Truth

• This movie was watched on PVR Cinemas Forum Mall.
• Yes people I got voucher and so I used it to buy a ticket and watch a movie on the big screen.
• Antim:The Final truth means death which is also known as the "final destination".
• Movie shows that if you do wrong deeds the fianl truth comes sooner to you.
• All people come with "expiry date" and those who do wrong deeds, their expiry date is in the past.
• Means it is just a matter of time before they expire.
• That is the message of the movie.
  

Ertuğrul, Don't Breathe, House of Secrets, My Next Guest

Watched the above series and movie as mentioned.

Ertuğrul Season 4 Episode 2

• I completed Ertuğrul Season 3 and have now stepped to Season 4.
• At the end of Season 3 Ertuğrul supposedly dies and we have to now wait till Episode 2 of Season 4 to realise that Ertuğrul has survived the brutal attack by Commander Ares.
• Last I had seen till Season 3 Episode 87 
• I must say episode by episode the series keeps increasing in quality and technical details.
• This is must watch.
  

Don't Breathe

• This movie now has a sequel.
• Since sequel has already come out I had not seen Part 1 and so watched it.
• Movie is worth watching according to me.
• Cannot wait to watch the sequel.
  

House of Secrets : The Burrari Deaths

• This 3 part series/documentary on deaths which happened in Burrari area of Delhi in July 2018 is must watch.
• It gives a total "immersive experience".
• You become part and parcel of the story.
• It is like virtual reality.
• From your screen you get transported to the world of Burrari and what happened over there.
• The gist of the story is that "blind belief" of "Andh bhakti" is dangerous and can lead to incident like Burrari deaths where people commit "mass suicide".
• People need to realise the faults and futility of "andhbhakti"
• If they don't realise this such of incidents can keep repeating.
  

My Next Guest with David Lettermen and Shah Rukh Khan

• This one episode was watched on Netflix.
• After seeing this episode I realised that Shah Rukh Khan the superstar story is no less than a story by itself.
• You can make a movie or web series on Shah Rukh Khan story life and how big a superstar he became.
• His life story can become a story by itself.
• Just by watching the 1 hour feature you can realise it.
  

Ertuğrul Season 3 Episode 87, Jai Bheem, Dybukk

 Watched the above series and movies as mentioned.

Ertuğrul Season 3 Episode 87

• This series I have watched in Express mode on Netflix and reached Episode 87 now.
• Last till 5th November I had seen till Episode 67
• I must say that starting from around Episode 70 (not sure exactly) the battle scenes have been made really graphic and realistic.
• Earlier we saw one-on-one battles but now we can see one fighting many on the battlefield.
• That is normally how Middle Ages war would have been. Pretty bloody.
• Now till Episode 87, lot of people have died in battle or enemy action. Some of them as below:
  
• Aliyar Bey
• Ural Bey
• Kutluca
• Vasilius dies in Episode 86
• Several Alps and Commanders also hove died
  
• Even Sultan Alladin gets poisoned by Emir Sadettin and comes very close to death.
• If not saved by Ibn-Arabi he would have been gone and tossed the Seljuk Sultanate and Turkmen tribes into anarchy.
• Now only 4 episodes remain in Season 3.
• Cannot wait to complete and move on to Season 4.
  

Jai Bheem

• This was watched on Amazon Prime Video.
• I will say we read about police brutality news reports all the time but this movie actually shows the scenes.
• It is too painful.
• Even today such kind of news pops up from time to time.
• It is actually sad story here in India.
• Rule of law and tough rule under baton have been brought by the British under colonial rule no doubt about it. But too difficult for India to shake it off.
• Plus race and colour and caste differences remain and will remain till eternity. No one can extinguish it.
  

Dybukk

• This movie was watched on Amazon Prime Video.
• Movie is okay for a one time watch.
• I will say not much horror but the director has tried hard to fill with scary scenes.
  

