Even to those who are not very familiar with anime, the name Hayao Miyazaki would ring a bell. The celebrated Tokyo-born filmmaker has produced masterpiece after masterpiece, many times in association with the critically acclaimed Studio Ghibli. Miyazaki is a story writer, a director and a producer, but his signature storytelling is most prominent in the animated features he has directed. If you’re a serial watcher of anime, you’ll immediately recognize Miyazaki’s style.

Miyazaki has always said that he never began his filming process with a finished script in hand, he just went where the story itself would lead him:

“It’s not me who makes the film.

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In recent times, web series have become all the rage in India, and rightfully so- since most of them dare to showcase stories films and TV shows in India have shied away from or ignored. Here we have rounded up seven of the best original Indian hindi series on Amazon Prime you can stream right now:

Mirzapur

Crime thrillers have always been popular with the Indian audience, so no surprise this one’s a well-loved series.

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Tumbbad is a mishmash of multiple genres- fantasy, mythology, horror, thriller and history. It’s one of those experimental movies not a lot of people would have expected to do particularly well, but Tumbbad is sure to surprise you! Here’s our Tumbbad movie review.

Based off of a story by Marathi writer Narayan Dharap, Tumbbad follows Vinayak Rao (Sohum Shah) in his search for a hidden treasure in a village called Tumbbad in Maharashtra.

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Ankhon Dekhi is another one of those underrated Bollywood gems very few people have heard of and even fewer have seen, simply because it dared to rely on its storytelling and its performances to reach out to the audience, instead of adding typical Bollywood glamour, some widely known faces and unnecessary musical numbers to attract hordes of moviegoers. 

The film centers around Rajesh Bauji (Sanjay Mishra), a man living in Old Delhi with his family.

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Chhichhore is a tribute to Indian college life- to lifelong friendships, to sweet- albeit immature- first romances, to college rivalries and the golden memories. Go into this movie fully expecting a nostalgic ride that’s going to compel you to take out and dust off that album full of your college-time photos that you stuffed somewhere in the back of your closet years ago. 

The story follows Anirudh (Sushant Singh Rajput) and Maya (Shraddha Kapoor) – a middle-aged divorced couple, and their son Raghav (Mohammad Samad).

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Nil Battey Sannata doesn’t follow the traditional Bollywood movie formula. There’s no gloss, no melodrama, no song and dance sequences where everybody moves in perfect synchronization and performs deftly choreographed dance numbers without any planning whatsoever. Instead Nil Battey Sannata is a slice of life story, a simple and affecting narrative of a maid servant who dreams of a better, more privileged life for her daughter. 

Apeksha, or Apu (Ria Shukla), is the daughter of Chanda Sahay (Swara Bhaskar), a single mother who works several menial jobs, including working as a maid at Dr.

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