Cutting Chai Critics

Trial episode

In this episode of Cutting Chai Critics, Harini and Mudra discuss all the tropes that Bollywood's done to death - from suffering mothers to happy families. How much is real life? How much is lack of imagination? We try to unpack.

From love at first sight to makeover montages, in this episode of Cutting Chai Critics, Harini and Mudra discuss Bollywood's obsession with appearances, especially when it comes to its women.

Is it a dating app? Is it a matrimonial bureau? No, it's Sima Taparia! In this episode of Cutting Chai Critics, Harini and Mudra discuss Indian Matchmaking, the show that took us by storm in 2020.

What's a good love triangle? What's a bad one? Are love triangles equal opportunity situations? In this episode of Cutting Chai Critics, Harini and Mudra discuss this and more, as they do a deep dive into Bollywood's favourite trope for the last thirty years.

In this episode of Cutting Chai Critics, Harini and Mudra discuss the on-screen careers (or lack thereof!) of women in Indian movies and OTT shows, and how they've evolved over the years.

In their first episode of Cutting Chai Critics, Harini and Mudra discuss the director who has come to define a new sort of Hindi cinema for the urban millennial: Zoya Akhtar.