Bengaluru Lockdown Latest (Updated)

Date	Day	Particulars
08-Apr-21	Thursday	Night curfew announced from 10 PM till 5AM from Saturday 10 April till April 20 in 7 cities across Karnataka. Link 1
21-Apr-21	Wednesday	Night curfew extended from 9PM to 6AM and weekend curfew announced till May 4 for full state Link 2
21-Apr-21	Wednesday	Last day for Multiplex and cinema halls operation
22-Apr-21	Thursday	Order modified and non essential shops closed. Link 3
24-Apr-21	Saturday	First weekend curfew day 1
25-Apr-21	Sunday	First weekend curfew day 2
26-Apr-21	Monday	Further lockdown announced from April 27 for 14 days till May 11 for full state. Link 4
07-May-21	Friday	Lockdown now extended from 10th May till 25th May Link 5
21-May-21	Friday	Lockdown now extended for 2 weeks more till 7th June Link 6
03-Jun-21	Thursday	Lockdown extended by 1 week till June 14 Link 7
10-Jun-21	Thursday	After 50 days of lockdown, Lockdown extended by 1 week till June 21 in entire state with existing lockdown restrictions continuing in 11 districts and balance 20 districts have some relaxations with  new weekend shutdown introduced for full state on June 19 and June 20. Public transport not allowed. All non-essential shops cannot open. Link 8
15-Jun-21	Tuesday	Bangalore Commissioner and Additional District Magistrate issues order imposing Section 144 of the CrPC in Bangalore, which will be in force till midnight on June 21. Link 9
18-Jun-21	Friday	Weekend curfew will be there but there is relaxation for essential services from 6 AM till 2 PM. Link 10
19-Jun-21	Saturday	After 8 weeks and 2 days of full lockdown. Further relaxation announced for two weeks starting June 21 till July 5 in 16 districts including Bengaluru where lot of facilities can continue with 50% capacity. Eating out is allowed with 50% capacity till 5 PM. Malls are still closed. Cinemas closed. Public transport allowed with 50% capacity Night curfew continues from 7 PM till 5 am in full state. Non essential shops can open. Link 11
21-Jun-21	Monday	Six more districts added to seventeen earlier where relaxations are in effect till July 5 Monday. Link 12
04-Jul-21	Sunday	Further relaxation allowed now starting July 5 Monday for 2 weeks till July 19. Malls and shopping complexes allowed to open with 100% capacity. Public transport also allowed with 100% capacity. Cinemas still closed. Night curfew now from 9 PM till 5 AM. Link 13
18-Jul-21	Sunday	Further relaxation allowed now starting July 19 Monday for 2 weeks. Night curfew now from 10 PM till 5 AM duration reduced by 1 hour. Cinema halls allowed to open with 50% capacity. Higher education institutions can open from July 26 Link 14
5-Nov-21	Friday	Night Curfew which was on in Bangalore continuously since April 10 finally lifted after almost seven months Link 15

Ertuğrul Episode 67, Wrong Turn, Raya and The Last Dragon

Watched the above series and movie as mentioned.

Ertuğrul Episode 67

• This is on Netflix
  
• Last I had watched till Episode 60.
• Now tragedy has personally visited Ertuğrul.
• Dundar Bey has been captured and Dogan Alp has been killed.
• This is a tragedy of very personal nature as Dundar Bey is Ertuğrul's brother and Dogan Alp is an associate since long. 
• He was part of core team of Ertuğrul alongwith Bamsi and Turgut.
• They were like a "Quad". 
• Now one corner of the Quad is gone.
• Hacaturyan the Armenian is also killed by Ural bey.
• I will say the series has taken a turn for the worse.
• Vasilius has proved to be a real deadly villian as has Ural Bey who has got himself associated with Vasilius in spite of Vasilius hatred of all Turks including Ural Bey himself.
  

Wrong Turn

• This movie was watched on Prime Video.
• Here not American Indians, not Blacks not "hillbillies", not Nazis, not Jews, not Asians but white people who have total knowledge of outside world have built a hidden society in Virginia and just take anyone prisoner or kill them who trespass upon them.
• Movie is worth watching.
• I liked it.
  

Raya and The Last Dragon

• This movie came in Hotstar and I liked it.
• The "Ba" who is the father character looks like Vidyut Jamwal.
• Movie is set in South East Asia setting and has some similarity to Indians and perhaps East Asians also.
• The dragons are serpentine who are the Asian dragons and the "good guys".
• The Western dragon like shown in Game of Thrones are the villians like shown in Shangchi movie.
• But in this movie the villian is not another dragon but some pink colour force which turns every living thing to stone and steals the greenery and water.
• Worth watching.
  

