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Digital platforms have provided relief and joy in a year engulfed by pandemic and lockdown. The mood continues into the last month of 2020 as much-awaited shows await to be dropped on your devices this month. IANS has listed some of the best Indian and international series and specials that OTT fans can look out for. Euphoria: Trouble Don't Last Always Starring Zendaya, who won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role, the show will pick up after the season one finale, following Rue as she celebrates Christmas after being left by Jules at the train station. It also stars Jacob Elordi of "The Kissing Booth" fame. It will arrive on December 7 on Disney+ Hotstar Premium. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Set for a December 11 release, the holiday music special will see the cast of "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" spreading a feel-good holiday cheer. The cast features Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Kate Reinders, Julia Lester, <keyword id="10371386" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="larry-saperstein">Larry Saperstein</keyword>, Dara Renee and Frankie Rodriguez. It will be available on Disney+ Hotstar Premium. LA's Finest It shows how detective Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union) and her partner Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), take on dangerous criminals in Los Angeles. Season 2 will be available on December 4 on SonyLIV. Shameless S11 Shameless has lined up its last season for a December 11 release on Amazon Prime Video. The final season will follow the Gallagher family as they deal with the pandemic, while Ian (Cameron Monaghan) and Mickey (Noel Fisher) adjust to married life. The comedy drama also stars William H. Macy and <keyword id="10111474" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ethan-Cutkosky">Ethan Cutkosky</keyword>. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina The supernatural horror series will conclude with season four. Starring Kiernan Shipka as the teen witch, the upcoming season drops on December 31 on Netflix. Black Widows Actors Mona Singh, <keyword id="38560" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Swastika-Mukherjee">Swastika Mukherjee</keyword>, Shamita Shetty and Raima Sen will be seen in the Indian web series that revolves around how three best friends, who thought they got away with the perfect crime of killing their abusive husbands, find all has not ended yet. It will be the eighth international remake following adaptations in Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, the Middle East, Mexico, Scandinavia and the Czech Republic. The series is slated to premiere on December 18 on Zee5. Paurashpur A period drama, the makers claim the show belongs to a genre never seen before on the Indian OTT space. Starring Annu Kapoor, Milind Soman, Shilpa Shinde, Poulomi Das, <keyword id="479417" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sahil-Salathia">Sahil Salathia</keyword>, Shaheer Sheikh and Flora Saini, it will launch on December 29 on ALTBalaji and Zee5. <keyword id="10371385" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="bhaag-beanie-bhaag">Bhaag Beanie Bhaag</keyword> Actress Swara Bhasker will essay the role of a stand-up comic in the upcoming series, which she describes as a story of a girl finding a place for herself amidst chaos. It will start streaming on Netflix from December 4. Outside In It is a comedy special by stand-up star Vir Das, who has dedicated it to each one of us who has survived this year. The comedy special is created out of 30 virtual shows that he did during lockdown. It will premiere on Netflix on December 16. Sandwich Fate brings love in Naina and Sameer's life and later love brings marriage. What happens next in their married life is what the show is all about. Directed by Rohan Sippy, Sandwich features Aahana Kumra and Kunaal Roy Kapur. The show will arrive on SonyLIV on December 25. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/top-stock-movers-ril-maruti-indigo-dhfl-spicejet-wipro-future-retail-and-others/articleshow/79541459.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Sensex, Nifty hit record high — these are the top movers in trade today</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/india-may-reportedly-block-wikipedia-if-the-site-doesnt-delete-the-map-showing-aksai-chin-as-a-part-of-china/articleshow/79541391.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">India may reportedly block Wikipedia if the site doesn't delete the map showing Aksai Chin as a part of China</a>

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<keyword id="6356062" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sushant-Singh-Rajput">Sushant Singh Rajput</keyword> and <keyword id="38560" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Swastika-Mukherjee">Swastika Mukherjee</keyword> can be seen having a passionate kiss in the trailer of the upcoming flick <keyword id="1725719" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="DETECTIVE-BYOMKESH-BAKSHY">Detective Byomkesh Bakshy</keyword>! However, the kiss was no less than a shock for the actor, as per his co-star star Swastika Mukherjee. 
 Swastika, the Bengali actress who is making her <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> debut with this movie, said that the actor had no idea that there would be a kissing scene in the movie, and only she and the director were aware of it. 
 
"Sushant was not aware of the kissing scene in the film. Dibakar had an overall discussion about it with me because there was a possibility of something like that in the scene. Dibakar seriously did not want Sushant to know about it. He was like if it happens then let it happen and obviously Sushant will be taken aback but that's important. He (Sushant) was like really in shock and flabbergasted about what the hell just happened. Then we had our lines and I could see that surprise, that dilemma on face he was completely stiff and stony," Swastika told PTI. 
 
Apparently, the scene demanded a shocked and confused look on the actor’s face and not telling Rajput about the kiss worked in its favour. In an earlier interview, Sushant had stated how Dibakar tricked him into the kissing scene and that he called up his long-time girlfriend Ankita Lokhande and told her about the scene as soon as it happened. 
 Well, looks like <keyword id="35863" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dibakar-Banerjee">Dibakar Banerjee</keyword> sure knows how to turn things in his favour.

