The Girlfriend

"Nee cleavage kanipinchinappudu boys inka gattiga claps kottaru" > ~ a man-- sorry, MANCHILD who kept his two upper buttons open and kept interacting with a girl who clearly wanted him to breakup with the girlfriend (and also beat the shit out of a guy who the girlfriend was friends with just cuz he had a crush on her and realized she didn't like her back and minded his own business) Oh man, it's been a while since I teared up watching a movie, kallallo neellu thirigayi when Durga was cleaning Bhooma's door. Anyways kothaga cheppadaaniki em ledu, Rahul Ravindran is a GOAT when it comes to depicting feminism on screen inko Shekhar Kammula otw anochu ee vishayam lo (kondharu untaru) (oh hi Neeraja Kona) so ig imma just thought dump Rushie was amazing as usual I got flashbacks to Lilly (which reminds me, "every girl deserves a Vijay Devarakonda" AHHHH MY CUTIESSSSS MY HEARTTTTTT) and Anu as Durga was 1) gorgeous and 2) really good, but the person who stole the show for me was Rohini gaaru 🧎🏻‍♀️ the subtle change in expression when Bhooma asked her about her life held so much power GOSH 🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️ imma be witnessing that scene in my nightmares jeez she was AMAZING and that shit was SCARY ASL. However it sucked that my man my cutie my pookie Deekshith looked so cute in the movie and acted like an a--hole bruh SMH, sorry pookie but I felt like throwing my chappal at your face the whole time ❤️ What I absolutely loved about this was Bhooma's (mentioned in detail below) and Vikram's characterizations being so real. Vikram aithe jeez Rahul was spot on about how men gaslight irl and how they twist around the conflict to their own convenience (ex. saying "naaku ela untundi" when she was platonically interacting with her guy friend, making his 9 arrears her reason for their breakup and not his control over her, all his friends going "ee ammayilu anthe ra ippudu ila anesi repu foreign sambandham okay antaru" and bs like that Rahul man you're amazing) Anyways thought dump fr now: I feel like every girl/woman out there has been a Bhooma at some point of her life, when her innocence and the charm that came with it really used to be the reason she used to stand out but it's taken away from her in a millisecond just because of a guy's stupidity that'll scar her for the rest of her life. And at that point, I and every girl who has been thru her Bhooma phase would wish that every girl who's going thru it or is gonna go thru it also gets a Durga to help her and essentially fix her in her "rebellious" journey, to help her understand who she is and how she's worth so much more than the perception of those guys. It makes sense if that "Durga" is a woman (cuz guess who has to suffer as a result of misogyny), I somehow somewhat found this figure in a guy best friend, and beshtie saar if you're seeing this you're the bestest person ever and I'm always so so so grateful for your presence 👉🏼👉🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Despite being a whole adult rn I still know women of my age not being allowed to talk to other guys of her age and are shook by the fact that my parents don't question me when I talk to/about guy friends which is acc so scary and also makes me realize how privileged I really am to not relate to this movie to the extent that many other girls would (no jinxing please) Also the last 30-40 min reminded me of this brief interaction I had with an acquaintance of mine who also happens to be my ex-bestie's boyfriend rn and acquaintance had asked me, "dunno why girls are so difficult on friendships like damn this level of holding aint possible between guys 😂", CUZ THERE ARE VERY VERY LIMITED GUY FRIEND GROUPS THAT ACC HELP EACH OTHER BE GOOD PEOPLE, most of these guy to guy friendships (as far as I've seen with the guys I've known) are usually there for reassurance even if that means that they're in the wrong whereas girl friendships lo there's always this feminine need to guide the other person and let them know when they're in the right and when they're in the wrong. Obviously overdoing that is also wrong but like it's so sweet and the intentions are always so pure omg I love and miss girl friendships so much I would highly recommend this film to girls in high school and undergrad which is usually when they go thru shit like this (which is why I removed the ½ star, masters students ante nammabuddi kaaledu but again I've never lived in India so idk), and ladies please remember that no man is worth losing your self respect over, and you have the right to reject his advances. Oka relationship lo boyfriend maathrame undadu, girlfriend kuda untundi.