Three years ago, entrepreneur Archit Malhotra and filmmaker Terence-Hari Fernandes came together to create Lekh Haq — a cinema company focused on decentralising film financing and helping audiences find community-driven films, while also working at the intersection of inclusivity in cinema. Then, during the lockdown, they began hosting watch parties for people to join in, view, and share their mutual love for cinema. But since the beginning of the pandemic’s second wave, they have transformed these watch parties to what they now call the Feel-Good Film Fest — a weekly film screening held every Saturday. “We started this initiative because the second wave has been tough, and I think we all need some more positivity around us,” Malhotra explains.

A still from the movie The Half Of It, which will be screened later this month