feels like love
Director: Ruchir Arun, Tahira Kashyap, Danish Aslam, Anand Tiwari, Sachin Kundalkar, Jaideep Sarkar
Mold: Radhika Madan, Amol Parashar, Kajol Chugh, Mihir Ahuja, Simran Jahani, Rohit Saraf, Saba Azad, Sanjita Bhattacharya, Jane Mary Khan, Neeraj Madhav, Tanya Maniktala and Skanda Thakur
Netflix’s anthology Feel Like Ishq navigates through the various meanings and interpretations of love, without ever trying to limit it to predetermined standards, and respect its varying definitions.
Anyone who grew up consuming a fair amount of Bollywood content knows that if you’re not into singing and dancing in a picturesque location, or going up against the whole world to prove your love, So it’s not special. Episode six of Feels Like Ishq takes a detour from this trope and reminds us that love can be found in the most unlikely, even mundane places, and how different each situation can be for people. Yes, it’s special.
Ruchir Arun’s Save the Da(y)te by Monisha Thiagarajan features a runaway bride’s best friend (Radhika Madan), who forms an unexpected bond with the wedding planner (Amol Parashar) while they are engaged in ‘Muhurta’. First they are looking for the bride. passes; While Tahira Kashyap’s Quarantine Crush written by Ghazal Dhaliwal will take you back to your teenage days with the pandemic induced lockdown. However, the heart gets what it wants and it finds a way around every situation, even a pandemic.
These shorts may have a Bollywood flair but they really try to break out of those cliches.
Written by Sulagna Chatterjee, Danish Aslam’s She Loves Me She Loves Me Not deserves applause for normalizing a quirky love story. In his short, When Two Women (played by debutants Sanjita Bhattacharya and Saba Azad) fall in love, it is neither over the top nor about the struggle of two lesbian women. That’s it—the heartwarming journey of two women.
This is the reason why Sachin Kundalkar’s interview is different. Written by Arti Rawal and starring Neeraj Madhav and Zain Marie Khan, the story follows two characters who go for a job interview but come back with a blossoming friendship. In short the working class struggle is shown without pushing the idea of overly hopeless or toxic positivity that one should always be content with less.
Rohit Saraf and Simran Jehani’s blossoming chemistry will strike a chord in a picturesque location in the episode Star Host directed by Anand Tiwari, where the former proves that he is more than just his charm and charisma.
Finally, Ishq Mastana, by Shubhra Chatterjee (writer) and Jaideep Sarkar (director), starring Tanya Maniktala and Skanda Thakur, finds its ground in a protest ground where a man sees his worldview change.
The series has its share of flaws and flaws and not all stories claim uniqueness. But that doesn’t take anything away from it because that’s where the essence of the series lies.
Netflix’s Feel Like Ishq is neither old wine in a new bottle nor the most unique one you can get your hands on. This is a refreshing lemonade that you would love to drink on a hot summer day.
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