You don't want to hear this, but....

Wes Anderson films are (gasp) lowkey boring. Candles are not self-care. Even radical art is pretending. Andaz Apna Apna is unwatchable. We're airing the most unhinged opinions of our time. Consider this your trigger warning

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Zahan Kapoor33, actor

Why is it that every time we go to the cinema, we're funnelled out the back door at the end? Always down some long flight of stairs, usually dank, dim, and slightly dirty. You walk in through a grand entrance, but leave like you've done something wrong. It feels like a walk of shame for making the effort to watch the movie.

Aditi Mittal38, stand-up comic

Please. No more “unfiltered” podcasts. Every unfiltered podcast is just three random people, discovering words as they tumble out of their mouths while recording. Unfiltered used to mean something sensational, something scandalous even. Now, it means you didn’t prepare, you're not listening to each other, there’s no one brave enough to interrupt you, and you didn’t have the budget to get this edited. Much like the water in Indore, we need our podcasts filtered.

Karan Mirchandani32, screenwriter

Andaz Apna Apna works best when you're watching it in bits on TV, not all at once. Drop in, catch a few scenes, laugh, move on. Comedy needs breaks. Sitting through the full three hours can get tiring. Every scene is basically a long joke-off, everyone trying to outdo each other.

Shaunak Sen38, filmmaker

Indian documentaries have consistently outperformed much of our fiction cinema. They've travelled better, landed stronger at international festivals, and picked up serious awards along the way. It's adventurous, politically alert, and emotionally rigorous. It remains unfairly slept on at home.

Pranay Baidya39, fashion designer

Fashion doesn’t have an inclusivity problem; it has an ageism problem. Its most dependable customers are women over 40, with taste, confidence, and spending power. But they're treated like an embarrassment, rather than the backbone of the business. Age-blind branding is cowardice in good lighting.

Meena Kandasamy41, writer