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Zoya Akhtar has created a masterpiece.

In no universe it deserves to have 5.3 rating on imdb. This movie deserves at least 7.5 on imdb. It was personally a 10 for me.

Farhan Akhtars dialogues were perfect.

Javed Akhtars lyrics (I didnt know this movie was a musical; this movie is first in its category in bollywood) were perfect.

I LOVED the songs and even the choreography.

The attention to details were great too (for eg, the fan switches were actually 1964s ones)

I realised this movie is an utopian movie towards the last 20 minutes watching this movie. Having watched/read too many dystopias (black mirror, leela etc) and almost no utopias, i didnt know they exist haha. No jealous, perfect girl friendship, perfect communication in relationships, letting go of both girls you love, adults apologizing to kids (parents apologising to their sons) - all of this is utopia! Bad players are there, problems are there, capitalism is there but the way people deal with stuff and their response is amazing. For eg Betty didnt bitch about Veronica when she felt jealous. Dealing with emotions is utopian.

This movie also shows and teaches lessons about democracy, press, capitalism. Good thing is none of these things are really polarising. Ideally capitalism isnt bad either.

Good thing that Zoya Akhtar did not bring in more issues like body shaming to the mix, otherwise it would be very confusing.

Overall, I cried twice in this movie, Movie is very emotional at times (for eg not feeling like you belong or are cool - for a nerd kid) Will make you go all Aww 100 times too.

10/10 classic watch for me!

I stopped watching series in favour of watching movies but Neve Have I Ever has always been an exception. It's easy to watch. As an Indian girl who topped her school, kind of relatable except my life was not as happening as Devi's. Haha. It's cool and deep at the same time. Characters and situations are easy to relate to apart from some exaggeration. It also highlights grief beautifully. Losing a dad is not easy and the series brings out story of Devi and her mom. I love the difficulty the series portrays in chosing a romantic partner. No partner is perfect and that's the best part about it. The acting is amazing. Story-telling too.

If there's one movie I would recommend to all this year -- It is easily "Darlings". What a brilliant movie with amazing acting and story. The story is not too unrealistic. It grows realistically. It was able to successfully bring out nuances around something as complicated as domestic violence. Character building was strong. The movie was focused. It didn't have too many plotlines or dialogues to make it noisey -- which was perfect. The only unrealistic part was so many helpful people getting involved in complicated crime without any selfish motive -- which is a little difficult to digest. Overall, a beautiful movie of hope and despair. If there's one movie I could compare this movie to - it would be Shawshank Redemption. Loved it as much as I loved Shawshank Redemption.