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Vijay Varma Plays An Imaandhaar Gambler & A Dhokhebaaz Man In A Series That Keeps Fumbling & Stumbling Till The End!

Vijay Varma Plays An Imaandhaar Gambler & A Dhokhebaaz Man In A Series That Keeps Fumbling & Stumbling Till The End!

Matka King Review Ft. Vijay Varma As An Imaandhaar Gambler Who Cheats In Real Life! ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Matka King Review: Star Rating: Cast: Vijay Varma, Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Bhupendra Jadawat, Siddharth Jadhav Creator: Abhay Koranne, Nagraj Popatrao Manjule Director: Nagraj Popatrao Manjule Streaming On: Prime Video Language: Hindi Runtime: 8 episodes of 50 minutes each “Jungle mein sher maans soonghta hai to baaki toli naachti hai. Kyun? Kyunki sabko pata hai ki khana milne wala hai,” tells a sharp and confident Brij Bhatti, who wants to rule the gambling world, to a local money-lender goon. And with this dialogue, Vijay Varma opens the first season of Matka King – a web series directed by Nagraj Manjule, based on the life of Ratan Khatri, a Mumbai-based businessman who ruled the betting world! Set in the 1960s, the show tells the story of an ordinary cotton trader, Brij Bhatti, played by Vijay Varma, who devises a new way of gambling that takes Mumbai by storm. It’s a rags-to-riches tale of a man …

Mumbai collect six points from Ranji Trophy win over Maharashtra after stumbling against Baroda | Cricket News

Mumbai collect six points from Ranji Trophy win over Maharashtra after stumbling against Baroda | Cricket News

After a disappointing start to the Ranji Trophy title defense where they had lost their first game to Baroda last week, Mumbai came back stronger to register their first win in the championship. The 9-wicket-win on Monday has given Mumbai much needed confidence going ahead, after they beat Maharashtra by nine wickets in their second round at MCA-BKC, their home ground on Monday. When they resumed, Mumbai needed 61 runs more to win and it took them a mere 12.1 overs to achieve the target. Prithvi Shaw scored an unbeaten 39 while Hardik Tamore remained unbeaten on 21 as Mumbai packed up early winning with ease after reaching the target of 74. The hosts would have wished to get the maximum points possible with a bonus, but opener Ayush Mhatre getting out on 15 meant Mumbai had to be satisfied with six points. Maharashtra never recovered after their first innings debacle, shot out for 126, as Mumbai posted a mammoth score of 441 to ensure they were in the driver’s position. The conditions weren’t ideal …

Faadu A Love Story review: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s series is a stumbling misfire | Web Series

Early on Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s Faadu- A Love Story, streaming on SonyLiv, the protagonist Abhay (Pavail Gulati) pens a poem in a couple of minutes, and recites it to Manjari (Saiyami Kher) late at night. She’s late to return to her hostel and doesn’t mind. Manjari tears up listening to the poem, but the next second Abhay tears up the paper instead and tells her that poetry doesn’t attract him at all. Why, she asks. Because there’s no money in it, he says. Tiwari lets the shot stay a second longer on Abhay’s face and it tells us how Abhay’s circumstances have forced him to become this mercenary, even though he would want to explore other interests. (Also read: CAT review: Randeep Hooda shines in this thrill-a-minute ride from the Punjabi heartland) Faadu- A Love Story reflects this pensive deliberation of its protagonist. Here is a work that purposefully tries to stop you in the tracks and consider these people who are trying to rise above their present circumstances. It is a template that has …