Imran from Huddersfield
Whilst I wouldn’t quite say I’m the anti-Ahmed, it does sound like we had quite different up bringings - my mother has way too much love, I could have posters on my walls (just not faces), and they were more then happy for me to listen to rock music - though it would have been hypocritical if they didn’t as my dad raised me on The Beatles, Cat Stevens and Bob Dylan.
So in that sense maybe the familiarities I see in the show are more pronounced for me - even taking into account that Kamala is a generation removed from myself, and we are of the same generation as her parents (which would explain there more liberal stance).
Anyway, on this episode - The first 20 minutes was fantastic. It did a great job of telling that backstory, and felt so Un-Marvel like - I’d imagine if my parents sat down to watch it they’d probably think it was some sort of Indian drama. In fact, I think they should have gone all-in and had a singing and dancing musical love song in there - but maybe thats just me! The train station scene was also great, so well shot, and gave me flashbacks to the Dev Patel film “Lion” - still the only time I’ve cried in a cinema in my entire life.
The rest of the episode was a bit of a let-down in comparison I thought, and the ending seemed incredibly abrupt - but hey, I guess we can’t stay in 1940’s India forever.
As we’re devling into British ruled India in this episode - this week can I recommend the movie “RRR” - an Indian movie released this year that is set around that time, and has actually managed to cut through the culture barrier and hit it pretty big with American critics and audiences. Its on Netflix and it is genuinely one of the most bonkers films you are likely to see - with action scenes so over the top, it would make Michael Bay blush.