Netflix's 'Sir' is essential Indian cinema

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In the first month of coronavirus lockdowns in the United States, when everyone began constantly screaming “WHAT SHOULD I WATCH” — and Mashable began our exhaustive and ongoing streaming guides — someone asked for Bollywood movie recommendations in one of my group chats.

“Any recs of an objectively good / wow Bollywood movie from the past 5 years?” she asked. “Objective" was a tough enough requirement — as someone whose job it is to recommend entertainment to people, I know that it makes no difference how critically acclaimed or carefully crafted something is if it doesn't ultimately fit someone's personal preferences. But "wow" absolutely stumped me, so much that I couldn't endorse the rest of the chat's ample suggestions. I never caught the Bahubali hype, I thought Kapoor & Sons was good but not great, and Dangal’s climax was too melodramatic. The only suggestion I gave was 2018's Read more...

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