Why is Bollywood nostalgia selling? Because the present is exhausting for the young
Somewhere between climate collapse and the soul-numbing scroll of “situationship hacks” by ring light philosophers on reels, Bollywood has decided to throw a life raft at us. But not just any raft – a velvet-draped, montage-scored, popcorn-scented tugboat of weaponised nostalgia. Imtiaz Ali’s Love Aaj Kal (the good one, 2009) is back in theatres. The … Read more