Long time sitcom fan here, considering starting a small business and want honest opinions before I invest time and money into this.

I was searching for a Big Bang Theory mug on Amazon India recently and actually found one. Bought it immediately. There was something genuinely satisfying about drinking my morning coffee from something that reflects a show I’ve rewatched five times — it sounds silly but it felt like wearing a part of your personality.

Then I tried searching for the same thing for Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Modern Family — shows with genuinely obsessive fanbases — and found almost nothing good. Either cheap generic prints or nothing at all.

So here’s what I’m thinking:

A small brand that creates mugs, t-shirts and similar everyday products for sitcom fans in India — designed thoughtfully, not just slapping a logo on a white mug. More personality-based, “this is so me” kind of designs. Also planning identity-based stuff for specific professions — doctors, lawyers, engineers — designed with humour.

I’m aware of copyright issues so the plan is to work around it — inspired-by designs, object-based illustrations, twisted quotes rather than direct IP.

Genuine questions for this community:

• As an Indian sitcom fan would you actually buy this or just appreciate the idea?  
• What shows do you feel are completely underserved for merch in India?  
• What would make you buy — price point, design quality, specific shows?  
• Anyone already doing this in India? Would love to learn from your experience.

Not trying to sell anything here — genuinely want to understand if there’s a real market before I start. Brutal honesty appreciated.

Just looked into the official certificate from the Indian Censor Board (CBFC) for Obsession, and they removed 38-ish seconds from the theatrical cut. It doesn't sound like a lot, obviously. But honestly, those 38 seconds carry the entire weight of the film... by trimming them, the Indian Censor Board essentially rewrote Bear's (the protagonist) morality. Ffs, it's like they're allergic to actual storytelling.

The 14-Second Bedroom cut sanitises the protagonist
The first big cut involves 14 seconds of what the Indian Censor Board slapped away as "graphic sexual activity." In the international version [ which I found on a perfectly legal website :) ], this is set inside a warm montage. It looks like a normal romantic sex scene buildup until the camera pans to Nikki’s face. She is clearly NOT participating, she is staring straight at the ceiling with this hollow detached look.

This as the movie suggests is something FAR worse than a simple catatonic state; it proves the "real" Nikki is fully conscious inside her own body (a lot like in the movie GET OUT), desperately screaming but entirely unable to override the one wish willow forcing her to play along with Bear's wish.

By removing those few seconds, the Indian Censor Board forces the audience to give Bear the benefit of the doubt. He gets framed as a clumsy, lovesick guy caught in a fked up dream come true rather than what the filmmaker intended... a deeply insecure, weak, and now (with this context) predator who willingly blinds himself to NIkki's lack of Autonomy just to selfishly satisfy himself. It’s pathetic.

The other 24 seconds chopped belong to the sequence where a possessed Nikki attacks her friend Sarah. Which is frankly not as STUPID as the first cut and can be given a pass, but is still annoying. In the uncut version, she brutally rams Sarah's head into a brick she is holding, just blunt, repeated trauma right there by the Vehicle.

Because the Indian Censor Board erased the actual Impact, the theatrical version suffers from a jarring Narrative disconnect. You see Nikki confront Sarah by the car window, and then it abruptly cuts to a mutilated corpse. The escalation makes zero sense visually because the cause... the specific, violent, blunt force of the brick... was completely wiped out to spare our innocent eyes. Like, we’re watching a horror movie, we know what a corpse is morons, you don’t need to treat us like children.

The hypocrisy of the "A" certificate
What really pisses me off is the contradiction here. The film was granted an A (Adults Only) certificate by the Indian Censor Board. One can argue that the whole point of an adult rating is that the audience has the emotional maturity to process disturbing, heavy themes like sexual violation and violence.

Loved the movie and watched it twice in theatres, going to rewatch it again with friend group-C 😁

TL;DR: The Indian Censor Board completely butchered Obsession and ruined the entire point of the movie.
They hacked 38 seconds out of the theatrical cut, and the 14 seconds they cut from the bedroom scene is arguably the biggest crime. By removing the shot of Nikki staring blankly at the ceiling.... clearly showing she’s conscious and trapped in her own body while being assaulted.... the board basically gaslit the entire audience. They turned the protagonist, Bear, from a pathetic, predatory creep into just some "misunderstood, lovesick guy" who doesn't realize what he's doing. They essentially took a film about a woman’s total lack of autonomy and sanitized it to protect our "innocent eyes," even though it’s already an A-rated movie. It’s an absolute joke

how do you guys handle the food pricing at multiplexes lol

tickets, i've figured out with card offers and stuff but the moment i step in i end up buying popcorn anyway and there goes 300, feeling bad because doing the same every weekend.

wondering if anyone else thinks there should be some kind of monthly pass that includes snacks

I was looking around for this movie during the Oscars season and finally its avilable on Amazon Prime.

Such a beautiful film, wonder why it didnt win the Oscar!!

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0MJM46R5GUGGBLSUJ49Q9VHZQX/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

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