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Nothing is sacrosanct!

Gehraiyaan (Depths, Hindi; 2022) Director: Shakun Batra The democratisation of movie-making has  led to this - an Indian fairy tale movie  made in the vein of a soft porn Western movie  just to lure in India's Anglophile liberal English  movie-going viewers. The only thing remotely  linked to Indianness is the spoken language;  otherwise, it is just like any garbage c hurned out of the factories in Hollywood,   sex, lies, murder, and obnoxious flaunting of wealth.  The following are the few lessons I leant from this  movie: It is perfectly alright to have sex with your best friend's boyfriend without having a second thought or an iota of guilt; It appears to me that wealth is the justification for everything. After all, living life is for the experience. Doing the morally right thing does not fall anywhere near the equation; Two-timing is perfectly within your rights; Consuming alcohol is your birthright; indulge even when you are pregnant; D...