It offered something Bollywood rarely dared to show at the time: anti-heroes. The protagonists, Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe), were wealthy, manipulative, and sexually awakened. They were not looking for a soulmate to sing songs in the Alps with; they were playing a dangerous game of chess with human emotions.
Perhaps it is time for a proper Hindi reboot. With a new generation of actors willing to play grey characters (think Ayushmann Khurrana in Andhadhun or Ranveer Singh in Padmaavat ), Bollywood is finally ready to do justice to the source material. Until then, Cruel Intentions remains that illicit, guilty pleasure—a film introduced to us on scratched DVDs, watched in whispers, and remembered every time we hear the swelling strings of Bitter Sweet Symphony . cruel intentions hindi
"मैं झूठ बोलता हूँ, तो वो सच लगता है। तुम सच बोलती हो, तो वो झूठ लगता है।" — Cruel Intentions It offered something Bollywood rarely dared to show
