Ankur Choudhary is a writer and Delhi-based Structural Engineer. He writes about movies in his blog, fridayreviewer.com. You can reach out to him on Instagram: @_ankurchoudhary or mail at user.ankur@gmail.com
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Ankur Choudhary is a writer and Delhi-based Structural Engineer. He writes about movies in his blog, fridayreviewer.com. You can reach out to him on Instagram: @_ankurchoudhary or mail at user.ankur@gmail.com
While the discourse around the ‘item songs’ in Bollywood films usually revolves around the sexually explicit videos, Ankur Choudhary argues that the bigger issue to be tackled is the lyrical content that leans towards the objectification of women.
From Water and Lagaa Chunari Mein Daag to Masaan and Mukti Bhawan, Ankur Choudhary examines films about the holy city of Varanasi to uncover the uneasy intersection of culture, gender politics, modernity, and more.
A megacity seen through the eyes of its dreamers - Ankur Choudhary writes about dreams, nightmares, hope, and despair at interplay in some of the best cinema about Mumbai.
A poignant, nuanced comedy drama, Badhaai Do (2022) tests the complexities of a lavender marriage in a small Indian city. By Ankur Choudhary