Dr. Vikas Divyakirti on Gender, Sexuality, Toxicity, Loneliness | Nikhil Taneja | Be A Man Yaar | S2

Dr. Vikas Divyakirti opens up about gender roles, toxic masculinity, patriarchy in his house, the concept of women, his love for table tennis, rejections, and many more only on Season 2 of Be A Man, Yaar with Nikhil Taneja, powered by The Man Company. Captions available in both English and Hindi This heartfelt conversation is available as an extended, UNFILTERED podcast on Amazon Music. Supported by Rohini Nilekani Foundation Associate Sponsor Maybelline India Tune in next Wednesday, 11th September for episode 9 of Be A Man, Yaar! With Nikhil Taneja, featuring Ankush Bahuguna & Viraj Ghelani. For bite-sized versions of your favourite Yuvaa conversations, subscribe to Yuvaa Clips here:    / @yuvaaclips   0:00 Dr. Vikas Divyakirti on #BeAManYaar 3:14 Unboxing Boyhood 🗃️ 3:45 Dr. Vikas’ Childhood Memories 🥹 4:52 Stereotypes of Masculinity 🤯 11:02 Gender Roles in Dr. Vikas’ Family 13:01 On Drinking & Smoking 16:01 Dr. Vikas on Wanting to Visit Pakistan 17:59 On Playing Sports As a Kid 🏏 19:20 Noticing Patriarchy Growing Up in Haryana 21:24 Nikhil’s Cute College Story 😬 22:45 Differences Between Men & Women 25:30 Loneliness in Young Men 🫣 27:25 How Dr. Vikas’ Thinking Has Evolved 35:48 Dr. Vikas and Taruna Ma’am’s Love Story ❤️ 41:26 Andrew Tate, Toxic Male Ego and More 🫠 50:40 Who is Progressive and Who is Conservative? 52:58 Young Men and Their Anger Towards Women 57:40 The Rise in Toxic Masculinity 1:02:43 Toxic Masculinity in Films 🎥 1:05:55 On Raising Feminist Children 💚 1:08:15 Women Want To Know ft. Medha Shakar ❤️ 1:13:09 Kind Shoutouts 🥳 1:19:03 Men Complimenting Men 🫂 1:26:27 BE A MAN, YAAR! 1:26:52 BraveTalk Moment 1:27:25 Episode 9 Preview ft. Ankush Bahuguna and Viraj Ghelani CREDITS: CREATED & HOSTED BY: Nikhil Taneja DIRECTED BY: Gabriel Ghoderao PRODUCED BY: Yuvaa Originals (Nikhil Taneja, Amritpal Bindra, Anand Tiwari) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Nirbhay Kumar DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Sahil Gaikwad EDITOR: Hemant Jena CREATIVE PRODUCER: Nikhil Taneja ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Sajal Kumar ASSOCIATE CREATIVE PRODUCER & POST PRODUCER: Rushita Dave LINE PRODUCER: Abhijeet Warang CREATIVE HEAD: Anusha GS Shetty DESIGNER: Srishti Choudhary, Aprajita Vaid CREATIVE ASSOCIATE (TALENT & MARKETING): Gajendra Yadav CREATIVE ASSOCIATE (MARKETING & SOCIAL): Riya Nahar CHIEF AD: Upashna Chhetri SECOND AD: Suyash Agrawal CAMERA OPERATOR: Sunil Vishwakarma, Shiva Mohanty, Shekhar Shinde, Afreen Ansari RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Sakshi Makwana PRODUCTION MANAGERS: Swara Warang and Umesh Gurav PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (Yuvaa): Aditya Gaikwad PRODUCTION DESIGN: Navin kanade, Onam Dhake (MAKESET design) ART DIRECTION: Navin Kumar Kanade ART ASSISTANT- Bhavesh Bonde, INTERNS:Apurva and Nirmayyee STYLING: Rehha Mehta ASSISTANT STYLIST: Apeksha Mirani MAKE UP: Soham Kadam and Mahi ASSISTANT PRODUCER: STUDIO: North Studio, Mumbai STUDIO (Kartik and Manish Eps): Moonshine Studios, Andheri CAMERA ASSISTANTS: BTS: Prachi Adesara BTS (Aryan Pasha Eps): Anmol Kachroo STILL PHOTOGRAPHER: Samrat Nagar SOUND RECORDIST: Akhilesh P. Singh SOUND ASSISTANT: Abhishek Rathour CAMERA TEAM: Brown Bird Films DIT: Vishal Chavan & Shivam Singh LIGHTS: Rinkukumar Gupta SPOT TEAM: Suresh, Sham, Vighnesh, Ramcharan, Harish, Raju,Ismail TEAM YUVAA: CEO: Kevin Lee BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS LEAD: Neha Mathews YOUTUBE LEAD: Triparna Rout Chari EDITOR IN CHIEF: Maanvi COMMUNITY MANAGER: Dhira Rambhia HR MANAGER: Adrian Fernandes ACCOUNTS & FINANCE: Hiral Barot and Aditya Gaikwad CA: Bimal Parekh & Co. LEGAL: Anand & Naik POST PRODUCTION TEAM STUDIO MANAGEMENT: Sumeet Kamath, Sreeram Ramanathan, Ashish Heblekar MOTION DESIGNER: Vivek Teotia SOUND ENGINEER: Aditya Arya ASSISTANT SOUND ENGINEER: Gaurav Saxena SOUND STUDIO: The Indian Audio Company COLOR GRADE STUDIO - Coolab COLORIST - Siddharth Sathe CONSULTING COLORIST - Dilshad Nanji DI LINE PRODUCER - Michael Arrakal STUDIO MANAGEMENT- Sumeet Kamath, Sreeram Ramanathan, Ashish Heblekar TEAM: Muskan Malpani, Khushi Verma, Shafeen Shikalgar, Bhavya Mathur, Janki Godariya, Shreyash Patil, Ninad Wani, Azlan khan, Ishika Agarwal, Rajat Desai, Neha Khana, Harshal Rathor, Akshay Waghela INTERNS: Noor, Poorna Aggrawal, Varun Sawant, Rishika Kulshreshtha, Anushka Choudhari, Reva Lakhmani, Anurag Sharma, Sherebanu Yusuf, Radhika Bahadur, Asmi Jani, Samaira Rekhi, Krisha Thakkar Dr. Vikas Divyakirti on Gender, Sexuality, Toxicity, Loneliness