DESIGNATED SURVIVOR 60 DAYS
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR 60 DAYS
Language: Korean
Country: Korea
Originally aired in 2019
One season 16 episodes
Available in Netflix
Designated Survivor is an adaptation from American tv drama of the same name. Usually I am a stickler for originals, rarely do I venture to see the remakes but this series easily out did it’s original. From the word go it sucks you in and you cannot stop until you are done with the 16th episode.
Credit goes to the tight screenplay, wonderful direction, strong cast and Ji Jin Hee’s fantastic performance as President Park. It is a story about a chemistry professor who becomes the minister for environment by chance and a major catastrophe makes him the President of Korea for 60 days. His evolution as a seasoned politician is told in a gripping tale.
Special mention should be made of the costume designer, what keen sense of colour, cut and style. It is unfortunate that his/her name is not mentioned anywhere.
How we wish we had a leader like Park, he touches your very soul through his values and character. The opposition leader Ms. Yun is also somebody we would like to see in Indian politics.
Don’t miss this series.
LA MANTE/THE MANTIS
LA MANTE/THE MANTIS
Language: French
Country: France
Originally aired in 2017
One season 6 episodes
Available in Netflix
If your goal is binge watching this is your perfect choice. I bet you would never stop before you finish the sixth episode. A complete racy crime thriller. It is gory, it is gruesome, it is full of suspense which will bring you to the edge of your seat.
Damien is good police officer who is called from his undercover agent job to a serial murder case because the police were collaborating with another serial killer nicknamed the mantis, whose copycat murders they were investigating and mantis’s condition to help them was to involve Damien. It turns out that Damien is mantis’ son. The drama gains momentum from there and races to the finish.
Stephen King the king of horror said “I'm enjoying LA MANTE (Netflix). It is surveying previously unexplored realms of gruesomeness. I don't believe I've ever seen a man slowly drowning in an industrial washer before. Not even in a Rob Zombie picture.” What more do we want?
Padmini Sathyanarayan
Prem Jogan Ban Ke Sundari
When Asif decided to make Mugal E Azam, he wanted Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan to sing for Tansen’s character. But Khan saab was not keen on singing for films. In order to discourage Asif, Khan saab demanded 40 thousand rupees for the song(those were the days when Rafi and Lata were getting 1000 rs for a song). Asif calmly said that Khan saab had asked for very less and gave him one lakh rupees. Then Kham saab had to sing the song. It is a scene where Salim and Anarkali meet for the first time. This song became the most sensuous and romantic scenes of Indian Cinema.
Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
Akhiyon ke jarokon se is an awesome song sung by Hemalatha, a singer who did not get her fair share in the music industry. Except for Ravindra Jain no other musician gave her an opportunity to sing owing to politics. It’s a huge loss for music lovers like us. Yet she is the only singer who has sung maximum number of duets with Dasettan. will share their beautiful songs soon, now as a tribute to her beautiful voice sharing a solo number.
