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India.com
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- India.com
This web series on OTT became most-watched show, remained trending for 60 days, fans are waiting for its fourth season, beats Stranger Things, The Crown in…, lead actors are…
Every month, numerous films and series are released on OTT platforms, many of which maintain their popularity for extended periods. But can you identify the most viewed film or series on OTT? Today, we're going to discuss a particular series that gained such massive popularity upon its release that it remained the top trend in both the country and internationally for 60 days. Have you watched this incredible romantic drama series? The Most Popular Show… Here we are talking about the American period romance series Bridgerton , which debuted five years ago in 2020. It was created by Chris Van Dusen and marks the first project from Shonda Rhimes' company to be featured on Netflix . The series is adapted from the novels written by famous author Julia Quinn and various episodes have been directed by different filmmakers. Featuring a talented cast, the series has captivated audiences with their impressive performances, making it the most-watched series on OTT platforms, which has surpassed renowned shows like Stranger Things, Mr Robot, This Is Us and The Crown . The plot centers on the upper-class society of 19th-century London, where the eight Bridgerton siblings seek love, marriage, and a place for themselves in society. Each season highlights the romantic journey of a different brother and sister. The cast includes actors such as Nicola Coghlan (Penelope), Luke Newton (Colleen), Claudia Jessie (Eloise), Phoebe Dynevor (Daphne), Jonathan Bailey (Anthony), and Regé-Jean Page (Simon). Julie Andrews lends her voice to Lady Whistledown in the series. The Global Recognition Of Bridgerton As of now, there are 3 seasons of this series along with a spin-off titled Queen Charlotte . Each season consists of around 8 episodes, each lasting approximately 55 to 70 minutes. The premiere season garnered over 82 million viewers within the first 28 days of its release. It holds a rating of 7.4 on IMDb , with the first season achieving 87% and the second season 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. The series has received high accolades for its costume design, background music, and cinematography, which collectively creates majestic ambiance for this show.
The Independent
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
The Amateur casts Rami Malek as a tech nerd who wants to save the world rather than destroy it – and it's pleasingly silly
Considering tech nerds are the ones now systematically destroying the planet, they don't particularly deserve the Jason Bourne rebrand that The Amateur provides. Still, Rami Malek plays to type so well, having first come to the world's attention playing a hacker in television's Mr Robot, that you can't really begrudge him running around London, Paris and Istanbul, breaking into CCTV cameras and shattering sky pools with a bit of code. This thriller, a reimagined take on Robert Littell's 1981 novel, is both deeply conventional and pleasingly silly, shot with the sleek minimalism of a car ad by director James Hawes, known for his work on Apple TV+'s Slow Horses. It not only kicks off with a dead wife (Rachel Brosnahan's Sarah), but then has said dead wife periodically waltz back onto screen in the form of a grief-struck hallucination, tossing her deep-conditioned brown hair and smiling like the most beautiful woman you've ever seen in a stock photo. Malek's Charlie Heller at least has an unusual way of enacting bloody vengeance on her killers. He's a CIA cryptographer with such an elevated IQ (170, as someone makes sure to point out), that he out-nerds the little clique of nerds he sits with at lunch. They gawk at the special friendship he's forged with genuine spy Jackson O'Brien (Jon Bernthal), having once saved his life. In fact, he's a little too good at his job, which is how he ends up with his mitts on damning evidence that the CIA has been covering up its own war crimes – here, writers Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli strive to be pointedly apolitical, with a story that's sceptical about power but happy to lay the blame on a few bad eggs in an otherwise honourable system. It's enough ammo for him to blackmail his boss, deputy director Alex Moore (Holt McCallany), into offering Charlie the training needed to take out his wife's killers himself. Charlie is, as Alex jokes, someone who couldn't 'beat a 90-year-old nun in an arm wrestle'. And the fun little twist of The Amateur is that, despite being assigned Laurence Fishburne as a mentor, he doesn't come out the other end knowing kung fu or popping off shots like John Wick. He remains, for the audience's entertainment, deeply uncool. Charlie has to down three tequila shots mid-chase purely to summon up the courage to navigate a busy club. He requires a YouTube how-to video in order to lock-pick a target's door. His methods of execution feel like punchlines in their own right. Malek makes all those hijinks feel believable enough. He's always been gifted in nonverbal expression, a talent ironically wasted in his overdone, Oscar-winning turn as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. When Charlie's body freezes and his eyes refuse to blink, we're handed a front-row view to every neuron in his head powering through the calculations needed merely to accept the reality that his wife is dead. That makes Charlie an interesting foil to the string of cookie-cutter spy characters he encounters, from the enthusiastically accented wife of an ex-KGB officer (Caitríona Balfe) to Michael Stuhlbarg's Bond-primed villain, pottering around with his hands behind his back, delivering monologues with weary finesse. We've seen all this before, but at least The Amateur finds its own way to get the job done. Dir: James Hawes. Starring: Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Laurence Fishburne. Cert 12A, 123 minutes.
