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Arré Recommends: Make Use of the Lockdown and Binge-Watch These Hidden Gems

While going out and travelling to different places is in a future that is currently out of reach, the varied universes in movies, shows, books are still available to us. In the past few weeks, I’ve found it immensely calming to start a new show or watching a movie that I’d forgotten about, if only as a reminder that we can still enter a life outside our own rooms.

Poulomi Das April 9, 2016

POV

Avengers: Endgame Is the Millennial Generation’s Lawrence of Arabia

If there’s one word that perfectly describes Avengers: Endgame, it is “big”. Beyond its runtime or wank-worthy IMAX aspect ratio, there’s something about this movie that is stirring in a way that Hollywood classics such as Lawrence of Arabia and The Maltese Falcon are.

Damian D'souza April 6, 2016

Bollywood

10 Years of Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!: A Sympathetic Portrait of a Dysfunctional Superchor

In an era when multiple governments con us into playing “statue-statue” and companies pile on unpayable debts that go into so many zeroes that Aryabhatta would get anxiety attacks, what’s a thief who steals everything from luxury sedans to pet dogs?

Anahad Madhav April 1, 2016

Bollywood

Is Pataakha the Sisterhood Story Bollywood’s Been Waiting For?

In Bollywood films, sisters are always selfless; they are mostly bechara, often vidhwa. If they are twins, one is bold, the other is timid. Our films have mostly paid lip service to a bond as ubiquitous as sisterhood. Will Vishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha change that?

Pragyan Mohanty March 30, 2016

Pop Culture

How to Win Friends & Influence People, Kumar Sanu-Style

Music from the ’90s has an uncanny ability to bring people together. From the veterans of the cool jamming in some abandoned garage in Mumbai to seasoned hippies grooving around a bonfire in the remote Himalayas, the ’90s is a theme that finds resonance in the unlikeliest of the settings and with the unlikeliest of people.

Runjhun Noopur March 29, 2016

Love and Sex

Buddha Mil Gaya… Why Does the Thought of Old People With Sex Lives Make Us Cringe?

In our movies like in real life, we expect lovers to be young and restless. Indian psyche tutors us that men and women beyond 50 do not need a sexual dialogue or depiction. Aged people and their desires, as a Made in Heaven episode showed us, make us cringe.

Aarti Shetty March 22, 2016

Love and Sex

Kya Ek Ladka Aur Ek Ladki Kabhi IRL Dost Nahi Ho Sakte?

Indian children are taught many cardinal lessons, like touching our grandparents’ feet and returning dabbas to mom in pristine condition. The prime one is that girls and boys can never be friends. As a girl with seven close male friends, I’m often the centre of curiosity and judgment.

Shreya Ramakrishnan March 18, 2016

Modern Family

Netflix and Overkill: How I Lost My Retired Father to Binge-Watching

When Baba came to visit me this summer, I installed the Amazon Prime and Netflix apps on his phone, thinking he’d watch the odd movie sometimes. I didn’t expect him to get addicted to it and walk around the house like a teenager with headphones glued to his skull.

Runa Mukherjee March 14, 2016

Pop Culture

Sharmaji Namkeen Review: A Fitting and Fun Ode to the Legend of Rishi Kapoor

Sharmaji Namkeen is a sweet, warm film that uses the charms of the late Rishi Kapoor to great effect. So much so, it’s probably the kind of film that acts as both a tribute, and a reminder of his affability.

Divya Unny March 5, 2016

Bollywood

20 Years of Taal: An Ode to the Time When Music Made the Movies

To try and find an original song in Bollywood in 2019 is as fruitless as searching for survival tips in PM Modi’s episode of Man vs Wild. But as any ‘90s kid could tell you, there was a time when music made the movies worth watching. The soundtrack of Taal elevated the film into an unforgettable experience.

Kahini Iyer March 4, 2016