The 5 Favourite Film & TV Characters from the Pre-Smartphone Era

Rahul Vishnoi

Indu Tyagi (Konkona Sen Sharma) from Omkara
While Omkara set the spotlight on Langada Tyagi, it was Konkona that had a catalytic streak. She is playful and wacky.

Geet (Kareena Kapoor) and Aditya (Shahid Kapoor) from Jab We Met
Geet is bubbly-done-best by director Imtiaz Ali. Like a solid glass base for Kareena's cola-esque effervescence, Shahid provides a calm bedrock against which Kareena sparkles in a once-in-a-lifetime performance.

Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) from The Big Bang Theory
He has a favourite spot to sit on a couch and explains why to a character in intricate detail, has days earmarked to eat different cuisines. How can you not be in love with him?

Meera (Deepika Padukone) from Love Aaj Kal
Before Veronica, Tara and Piku, there was Meera. She is scintillating in the scenes where she wordlessly eats, adjusts furniture and goes through the rigamarole of a breakup.

Rahul Kapoor (Fawad Khan) from Kapoor and Sons
“The shoes aren't orange,” a composed Khan explains to the baffled girl his mother has chosen to be his date, “they are tangerine”. Rahul is one of mainstream Hindi movies' first queer characters. He is suave, a successful writer and struggling to get into good books.