This had all the makings of a movie I would love but didn’t make my heart sing, for some reason. I can’t totally articulate yet why. Maybe this is cultural essentialist of me lol but it at times felt a little oriental gaze-ish but then also felt like Wenders was projecting some seriously Western philosophies onto the whole situation? Also felt a little like “omg look at the cute blue collar worker :-)” but then the whole part with the…

FINALLY!!! A south asian romcom that’s shitty in a romcom way and not an “I regret ever wanting representation in mainstream media” way!!!

This is a popcorn movie— no wait, a mixture movie—it delivers on the promises of a romcom and does some subtle (very subtle) justices to Indian representation. It made me laugh. It mostly wasn’t pandering to a white audience. It actually surprised me by its “ “depth” “, showcasing “untraditional”ish (albeit for cis hetero american-indian normie media)…