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Nikhil Taneja Profile picture
@tanejamainhoon
Sep 27, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Congratulations to Adi sir and @yrf, a place I called home for 4 years, and that gave me the best opportunities, most creative freedom, and kindest working environment in my professional career.

I owe a lot to YRF and I made friends for life there. Hope it continues soaring :)
Congratulations to all the lovely people who make up & have made the many parts of the studio, who are the closest I've come to knowing what a 'work family' can feel like.. when everyone comes together for doing good work, but with utmost respect and love for each other. #YRF50
Don't know if there's any legacy studio in the world who had the kind of image that YRF has had, and that would have still allowed us to do what we did with Y-Films online. I am so very proud of Bang Baaja Baaraat, Ladies Room, Man's World, Pappu and Papa, and 6 Pack Band #YRF50.
Though we were doing shows on gender equality, sex education, feminism and trans rights with our shows that happened to be 4 among the first 7 web shows ever made in India - in 2015 - we had the full support of Adi sir, and I still can't believe how he let us get away with it! :)
But my favourite memory of YRF isn't the success I had there, it's what Adi sir told us on the Saturday after a film we had worked on (for 3 years, made before I even joined!) had failed.

'It's just a film and it's just a Friday, don't take it too hard.. you'll have many more.'
I sometimes wish that YRF shows the kind of badassery & fearlessness with its studio releases that it did with our tiny venture at Y-Films, because it is filled with people who love stories. But I have come to respect its old school values, and will always love it for what it is.
The kind of respect the YRF system gives to those who care for films is a special thing. And I'll always remain the wide-eyed kid who got to see his dream come true, to work in the studio that made the films he grew up loving.

Thank you, @yrf <3. Can't wait for the 100! #YRF50
PS. If you haven't watched any of the web shows I mentioned, do check them out on youtube.com/yfilms. We made them much before the world exploded with web shows, and I remain incredibly proud of the honesty in them! :)

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Feb 10
Thread on BeerBiceps and the Outrageous Outrage

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We have become a Banana Republic.

Ranveer Allahabadia said something, which at best was cringe, and at worst was crass. But in the span of a single day, there have been police cases filed in Mumbai and GUWAHATI, against him and the other judges on the panel, among whom is a 23 year old woman. The National Human Rights Commission, the Maharashtra Women’s Commission and the Maharashtra Chief Minister (!!!!!) have given statements, vowing to do something about this.

Almost every single political party has sworn to take action. I have so much to say about this. But first, a genuine question: when was the last time you saw the entire political and legal machinery take such swift action in our country???

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Yes, there is a conversation to be had about what he said, and where does a joke stop being a joke? What are the boundaries of art, free speech and comedy (if any), and when can content be considered vulgar or indecent, and what culture actually contributes to the shaping or harming of a society’s moral fabric? There’s also a conversation about who is allowed to say what joke, and who is offended by it.

I wish we would also have a thoughtful discourse about why India’s Got Latent is one of the biggest original digital IPs, and how, in the abnormal times we live in, dark humour and dank language is a sanctuary for those who are exhausted by the sermons and sanctimony of our society’s gatekeepers.

And last of all, there is probably an important and necessary conversation about podcasters using their platforms to amplify or endorse misinformation and disinformation, and when is comedy used as an excuse to be abusive in language.

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WHAT CAN MEN DO TO HELP

I have been struggling to find words about the heinous and tragic crime of sexual violence and murder of a young doctor in Kolkata, and have only been amplifying stories of women & medical professionals so far.

But looking at the comments in so many posts of women, I’ve been horrified & disturbed.. but sadly not surprised. Hundreds of men have, as usual, chosen to respond with ‘Not all men’, ‘Men get raped too’, ‘Fake feminism’, ‘Victim card’, ‘Attention seeker’ and so on.

They are going to attack this post too, and I’m not sure if there’s any easy way to fight that mindset, so this post is aimed at the other men: who are feeling deeply uncomfortable today, and aren’t sure what men can do to help. As it turns out: we can do EVERYTHING.

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WHAT CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW

Listen, read and amplify
A lot of the anger today is aimed at men, and rightfully so. Instead of reacting to it or taking it personally, we must read as many accounts of women speaking up, to understand and acknowledge their pain. And we must then use our platforms to amplify as many of those voices as we can.

But this must not stop only at social media. We must create spaces among our families, friends and teammates, for women to be able to express themselves without judgement, shame or fear. Listen, but not to react, or even to respond, but to just intentionally, meaningfully and genuinely listen.

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WHAT CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW

Speak up and show up
It’s a shame that not enough men - even decent, well-intentioned men - are sharing stories or posts or commenting or supporting the women who are. A silent support is no support at all.

Of course, there will be men who will attack us too, who will write degrading messages like ‘nahin degi’ (which I’ve received a *lot*) or will try to find ulterior motives to this bare minimum. But there is strength in numbers - if enough of us speak up, others will too.. and it may just compel those who think otherwise to join us too.

But this support cannot be limited to online spaces: show up offline. Join protests. Add our voices to those of the women.

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Feb 3, 2024
Wow, so #PoonamPandey is alive. A friend of mine told me in private last night that this is a campaign by a digital agency, but I was skeptical. Because could we really fall this low? Looks like we have.

So many things wrong with this. #Thread
There are hundreds of thousands of people who die from cancer every year. To use a cancer-led death as a tool for a publicity stunt is one of the most insensitive, thoughtless, vile ideas anyone's come up with. You've diminished real deaths & suffering, and made a mockery of a terrible illness.
Beyond that, you've turned the HPV vaccine into a punchline. I really hope that every woman who was considering taking this vaccine after the news of the death yesterday, goes ahead with it, because chances are that this will have the opposite effect: people will not want to be associated with anything Poonam Pandey was.
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Spoke to @shrutisonal26 for a @timesofindia piece on 'The rise of alpha males' thanks to films like Animal, Gadar & <name the South blockbuster>.

While I don't disagree that hypermasculinity has made big bucks, I have a contrarian view on its rise. The reason? @iamsrk

#Thread
If there's a trend about so-called alpha males, and the associated misogyny, aggression and violence, I urge everyone to look at another trend: the giant success of the 'softboy' masculinity of SRK's 500 Cr+ blockbusters of this very year, Pathaan and Jawan.

Some examples:
In Pathaan, the introduction to Deepika's character is through an action scene where she saves SRK's character. And at no point does 'Pathaan' try to 'take charge' (or even try to cut himself loose).. he knows Rubina is very well in charge, and she's kicking all ass!
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My Annual List of TV, movie and book recommendations is here! ☺️
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My top TV Dramas, Dramedies and Fun Things from 2022: ImageImageImageImage
My top Hindi TV/film, non fiction and book recommendations from 2022:
(I haven't seen enough of any of these!) ImageImageImageImage
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May 30, 2022
#Thread on the memeification of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial:

Alright, so I know I'm going to get hate for this thread, but I'm a bit fed up of seeing the hundreds of (mostly Heard) parody videos + memes from the trial, and I'm a bit sick about what they represent.

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First: everything I know about the trial, I know against my will. I've never sought out, read up on, or watched videos of the trial - until it started seeking me. Until I wasn't able to escape it. Until it became pop culture the same way Trump did, *before* he was elected.

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Second: I'm not going to get into the facts of the trial, because at this time, everyone has their own facts (her truth, his truth, the truth).

Irrespective of the trial's outcome, Heard has already lost. She's not a survivor, she's not even a perpetrator, she's a meme now.

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