Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸

Film critic. Words: OPEN, The Hindu, New Indian Express, Outlook, Hindustan Times, Mint Lounge, and more. Ex-NDTV, Economic Times.

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

Woke up to this mail. 😭❤️

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

Ugh. I can’t with this fake laugh anymore

[αdil @ixadilx]

That's how insensitive they are.

[B 🦋 @DontWorryBoutB]

I hate the nose blindness that occurs w perfume. I’m tired of everybody telling me I smell good but I can’t smell it. I don’t buy this shit for yall. now what’s the solution?!

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

++ Using 'deranged lunacy' to describe assertions you don't agree with and expecting an academic to cite every single paper that exists on the topic shows that OP is trying hard to come up with reasons to justify their dislike for the researcher.

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

It is possible that Ranveer Singh was queerbaiting in 2010s—like Harry Styles in 2020s—but post-Dhurandar, Singh is stripped off his usual flamboyance. TBH, these are marketing tactics. Intriguing abstract, nonetheless. OP is clearly a hater though for bashing a fellow academic.

[Mad Milton @PhilipPanass]

What are people writing, yaar ...

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

Every year I see Indian film critics covering Locarno, Cannes and other festivals. It makes me wonder: how is this financially sustainable when freelance film criticism pays so little? Even with grants, travel and accommodation often require significant disposable income. (1/n)

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

@film_waala The ultimate rage bait of 2026

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

Ria Chops and her bhakts kindly note

[👤 @reggiediddat]

Just because you thought of an idea doesn’t mean it hasn’t existed for decades. Do deeper research before claiming originality.

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

....realistic expectations. We need to stop mistaking privilege for equal opportunity. This isn't about questioning anyone's success. It's about questioning a system where access to the world's biggest film festivals often depends as much on your bank balance as your byline.(end)

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

Every year I see Indian film critics covering Locarno, Cannes and other festivals. It makes me wonder: how is this financially sustainable when freelance film criticism pays so little? Even with grants, travel and accommodation often require significant disposable income. (1/n)

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

....pretending those resources dont matter and that talent will open all the doors for you.

To cover international festivals as an Indian film critic—let's be clear—you need talent AND generational wealth/disposable income/savings.

Transparency helps younger critics set..(3/n)

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

For @htTweets, I covered 21st Asian Women’s Film Festival (AWFF) held in Delhi.

With insightful conversations with Tillotama Shome and Tanushree Das, it was a celebration of powerful women-led cinema.

Edits: @utterflea 🌸

Full coverage here: https://t.co/SB2DvOUUke

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

Shut up

[Pop Base @PopBase]

A24 has commented on their recent AI partnership:

“We want to dictate what tools get built for artists, and so they have a voice in shaping them rather than having tools handed to them. We’d rather have a seat at the table than on the sidelines.”

(https://t.co/SR9GcOt12i)

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

The second most important requirement of being a journalist in India is a degree in Mass Comm. The first is not being your family's primary breadwinner.

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

So happy to see MAIN WAAPAS AUNGA getting the footfall it deserves. In all honesty, the film did not move me as much as I expected and I do feel it isn't Imtiaz Ali's best but it certainly is better than so many other films we see today. That alone matters.

[The Quint @TheQuint]

This 'Cocktail' goes down easy enough, but it lacks the potency, burn and aftertaste that made the original linger. @Deepansh75 reviews.
Read the full review: https://t.co/rq8pS6uoZk

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

Cocktail 2 Review: Promises Vintage Champagne, Delivers Lemon Soda

https://t.co/4RrjfkEzoc

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

@film_waala I lost it when she asked her best friend to do a loyalty test. Insane behaviour lol

[Deepansh Duggal 🕊🇵🇸 @Deepansh75]

Cocktail 2 Review: Promises Vintage Champagne, Delivers Lemon Soda

https://t.co/4RrjfkEzoc

[The Quint @TheQuint]

This 'Cocktail' goes down easy enough, but it lacks the potency, burn and aftertaste that made the original linger. @Deepansh75 reviews.
Read: https://t.co/rq8pS6uoZk