2015 has been a great year for pop culture. The nostalgia trips made us feel far older than we are. Shah Rukh Khan‘s first movie as a true blue romantic hero turned 20, J.K Rowling announced that the sequel to the Harry Potter series would be a play, and Bruce Jenner officially became Caitlyn. On that note, check out the top 20 moments in 2015 that will always remain a part of popular culture!
1) The Sarabhai v Sarabhai reunion
The entire cast and crew of Sarabhai v Sarabhai celebrated the 10 year anniversary of one of Indian television’s best shows ever. It made us so happy!
2) 20 years of DDLJ
Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol are all set to return to the big-screen in their upcoming release Dilwale, and on the 20th anniversary of this small movie called Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, they featured in this magical video together. Also, here are 20 facts you probably didn’t know about DDLJ (we saw the entire documentary too).
3) Jon Snow isn’t dead
All Game Of Thrones fans have known and mourned the stabbing on Jon Snow at the finale of Season 5. But there are very strong reports that everyone’s favourite ‘crow‘ isn’t dead yet. So much so that he’s also been spotted shooting for a war scene in full Stark armour! This man isn’t going anywhere.
4) 11 years of F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Which means the kid who has never seen a new episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S is already in middle school.
5) On Air With AIB
“Tragedy mein comedy” is the one line description of All India Bakchod‘s show – On Air With AIB. The AIB boys getting a TV show is definitely a big moment for all their fans who followed them since they started their podcast. They got into trouble for pulling off a brilliant roast of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor in December last year, but that hasn’t stopped them from taking on major issues like fire safety, public spaces and pollution in India through this Last Week Tonight by John Oliver–isque show. Started from the bottom and now they’re here!
6) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
J.K Rowling revealed that the next sequel to Harry Potter will be a two-part play which will be performed in London. Yes, I know how unfair it is! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be about Albus Severus Potter and Harry’s life after Voldemort‘s death. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
7) A new Twilight book came out
Life and Death: Twilight Re-Imagined came out this year. Edward and Bella have been gender swapped. Bella is now a boy named Beaufort Swan (I’m not kidding) and Edward is now a female vampire called Edythe Cullen.
8) Frankie Ramdayal is a hottie
9) Back To The Future
October 21st, 2015 is the Back To The Future date. The ‘future’ is now the past!
10) Bruce Jenner officially became Caitlyn Jenner
Bruce Jenner officially became Caitlyn Jenner this year and identified herself as a trans woman.
11) David Letterman retired
Stephen Colbert took over from the man who created the Late Night legacy – David Lettermen.
12) The sequel of To Kill A Mockingbird released
And we got to know that Atticus Finch is racist. 🙁
13) The Hunger Games Franchise got over
Katiniss Everdeen finally found happiness and Jennifer Lawrence can finally say goodbye to the character that made her a superstar.
14) Jay Z and Solange’s elevator fight
Nobody knows what was that about.
15) Jennifer Lawrence reacted to the hacking of her nude pictures
The hacking of personal pictures of Jennifer Lawrence, Kaley Cuoco, and many other top actresses stunned the entire world. Not the one to mince her words, Jennifer compared the hacking to a sex crime.
16) Ashley Madison hack
The website Ashley Madison (which helps married people to cheat on their spouses) got hacked which lead to a major leak of the site’s database. Yep, if you went to the deep pockets of the Internet, you could put in your partner’s email id and check if they have an Ashley Madison account or not.
17) AIB roast went up on YouTube this year
The show happened in December but it was put up on YouTube on January this year. What happened next literally blew everyone’s minds! 😛
18) Dubsmash became a thing
From a just an app used by celebrities to mouth dialogues of the movies they’ve done or wish they had done to having legit movie promotions via the app. Dubsmash has come a long way and it’s here to stay.
19) The Dress
Blue and black or white and gold? This question still haunts me. Also, the entire Team MissMalini spent the whole day debating over the colours of the dress.
20) Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan reunited on-screen!
They became friends at Baba Siddique‘s Eid party a few years ago, but they finally came together on-screen for Bigg Boss 9 and we died!
Which were the top pop culture moments of 2015 according to you?