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New Delhi, Versatile actor <keyword id="475128" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="pankaj-tripathi" source="Orion">Pankaj Tripathi</keyword>, who has won our hearts with his portrayal of wittiest and sharpest lawyer '<keyword id="263110" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="madhav-mishra" source="Orion">Madhav Mishra</keyword>' in web series '<keyword id="441366" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="criminal-justice" source="Orion">Criminal Justice</keyword>', said he would love to see the character flourish professionally and also in his personal life. On the first anniversary of the release of 'Criminal Justice: <keyword id="14630559" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="adhura-sach" source="Orion">Adhura Sach</keyword>', Pankaj has opened up about his favourite thing about playing Madhav Mishra, and what he looks forward to for his character. "I would hope to see Madhav Mishra handle much more complex cases that challenge him as a lawyer and bring justice. While it would be great to see him flourish professionally, in his personal life, I would love to see how the Mishra family grows, from Mrs. Mishra's insights/ instincts to witty nok-jhoks," shared Pankaj. The 46-year-old actor said: "Criminal Justice gave me Madhav Mishra, a character I relate to the most so celebrating one year anniversary feels like a homely celebration. 'Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach' explored a very sensitive case which affected me to be honest." Talking about the role, the 'Mirzapur' fame actor said: "Compared to the roles I've done before, 'Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach' shows a new side. Madhav Mishra is someone who leads a simple life and looks beyond what meets the eye and that really caught my attention. Although I have played completely different characters from him, some very innocent and some extremely brutal, in this, Madhav Mishra was a fresh character. He fights legal cases and understands the emotional complexities that may come with it, something I had never played before." Talking about the anniversary, he shared, "I have never felt so attached and connected to a show as Criminal Justice and I'm glad that Disney+ Hostar presented that opportunity to bring Madhav Mishra to all. You know, Whenever people see me at the airport or on the road, they always mention Madhav Mishra to me. He is a very popular and loved character by the audience. I feel great." 'Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach' is a legal web series directed by Rohan Sippy. Starring Pankaj Tripathi, <keyword id="473849" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="shweta-basu-prasad" source="Orion">Shweta Basu Prasad</keyword>, Purab Kohli, Swastika Mukherjee and Adinath Kothare in pivotal roles, the storyline follows the murder case of a teenage celebrity. The show is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. Meanwhile, on the work front, Pankaj was recently seen in 'OMG 2', as <keyword id="18459589" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="kanti-sharan" source="Orion">Kanti Sharan</keyword> Mudgal. He next has 'Fukrey 3', 'Main Atal Hoon', and 'Stree 2' in the pipeline. --IANS sp/svn

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By Justin Rao Mumbai, May 17 () Actor Gul Panag says the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the "inconvenient truth" of the socioeconomic divide in our society and her latest project "Paatal Lok" drives home the very point.The neo-noir series, also starring Jaideep Ahlawat and Neeraj Kabi, takes a deep dive into the hinterland India in the form of an investigative thriller, while talking about crime, politics, caste, and class divide. Gul said the Amazon Prime Video Original series isn't an "empty entertainer"."It'll leave you with a lot to think about things which otherwise you wouldn't think about... With the migrant crisis that has come out post COVID-19, the inconvenient truth that we would barely talk about or refer to... It's exactly the kind of truth that 'Paatal Lok' has brought home to all of us," the actor told in an interview."The timing couldn't have been more apt. There's a layering of society we see on the show and there's a layering of society that the COVID crisis has revealed," she added.Gul hopes people who watch the web series amid the lockdown take away "greater empathy" in the current times."'Paatal Lok' reveals a deep dark side of our society, one which is simmering with a lot of stress and conflict beneath its surface. I hope in the light of what the lockdown has also revealed about our society, people walk away with a sense of greater empathy."(I hope) they walk away with compassion for those who aren't like us. They could be better off than us or worse off, but we must have empathy."Written and created by Sudip Sharma, "Paatal Lok" follows a washed-out Inspector Hathiram Chaudhary, played by Jaideep, who lands the case of a lifetime when four suspects are nabbed in the assassination attempt of a prime time journalist (Neeraj).Gul, who plays a middle class housewife Renu to Hathiram on the show, said the first thing that attracted her to the series was its "superlative writing"."The writers had layered the narrative with so much with the socioeconomic divide that exists across our society. It's a difficult thing to do, to manage so many layers and not diverge from the narrative that they were setting in."Calling Renu the "only bright spot" in the entire series, "The Family Man" actor said her character is the only person who is trying to make the most of her situation."Up until the case falls into her husband's lap, his career wasn't going anywhere and she had made peace with that as well. "Even though their son is unhappy because they've put him in a school which is socially out of their league, the husband is frustrated, but in all of this she decides to take them under her wing so that they remain as happy as possible," she added. Gul is happy that the show, which began streaming on May 15, is already amassing acclaim. "It's gratifying to know that something you're a part of is being appreciated by the people. It's a gritty show and a brave attempt to be able to tell so many different stories in one section. The fact that the attempt has paid off is very rewarding."Produced by actor Anushka Sharma's Clean Slate Films, "Paatal Lok" also features Swastika Mukherjee and Abhishek Banerjee. JUR RDS SHDSHD

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