By Sonal Pandya
Copyright timesnownews
Swiped, Lily James plays Bumble CEO and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, who rises to become the youngest self-made billionaire at 31. She joins Tinder as a 20-something and finds herself boxed in by the company’s misogyny and toxicity. Later she goes on to find success making an app that empowers women in this feature now streaming on JioHotstar. The Social Network, David Fincher’s 2010 film about the rise of Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) is held as the gold standard when it comes to startup films. Aaron Sorkin’s script won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, as it depicted the Facebook founder’s journey from Harvard student to tech billionaire and CEO. Also starring Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake, the movie is streaming on SonyLIV. The Dropout, Amanda Seyfried won an Emmy for her role as disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in this limited series on JioHotstar. Naveen Andrews plays Sunny Balwani, her former business partner and boyfriend. Based on the podcast, the series follows Elizabeth’s life and her biotech company’s fraud, which leads to her eventual downfall. , Steve Jobs, One of two movies that came out about late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Directed by Danny Boyle, the 2015 film had a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and followed Jobs (Michael Fassbender) from the years 1984 to 1998, as he launched the Macintosh and later the iMac. Streaming on JioHotstar, the Oscar-nominated movie also features Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber , Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of Uber, who was ousted in a boardroom coup after a series of controversies, including allegations of sexual harassment at the company. Uma Thurman plays The Huffington Post’s Ariana Huffington, an Uber board member who looks into Uber’s toxic culture. The miniseries is now streaming on JioHotstar. Silicon Valley, The HBO Max series on JioHotstar is a fictional and satirical take on the real Silicon Valley. The six-season show follows programmer Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) and his friends as they struggle with their startup company named Pied Piper. The series also starred TJ Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, and Zach Woods. , BlackBerry, Matt Johnson directs and acts as BlackBerry cofounder Douglas Fregin in this dramatised feature about the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone. Jay Baruchel is another cofounder, Mike Lazaridis, while Glenn Howerton plays investor Jim Balsillie. The Canadian film is available for rent on Zee5.
