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The best thing is that the script has some pretty basic conversation you have between your family members. When placed in different limelight, you feel the hypocrisy and the male dominance radiating in it and how you have grown thinking it is normal Thappad Theatrical Poster I was on a Twitter space where we were discussing strong female characters and I caught someone mentioning the movie Thappad. This movie was on my to-do list but because it was not the plain chick flick movie with a predictable plot, I was head-on heals procrastinating it. Regardless I did summon the courage and watched it only to be absolutely in love. If you haven’t watched it already, please stop reading- go and watch it right now. Thappad is a strong feminist movie that addresses a big problem of a typical brown household. I remember asking my mother a question- Where do you see yourself in 5 years. She smiled and said- On my daughter’s graduation. I tried again, ‘What about yourself? What makes you happy? What...

Bad boy billionaires, sound of the name gave me the first impression of flamboyant rich kids who lavishly spend their parents’ wealth, were reckless and had a lot of fun.  I wasn’t entirely wrong; these are some responsible big men of India who were responsible for playing with the country’s wealth, taking an intensive loan to fuel their desires, money laundering, skipping taxes, looting the extremely poor; to name a few. These episodes follow the same pattern of storytelling; the first half shows the company doing extremely well and the rich men enjoying their lives.  As soon as you start wondering, what could go wrong? The bubble burst and the second half shows the tumbling empire and how these people have been gobbling money under the nose of the ablest government of one of the world’s superpower. Along with a summary, I’ll also share what I learned from each of these episodes.  The King of Good Times The first episode happens to be of a very widely known name brand, K...