Tom Cruise lands in Cannes with his Top Gun: Maverick

The film was a pop culture moment. It was also responsible for the skyrocketing popularity of Ray-Bans; the glasses are worn by all the cool aviators and called the cops and thugs in Hollywood and Bollywood.

Tom Cruise is one of Peter Pan's ever-growing stars - he hasn't looked a day old since he appeared as Top Gun in 1987. So top Gun's sequel, Maverick, coming more than 30 years after the original, is a moment that stands out. In Cannes. Staggering into the screaming crowd that had lined the Croisette for hours, Cruz happily posed for a selfie while the band sang "Great Balls Of Fire," the national anthem from the original film that made us all jump together.

When the original film came out, "Dude Brothers" had not yet been coined. Top Gun is nothing more than a group of brothers who get involved in piercing manhood while trying to save the world. It was a film for its time, in a way that demeans the boy-to-be as the "boys" swarm the only woman on base. Charming instructor Kelly McGillis was targeted, and we fell in love with the romance. A character says to Cruise Captain Pete Maverick Mitchell, "You're going home with the hottest women," saying the captain smiled because he thought his charm was a girl magnet, as McGillis saw it.

The film was a pop culture moment. It was also responsible for the skyrocketing popularity of Ray-Bans; the glasses are worn by all the cool aviators and called the cops and thugs in Hollywood and Bollywood.

Cruz is the ultimate superstar that we easily forgive even when they do the weirdest things - hopping on the couch with the famous emcee still being considered? Top Gun took Cruz's career straight into the stratosphere, and he's still around, beating mission impossible and spinning cycles. (Please look forward to the Indian Express review when the film arrives in India at the end of May).