romantic comedies Archives

Is It Time We Stopped Hoping for a Soulmate?

A surfeit of Karan Johar films and Nicholas Sparks books have made us believe in the idea of the soulmate. The Ross to your Rachel, the Anjali to your Rahul, the rajma to your chawal. But do we now need to recast the idea of “the one”?

Suchin Mehrotra May 31, 2016

Pop Culture

Netflix’s Set It Up Puts the Romance Back in the Rom-Com

If you’ve ever wondered whether it was possible to pull off a millennial iteration of When Harry Met Sally, Set It Up comes very, very close. It exists as a canny tribute to the rom-coms of yesteryear, hitting a sweet, nostalgic feel-good spot.

Poulomi Das March 9, 2016