Squid Game, Sanak, Sardaar Uddham

 Watched three series/movies as mentioned in the subject line.

Squid Game

• This nine episode Korean series was watched on Netflix. 
• I liked the series.
• I will say just like Turks have their origins in Central Asia, I also believe that Koreans and Japanese also have had their origins in Central Asia.
• Russia and China "are Central Asia".
• Indians also have Central Asia connection. Even if they deny we know Aryan invaders came from Central Asia.
  
• So even the outlying countries like Koreans and perhaps even Japanese owe their origins in Central Asia.
• They could have just forgotten over tens of centuries.
• Coming back to the series it is a hit.
• That is why it has become popular all around the world.
• I must saying in this world people just do not stop if they achieve something great.
• It is just not a "sense of achievement" with curtains down and applause.
• They return with a "sequel".
• Tell me why should they not.
• If they have made a money spinner and a cash cow they should try to milch it as much as they can.
• Thus Squid Game will have another series or Season.
• Though the series is great, it is not the end.
• Any amount of adulation will not satisfy the makers. They have to return with a sequel.
  

Sanak

• This action packed movie was watched on Hotstar.
• It has shades of Die Hard and the hero Vidyut Jamwal is definite international quality star.
• The villians just get wasted away little by little until they are obliterated in the movie.
  

Sardaar Uddham

• This movie was watched on Prime Video.
• I liked the movie.
• Vicky Kaushal performance is great starting from clean shaven role to Sardarji role.
• The night of Jalianwala Bagh (JB) massacre is captured almost perfectly.
• There is no need to romanticise the incident.
• This movie shows just how the night following the massacre would have passed with curfew, Section 144 and Shoot-at Sight orders in place.
• Now with Covid lockdowns in place and our generation having seen what lockdown, "stay at home" and "night curfew" days look like it makes more sense.
  
• It could be a fact that help would not have reached to the victims at night.
• Many victims would have struggled for just a drop of water and with their injuries throughout the night.
• Many people still alive following the massacre would have succumbed through the night.
  
• Curfew was only lifted 8 AM the following day. 
• Then only any meaningful help could have reached.
• Also what is shown in the movie could be true.
• We always thought that the crowd would have considered of Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs but like shown in the movie it could be true that Sikhs were most who made the crowd. Why? Because the site was next to Golden temple  which is the temple of the Sikhs.
• The JB Massacre stopped armed struggle right in the tracks.
• It may be true that bigger massacre in Punjab was stopped due to the artificial fear imposed from the massacre.
  
• For decades until Chauri Chaura, no one dared take violent action against the Armed police who were nothing but goons of the State. That was the chilling effect which scared the Punjabis and Indians.
• It could be true that Armed Struggle got stopped in the tracks by the violent action of the British done at JB.
• And Indians placed emphasis on non-violence and non-cooperation movements.
  

Black Mirror Season 1

 Watched Black Mirror Season 1 on Netflix.

• This consists of 3 episodes.
• The first episode is too gross.
• And I am sure one who watched the first episode will never ever want to be a British citizen or subject.
• Aptly titled "The National Anthem" it shows how the Royal Family is sacrosanct in British psyche.
• The Prime Minister has s** with a pig live on national television just to rescue the royal scion.
• That is the position of the Prime Minister who is nothing but like "Chaprasi" or "Butler"  to the Royal Family.
• It is a pain to just watch it and even think about it.
• We must be glad and most countries which were subjects of the British are now free.
• And never should they think about reverting back to British rule.
• They would become subject of the Crown or the Royal family.
• Episode 2 is how the life is too mechanical for day to day survival.
• But people who can prove themselves to a panel can enjoy the "high life".
• High life like of celebrities.
• This is the current life also.
• In this day also people who become celebrities are in a different category altogether.
• Others have to bump and grind for day to day survival.
• The third episode shows how when memories are stored and can be accessed by others it is too big a problem.
• Survival becomes an issue.
• Jealousy and adultery caught can become a problem of maintaining sanity.