BornAndBred

....and I don't mean that in a harsh way. This ending is perfect. For every single character. Well.... OK, a confession here; I say "perfect" but the ending Rishi got was a little contrived and unbelievable. They could have just had him go broke and forced into rehab for drug and gambling addictions. What they did was a tad too much and, quite frankly, undeserved! The ending of his arc was too jarring.

But the rest of the characters had the perfect ending. And we absolutely do not need to be told anything further about them. It's not often a show manages to tie up so many people's stories in a nice, neat little bow. But this show manages to do just that.

I will be very disappointed if there is a season 4 with these actors.

What to say?

I like Rogan's podcasts (depending on which guest/s he has on) but he is no stand-up comedian. Never has been, never will be.

I tuned in out of sheer curiosity. To see if the years of doing his podcasts has given him some kind of a fresh perspective. Some new takes. But NOPE! I am a 44 year old man and I can honestly say this was quite literally like listening to my Dad (who has similar views to Rogan) get up on a stage and try and do comedy. Joe's takes are at best a little outdated and at worst darn right embarrassing. If I was one of the Live audience members, I would've walked out after the 30 minute mark. As it is, I just simply switched it off and watched one of the old Dave Chapelle Netflix specials. Do yourselves a favour and skip this one.

I swear, Sandeep Reddy Vanga hates women. I really didn't think his movies could get any more misogynistic than Arjun Reddy or Kabir Singh but, hats off to the "creator", he's managed to surpass himself by creating the vilest, most toxic protagonist/"hero" I have ever seen on the big screen.

Ranbir Kapoor's Ranvijay Singh Balbir has absolutely zero redeeming qualities. Now, usually there is nothing wrong with that as we have seen our fair share of psychos in films that we have appreciated but Vanga makes abundantly clear that not only are we meant to understand his protagonist's intentions, we are actually supposed to root for him. We are supposed to laugh and hoot as he denegrades women every chance he gets and then nod accordingly when he attempts to justify why he is behaving the way he is. To say I was squirming watching this with my wife would be the biggest understatement of the decade.

I was hoping the promised over-the-top action set pieces and the acting from seasoned performers like Anil Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Prem Chopra and Bobby Deol would make some of the vileness worthwhile but it didn't come anywhere close.

There are a couple of enjoyable and applaudable moments in the film like a young and rambunctious Ranbir defends his sister against bullies at college, Ranbir Kapoor's quarrelling with his brother-in-law at his father's birthday party or Ranbir Kapoor gathering his troops in Punjab but these fleeting moments don't make up for sitting through over 3 and a half hours of something that comes across as an extended advertisement of masculinity made by the Tate brothers.

If this film is lauded and becomes a blockbuster amongst Indians, I can only sympathise with the stature in which women are perceived by Indian males.