Sivapriya Medur

With all its flaws, Atrangi Re is a movie with a heart, and that is the most refreshing thing about it - especially among a sea of mediocre offerings that bollywood churns out on the reg. Very thankful that Anand L Rai didn't reduce the south Indians in the movie to mere caricatures - something that hindi films are notorious for. Great movie, sincere acting, and a lovely background score. Couple of songs felt superfluous but much love, even so! Peace. ❤️

Watch this show if you think a bunch of privileged women who are so incompetent that they can’t get their sh&@ together in their personal OR professional lives are poster children for Indian feminism. Sample - The protagonist is married to a man who says his deceased ex-wife’s name during lovemaking..feminist solution: find a side dude who’ll say YOUR name during lovemaking, but is also a narcissistic, scheming piece of sh$&. But hey, I do karvachauth coz I love my husband and I’m old-school cool like that. What it takes to be truly successful professionally has been glossed over conveniently *eyerolls* reducing it to the sleeping with the bosses cliché. Well, more like let your bosses “touch” you while you’re climbing the corporate ladder, hold on to that secret recipe for success for decades… coz hey..that’s how it’s done…and then suddenly take offence now that you’re CEO…Let’s take down these greedy, lusty men. Alright then! Also, being great at your job means barking orders and terrorizing your clueless subordinates and firing them for making rookie mistakes. Make that woman the head of venture capital blah blah blah…she's a winner! Oh the glamorous, cutthroat world of retail banking! There is also your standard rhetoric about how karvachauth is archaic and barbaric…wisdom from a 13 year old *more eyerolls* Yay for Indian feminism!!! Another gem - CEO of whatsitsname bank has been caught in a hotel room with her lover…it’s a public scandal, stock prices are falling and everyone is generally embarrassed. Petulant 13 year old says to her CEO stepmom - “it’s a free world, you can sleep with whoever you want”. CEO stepmom instantly feels a gush of motherly love. *Tears* Please grow up. Thank you. Ps. Bombay Begums also features the prostitute with a heart of gold cliché. Surely, that will tug at our feminist heartstrings! Pss. The only character that was halfway decent was the prostitute's son. That fella was a sane cookie. Psss. What would be awesome - would be to watch well-adjusted, honest, mentally healthy and strong women who are successful at their jobs AND personal relationships be glorified more. They're better feminist role models, even if they're kinda boring, IMHO.*shrug*