#sairat

RamBheem Sairat/Dhadak AU

Ram as Archana/Parthvi

Bheem as Prashant/Madhu

Because

1. College RamBheem >>>

2. I can totally imagine Bheem being an idiot in love and doing all of that shit for Ram in the Yad Lagla MV

3. Teenager!Ram would be a meanie to Bheem at first on purpose for sure. Also, can you imagine him saying "You don't understand Telugu? Should I tell you in English?". Iconic.

it's a trashfire that reinforces brahminical patriarchy and i have to deal with every day irl so I'm not touching it with a ten foot pole. that thing should be fucking cancelled because it's actively harming people, far more than any TV show cancelled for a single person's problematic tweets. don't watch it. not even for the memes, not even to hate-watch. don't let netflix make money off of a system that has literally ruined millions of lives.

instead,

read annihilation of caste by dr. ambedkar to familiarise yourself with caste and its structural violence and understand the role arranged marriage plays in reproducing it

(fair warning: there's some pro-eugenics bits, but this is basically a required reading if you want to understand indian caste).

watch this documentary on honour killing—an act where a couple or a member of a couple is murdered because they violate caste norms to preserve 'honour'—to understand the true violence behind 'indian matchmaking'.

watch sairat, a groundbreaking marathi film exploring inter-caste love and honour killing.