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Freddy starring Kartik Aryan as the titular character and Alaya F in leading roles, stirred quite a buzz among movie goers as Kartik Aryan was to be seen in a more meatier and serious role and the song 'Kaala Jaadu' which was also a great song to accompany that eerie teaser trailer.

FIrst let me start with the good aspects, and that would only be one thing, Kartik. He legit carries the show on his shoulders and does an outstanding job even if the writing and direction is mid-level at best, while Alaya is also competent in her role as the love interest. I was really into the idea of the exploration of a loner like Freddy which these days are not uncommon, but this movie was not an exploration/murder thriller but it's more on the lines of a love-story-gone-wrong kind of film, so basically they did not take any risk and went with a safer route and a generic digestible film (for a film in the same veins that does the opposite of this film and more explores a guy like such would be the Malayalam film 'Joji' which I would highly suggest) and I had no problem with it if not for such basic and average direction, you can see that the only person that give this his heart and soul was Kartik which was evident from the chilling yet calm screen presence he had as Freddy.

With every possible outcome that they could have done with more flair or as an interesting choice they always took the one-note and uninspired/cliche choice which as a film fan and a person who had high expectations from a venture like this made me furious at the screen even though it wasn't outright bad or unwatchable. Anyways, what we have is a one-time watch affair if you like Romantic-thrillers or are just a fan of the man of this film Kartik Aaryan. A decent one-time watch.

6/10.

If you are familiar with the Pitch Perfect movies, you might know that those movies are about music and specifically acapella music, so moving forward with each film they got messier (the 3rd one was not as beloved as the first two). Now we don't have a fourth film but a spin-off about one of member of the the rival groups of our protagonists known as 'Bumper' who was a self-absorbed goofball in the movies trying his luck to be famous in Germany as one of his songs have gone viral through Tik-tok. So with the premise set, this show is entirely set in Berlin, Germany and the production values are splendid, I had a fear before watching this that this was just gonna be a cheap cash-grab like most uninspired Netflix stuff as these streaming companies just push out content just for the sake of relevancy in this fast paced short attention spanned world. But I was really wrong as it seems to be put forth some kind of thought and effort put into this show as far as mini-series for a secondary character of a known franchise goes. Adam Devine is great as Bumper, as his performance is layered as this idiotic guy just chasing after a dead dream, he is charismatic and comes across really likable even though people like these are just annoying irl. The other team mates including 'Haley Dunphy' actress Sarah Hyland, previous recurring cast member Flula Borg as Pieter Kramer and his sister Thea Kramer as DJ Das Boot were all equally charming and likable, the camaraderie between the group was very sweet and it felt like people growing and adjusting to work with each other and that alone makes it a good binge, honestly it's like a movie cut into episodes which keeps it fresh as the breaks make it more interesting. Also the camera work and color grading made it go easy on the eyes as most stuff is now supposed to be dark, grim and 'realistic' and this is a simple, sweet and light hearted show. If you get what I say and want something easy to watch and are a fan of the movies, then I'd say give it a watch and you'll at least have a smile on your face by the end of it.