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@jammypants4 Paheli.

What's the worst movie ending that made no sense?

@Samhitab4u You're right. You ARE missing something.

Why does Bengaluru feel so boring on weekends? Other than going out for a cafe or brunch… There’s not much to do. Am I missing something… or do others feel the same?

@peedeegee You should write that book. Soon. We need humility to be celebrated in this era of chest-thumping masculinity.

I have a favourite Aamir Khan story that should have absolutely been the crown jewel of my Bollywood book, if I ever get around to writing one. And given that I spent 12 years in the trenches as a Hindi film journalist and critic for The Telegraph, believe me, I have quite a few stories. But this one. This one is different. Dhobi Ghat had just released. I reviewed it for t2, the entertainment supplement of The Telegraph. I wrote that while Monica Dogra, Prateik Babbar, and Kriti Malhotra slipped into their characters like second skin — effortlessly, organically, exactly what Kiran Rao's debut needed — Aamir Khan stuck out like a sore thumb. He hadn't found the sur of the film. He was, in my honest critical opinion, miscast. The review ran on Saturday. Monday evening. Late. My phone buzzes with a text from an unknown number. "Hi Pratim, when can I call? Aamir." I went cold. I knew what film people do when you don't align with them creatively. They get vengeful. They get vindictive. They have long memories and longer grudges. And this wasn't just any film person. This was Aamir Khan. The perfectionist. The man who doesn't do anything without a reason. With slightly unsteady fingers, I typed back: "Hi Aamir, we can speak now." He called immediately. In that inimitable style of his — measured, unhurried, punctuated with those trademark pauses that make you hang on every single word — he said he had read my review. I braced myself. He said he completely agreed with me. I'm sorry — what? Aamir Khan had called me, a film critic, to say I was right about his performance being off. I couldn't process it. Here was one of the biggest stars in Indian cinema, a man with nothing to prove to anyone, voluntarily picking up the phone to validate a critic's assessment of his own shortcomings. The silence on my end must have been deafening. And then he said it. The line I will never forget: "I was the worst of the four." He ended the call with four words that have stayed with me ever since: "Keep writing what you feel." Years later, when I heard that he had auditioned for Kiran Rao's second film — Lapataa Ladies, which he was producing — and that she had ultimately gone with Ravi Kishen for the role instead, something clicked into place quietly inside me. No ego. No entitlement. Just a man who understood his own limitations well enough to let go. Nothing had changed. He was still that guy.

@scribe_prashant Me. The trailer of Part 1 was too violent. That was enough.

Who else hasn’t watched Dhurandhar & it’s second part till now? And why?

@thevirdas Snacks - chips, chocolate etc.

For something I’m writing. What would you say the number one item is that is ordered on these quick grocery delivery apps?

Good start to a Monday morning! Happy with today's Connections 🟨 🟩🟦 🟪 Puzzle #988 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 #NYTConnections #NYTPuzzles #Connections #connections988

@phoenixritu Hope you feel better soon.

@Rajani259 I am recovering from arthiritis. Still finetuning my medication

We underestimate the impact of physical pain. It is so very debilating

The Phantom - The Ghost Who Walks - turns 90 today! He was an integral part of my childhood - with his gf/wife Diana, his wolf (NOT dog) Devil, his horse Hero, the dolphins Nefertiti and Solomon, the Skull Cave... Thank you, #IndrajalComics! Thank you, #Phantom!

@Nithya_Shrii Read, and play outside as a kid. Read and daydream as an adolescent. Read and people watch as an adult.

People who grew up without smartphones. What did you do when you were bored?!

I've gone from disliking the NYTimes Connections to quite liking it now. #NYTConnections +☕ = early morning ritual 🟨🟩🟦🟪 #NYTGames

@shekharkapur Is this image AI-generated by any chance? Shabana ji looks different.

Throw back pic from my first film, Masoom. On the first day of release, I went to the main theatre … and there were only two people in the whole cinema hall.. and one of them was me ! Those days ‘black marketing’ of cinema tickets was really prelavent .. young men, or even gangs, would bulk by cinema tickets and then sell them at higher prices on the day of the show.. of course if the hall was full .. Except the first show on the first day for Masoom, the hall was completely empty ! Outside I got surrounded by some pretty angry looking young boys when they discovered I was the director .. they had lost their money that day .. I must have looked pretty crestfallen. So one of them actually took pity on me, and said .. ‘Sir .. the problem is you’ve made an ‘article’ film’ .. if you want a career , don’t do that ‘ Article film ?? I kept wondering .. article film .. I realized he meant an ‘artistic film’ .. Don’t ever make an artistic film this young black marketeer was trying to warn me .. Well, the Friday of release .. all the cinema halls were empty .. as they were on Saturday, Sunday , Monday , Tuesday .. The Distributors of the film gave up trying to support the film. It was too expensive to keep the film showing to empty halls .. I remember the feeling that day .. when they told me they had decided to give up trying to hold the theatres .. I walked the streets of Mumbai and thought about what I was going to do next in my life , for making films was certainly no longer an option. Something strange happened on Thursday. A friend called me and asked if I could help him get tickets to Masoom. I told him that was a bad joke. But then .. On Thursday one cinema hall had filled up .. then on Friday there were lines of people waiting to buy tickets .. and over the weekend the distributors were scrambling to get back the halls they had given up, and my ‘Article’ film was declared a hit .. What happened that weekend ? People say in retrospect it was ‘Word of mouth’ .. but how could it be, when hardly anyone saw the film ? What happened that Thursday ? .. I still wonder as am about to go into making ‘Masoom, the next generation’ .. years after Masoom the original became a cult film .. Is ‘Masoom, the next generation’ another ‘Article film’ ? #film #Masoom #throwback #directing #FilmDirecting #Career

Why is it so difficult to procure some of THE BEST BISCUITS/COOKIES in the country - Amul Cookies (Butter, Chocolate, Fruit & Nut, Cheese)? They're not stocked in any of major stores - online or offline. I know of only one Amul shop in Bangalore that carries them. @Amul_Coop

@EmpirePodUK @DalrympleWill @tweeter_anita @mukhoty How lovely that you got my absolute favorite @mukhoty in this podcast! So delighted! Wonderful episode!

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 The Legend of 'India's Joan of Arc' @DalrympleWill and @tweeter_anita are joined by @mukhoty for the next episode of their EPIC series on The Indian Mutiny, this time - RANI OF JHANSI ... ... Watch via link in replies 📷👇

@SHEKARSUSHEEL Sorry, couldn't help noticing that the subtitles are wrong. It's not o re Maa Ji (mother) but O re Manjhi (boatman). Wrong subtitles are often the cause of much amusement, even in serious situations like in this song..

@Amockx2022 Me

Is there anyone who has never watched any of these movies? 🔥 Dhurandar Tejas Fighter Aricle 370 Emergency 72 Hoorain Accidental Prime Minister The Kerala Story The Kashmir Files Main Atal Hoon Not even one

@SHEKARSUSHEEL Hearing this song after decades! Thank you!

@instablog9ja MasterChef Australia

Please drop your thoughts 🎤

@SHEKARSUSHEEL It reminds me of 'Aree Chhod de sajaniya, Chhod de patang meri Chhod de' from Nagin.

@goodreads Paperback.

Hardcover, paperback, ebook, or audio?