What happens when Jaideep Ahlawat, Ali Fazal, Aparshakti Khurana, Varun Grover, Sparsh Shrivastava, and Abhay Verma sit down with Yuvaa Co-founder (and your favorite host) Nikhil Taneja? Stereotypes get smashed, stories get real, and masculinity gets a much-needed glow-up.
In this very special end-of-year episode, we dive deep into how films shape society—and how society shapes films. From challenging the outdated “macho man” trope to redefining what it really means to Be A Man, Yaar!—this first-ever roundtable is as honest as it gets.
Be A Man, Yaar! All Stars Roundtable 2024
Presented by Black & White Ginger Ale, India
Powered by: Stuffcool
Creative Partner: MUBI
Associate Sponsor: Amazon Prime
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Precap
1:18 - Intro
2:04 - Cards For Sharing: What's given the most joy?
10:06 - Positive masculinity in film in 2024
19:13 - Safe boys vs Bad boys
20:28 - Toxic masculinity in film in 2024
32:48 - Varun Grover on violence in film
34:30 - Intent vs outcome in film
38:57 - Aparshakti on Stree 2
41:20 - Art & politics
44:00 - An actor's responsibility
51:46 - Never make a film with a gun in it?
55:35 - What is pookie???
56:19 - Who are you shaped by?
1:03:46 - MUBI Picks
1:06:58 - Stuffcool: what will power you?
1:09:44 - Cards For Sharing: Advice to teenage self
1:17:27 - Conclusion
CREDITS
Creator and Host: Nikhil Taneja
Produced by: Yuvaa Originals (Nikhil Taneja, Amritpal Singh Bindra and Anand Tiwari)
Director: Sakshi Gurnani
Executive Producer: Nirbhay Kumar
Associate Producer: Shantanu Anand
Creative Producer: Rushita Dave
DOP: Jay Kulkarni
Editor: Hemant Jena
Creative Head (Yuvaa): Anusha Shetty
Graphics: Srishti Choudhary, Khushi Verma
Talent Partnerships: Gajendra Yadav
Creative Assistant to the Creative Head: Riya Nahar
Marketing & Communications: Shrutika Hari
Social Media Content: Muskan Malpani
Business Head (Yuvaa): Neha Mathews
Brand Partnerships Associate: Shafeen Shikalgar
Event Production and Community Associate: Janki Godariya
Production Manager: Aditya Gaikwad
Associate Editor + DI- Harshal Rathore
Talent Associate: Varun Sawant, Shivam
Social Media Content Associate: Shreyash Patil, Chaitra Vartak
CAMERA TEAM:
Camera Assistants: Santosh Amin, Chinmay Chavan, Stalin Raju, Gunratne Bhaskar, Arbab Khan, Ujwal, Rajdeep, Anwar, Lalit, Ranjit
LIGHTING TEAM: Babu shaikh, Rajkumar, Dharam, Rahul, Prodip
DIT: Prasenjit Jadhav
ON LOCATION SOUND: Amar Singh
Sound Mix- Aditya Arya
EVENTS TEAM:
Eb21 Team
HMU: Khushboo
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY: Rohit Khetle
BTS: Sairaj Parel
SPOT:
Rajkumar
Pappu Bhai
TEAM YUVAA:
Co-founders: Nikhil Taneja, Amritpal Bindra, Anand Tiwari
CEO: Kevin Lee
Creative Head: Anusha Shetty
Head of Business: Neha Mathews
Accounts & Finance: Hiral Barot, Aditya Gaikwad
Legal Team: Anand & Naik
Charter Accountant: Bimal Parekh & Co.
TEAM: Maanvi, Shafeen Shikalgar, Bhavya Mathur, Adrian Fernades, Ninad Wani, Neha Khanna, Akshay Waghela, Khushi Verma, Rajat Desai
INTERNS: Varun, Shivam, Janhavi Tandon, Kinnari Vira, Mahi Adlakha, Monika, Rishika, Satyajeet Sarangi, Srishti Wagale, Trisha Agarwal, Kaumudi Jaiswal, Hasti Bhanushali, Palak, Shivam, Krisha Visarya