India, July 24 -- Theatrics aside, the theatres have come alive. If you've missed the memo, in a time when the Hindi film industry was desperately struggling to get its loyal and celeb-obsessed audience back, a film featuring a debutante and a newbie has connected in a visceral way. And the result is an overtly dramatic, almost cathartic and arguably drastic changeover of our IG feeds. Something that the paid PR/pap pages are calling 'Saiyaaragram.' I can't, in my right mind, condone going to the movies with an IV drip, but make no mistake, a star is born.

Not the first filmy family, but the Panday siblings have arrived Ahaan Panday! Yes, another nepo baby, launched by Aditya Chopra's dream vehicle, Yash Raj Films, alongside an equally ...