I hardly ever recommend films to watch, bachche. But Mrs is a film that everyone must watch, especially uncles and aunties and bachchas who aren’t uncles and aunties yet but behave the same way. Here’s why.

The Raja Beta Syndrome needs to be eradicated

I rarely feel pure rage coursing through my veins. But when the father and son in Mrs were sitting at the table devouring phulka after phulka with silbatte ki chutney, and the women were just running around all day catering to them, my blood was boiling. This Raja Beta Syndrome has spread to every Indian family and it’s taking down generations.

Why do we make our betis and bahus serve the betas and the other male members of the family? This attitude doesn’t even help boys, you know. By the way aapka raja beta smart nikal aaya and wants to go abroad to study or work, is his mummy or sister going to go with him? Or will he have to learn how to survive on his own? Obviously, the latter, right? Toh pehle se hi sikha do na. Every able-bodied adult should know how to look after themselves without external intervention. Your future bahu will appreciate this bare minimum effort so much that you’ll think award milna chahiye aapko for raising a decent man. Shaayad mil bhi jaaye, that’s how low the bar is for men.

No one needs a “head of the household”

These papa log who just assume they have to sit at the head of the table and cannot move a muscle beyond going from plate to mouth are the worst. If your uncle did something like this, I would’ve smacked him on the head to set his brain right. But unfortunately, this is the reality in most desi households. Have you ever wondered why though?

Why do we need a “head” of the household? Why can’t the adult members of the household have an equal say in every matter? Aisa kya hai mardon mein jo unko head of the household bana diya hai humne? Cheeni ka dabba toh inko milta nahi, head of the household banenge.

Learn to pay for labour instead of marrying off your son

Everyone knows how important it is to have a clean house and to be well-fed. These are the results of a human being’s labour. It is universally understood that labour is given in exchange for money. But we desis refuse to understand this very simple concept. If you need someone to cook and clean, hire a cook and cleaner. Why would you go through the whole taam-jhaam of finding a “homely, well-educated” girl, planning a wedding and pretending to be decent people in front of the whole world? Not like such marriages work out every time and free mein kaam ho jaata hai. Women also have eyes, ears and brains, and like Sanya Malhotra in Mrs, they can walk out of unhappy marriages. Phir divorce ke jhamele. Keep life simple, bros. Just hire a domestic worker.

A career in the arts is not to be dismissed as a “hobby”

In the film Mrs, Sanya Malhotra plays Richa, a talented professional dancer who puts her career on hold to settle into her marriage. But her husband and in-laws think it’s just a hobby and she shouldn’t get a job. Not even part-time. Because beta doctor hai and our obsession with doctor-engineer jobs is now world-renowned.

We think nothing of the arts and it shows in our utter lack of cultural understanding. So, the next time a bachcha, yours or someone else’s, comes to you and says they want to be a dancer, writer, actor, or anything else, be supportive instead of scoffing at them. We need the younger generations to like us, not wait for us to die to fulfil their dreams.

Uncles and aunties, please watch Mrs on Zee5 so that you don’t make the same mistakes as the uncles and aunties in this film. Thank me later.

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