K&S

 i will always remember the first time i watched kapoor and sons.

i hadn't watched the trailer or know anything about it in advance.

i went inside the movie theatre not knowing that my life was about to be transformed.

the first scene where they show the garden was when i had an inkling that this was my kind of movie.

and then in the scene where the plumber comes to fix a pipe in the bathroom and chaos ensues when family members start fighting-- i felt a sense of "aha, i know this" because that is how my family sometimes behaves (but never in public)

so this scene cracks me up everytime, specially the end -- "paisa kitna hua?" "ab aisi burey waqt mein joh aap ko thik lagey"

every fucking time.

the movie itself is simple.

the story is simple.

two brothers don't see eye to eye, parents who don't seem to enjoy each other's company, an old ailing grandparent who brings the family together and lots of stories happening all at once.

i can recite scene by scene from this movie and not get tired.

But the moment that transformed me fundamentally as a human being was the scene where fawad's character comes out to his mom.

when he said this is still me maa. i am still your son,

i bawled my eyes out.

i think this movie really gave me the courage to come out to my parents as bi (which i still debate might not have been the best idea because i am still figuring out my sexuality).

the end is so bittersweet where one objective is achieved but a thousand more are left hanging-- which is how life usually is.

so K&S will always have a special place in my heart,

and i truly believe that this is shakun batra's best work.