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The Life of a Journalist in Four More Shots Please! (and Other Chick Flicks) is Fake News

Four More Shots Please! treats Damini no differently from the women journalists who have come before her in the chick flick genre. Like Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw, Damini is not just an unlikeable character – her many flaws are framed as aspirational.

Kahini Iyer July 8, 2016

Pop Culture

In Defence of Four More Shots Please!, the Ultimate Guilt-Watch for the Lockdown

Like Tiger King, the breathless obsession with Four More Shots Please! has less to do with its quality and more to do with how unequivocally it commands our attention. Perhaps its best achievement is that it takes our minds off the lockdown and Covid-19’s progress.

Poulomi Das June 26, 2016

Columns

The View at 40 | Why Is Everyone Having Really Loud Sex in Four More Shots Please!?

The View at 40 is a weekly column about sniping at youth. This week, we watched the new web series, Four More Shots Please! and heard lots of orgasming.

Sharan Saikumar May 8, 2016

Pop Culture

Zee5’s Churails is Messy. But It is the Sisterhood We Were Looking For in Four More Shots Please!

The Pakistani series Churails, brings to mind the fanciful adventures of another set of ladies – the ones in Four More Shots Please! – for how far apart the two worlds are. Despite its outlandish plot, Churails still feels real. It is in the soft-hearted moments of sorority that the Pakistani web series really shines.

Harshita Murarka May 1, 2016

Love and Sex

Fantastic Bisexual Characters and Where to Find Them in Indian Cinema

Watching queer characters on screen helped me alleviate some of my queer anxiety. Radha and Sita from Fire, are not the only bisexual characters portrayed on Indian screens. There’s the almost-marriage in Four More Shots Please! and Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety is as queer as they come.

Suryatapa Mukherjee March 8, 2016