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OTT vs MOVIE THEATRES, is there a winner yet? The ever-evolving sphere of entertainment has undergone some significant and consequential changes in the last few years with the rise of OTT platforms. Before delving into the question, it is necessary to know what exactly OTT is. OTT  stands for over-the-top, as in, going above and beyond the content that cables offer. These are video streaming services that provide on-demand content to their consumers. The viewers can easily get access to this content at any time, from any device with an internet connection. The most popular OTT platform worldwide is Netflix , with more than 238.39 million paid subscribers in 2023. Some of the other globally popular OTT platforms include Amazon Prime Video, Hulu,  Disney+, and HBO Max. Besides providing a wide array of original content which caters to diverse tastes and preferences, OTTs also contain movies that were theatre-released. The rise of OTT has caused an evident downfall of the popular...

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST  (1975) DIRECTOR: Milos Forman CAST: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Sampson GENRE: Drama/ Black comedy RUN TIME: 2h 13mins "Which one of you nuts has got any guts?", said McMurphy, the lead in one of the greatest films of all time, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest , which is an American psychological drama film, directed by multiple award-winning director Milos Forman , based on the 1962 novel of the same name, written by Ken Kesey . The lead actor in the movie Jack Nicholson has done an extraordinary job playing his character, Randle McMurphy . This movie revolves around the character, McMurphy , who with a criminal history pleads insanity in order to get transferred to a mental institution, to avoid hard labor and serving time in prison. This ward of mentally unstable men is presided over by the head nurse Mildred Ratched (played by Louise Fletcher ), a cold, unsympathetic, arrogant, passive-aggressive tyrant. She becomes a...

Change can be a difficult part of a person's life, but it is also necessary for a person to grow. I've been living in Kolkata, the City of Joy for all 18 years of my life. And now it has been almost a month already since I've had to pack my whole life in just three suitcases and leave the rest of it 1,875 km away, back home. After coming to Bengaluru for college and living alone, I've learned that moving to a new place isn't just about making new friends or finding a new place to call 'home'. It is also about rediscovering and learning more about your own self. Already being an extremely introverted person, the thought of being alone around people I've never known was terrifying, but also something I've deeply wanted to experience. A change in the environment can really influence a person's personality. Never did I ever imagine that I would become the kind of person to start up conversations with people, but now I have. Situations have forced me ...