Top shows on Netflix, Hotstar and more to end the year with

For those who want some Bollywood action, Netflix has a new and relatively unwatched movie ‘The Zoya Factor’ starring Sonam Kapoor and Dulquer Salman. Believed to be a lucky mascot for the Indian cricket team, Zoya rides through her own life and expectations as everyone puts her on a pedestal.

Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Dulquer Salman, Sanjay Kapoor and Angad Bedi

MOVIE LENGTH: 2 hours

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The unfiltered thoughts of a modern woman London woman who has pent-up anger and grief caught the fancy of many viewers. In the second and final season, interesting characters are added to the comedy series which claims to deliver sucker-punch like lines keeping viewers at the edge of their seats.

Starring: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman

NUMBER OF EPISODES: 6

Review:

“The ending is such a perfect conclusion to the series, and why it also feels so crushing. In the end, Fleabag breaks up with us,” writes the Vulture.

In the first season, it told the true story of Gorakhpur’s most notorious gangster, Shri Prakash Shukla. In the second season, it brings the life of an Amarpal Singh from Rajasthan onto the screen. The young man who is working to clear UPSC exams to become an IPS officer becomes trapped into the world of crime – triggered by caste politics.

Starring: Jimmy Shergill, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Amit Sial, Sharad Kelkar, Gul Panag.

Number of episodes: 9

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Roman history expert Micheal Scott traces the history of Chrstianity and how it spread to Rome. The National Geographic miniseries is streaming on Hotstar for History buffs and promises to unravel the real truth of Constantine and the conversion of the pagans into a lair of one of the world’s largest monotheistic religions.

Number of episodes: 3

Review:

“Dr. Scott explains how the Christian message spread and grew through Roman expertise and technology; how it became more visible and therefore more vulnerable to attack by the Roman authorities; and how it organized itself and broke away from its Jewish roots,” says a review by Broadway world.