It is official. The award for the most unlikable male character of 2016 will be shared by Ranbir Kapoor’s Ayan in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Ranveer Singh’s Dharam in Befikre. These are clueless boys with the emotional and intellectual depth of a nine-year-old with the tumultuous hormones of a teenager and are paired with […]
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Bajirao Mastani : Of Mirrors, Swords And Fearless Passion
That scene in K Asif’s Mughal-E-Azam? Where Nigar Sultana stealthily puts on the bejewelled crown of the future queen of Hindustan? Well, you know exactly what was on Bhansali’s mind when Priyanka Chopra tries on her Peshwa’s warrior helmet to preen before a mirror. Like Nigar Sultana’s Bahaar, Priyanka’s Kashi Bai in Bajirao Mastani […]
A Languid Cruise Through Chaos
Why would a woman whose marriage is a painful farce stay with her husband for 30 long years? Perhaps for the joy of chatting up her son on a luxurious sofa in a beautiful home that resembles a Balinese resort and where a leaf falls noiselessly in a pool. She is Neelam (Shefali Shah) and […]
Atul Mongia: Preparing The Actors
He is the casting director of films like Lootera, Shanghai, Shor in the City, LSD and more. And also the man who has created extensive workshops for the cast of NH10, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, Daawat-E-Ishq, Queen, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl and counting. In an industry largely driven by stars, he is a technician who […]
Kill Dil: Tragic Overkill
For this reviewer, the biggest tragedy in Kill Dil was the criminal misuse of actor Murad Ali’s talent. The same guy who sparkled in Tigmanshu Dhulia’s 2003 hit Haasil with his UP slang and crackling one liners and then never found another role worthy of him. The same Murad Ali who is film-maker Muzaffar Ali’s son and director […]
Ram Leela: Operatic Excess
Umm..passion. It is about to peak for Ram and Leela in a lodge called Madhu Chanda (literally translated..Honeymoon). In a room where everything is white and wispy, including the moonlight and there is a big mural or picture of goddess Lakshmi on one of the walls, there is a balcony overlooking the twinkling town the […]
Lootera: An Impressionist Canvas
It is the season of love gone wrong. From Aashiqui-2 to Raanjhanaa to The Great Gatsby to Lootera, it is as if we are being told, “watch out. Before you know, there will be a forest fire within that will spare nothing and no one.” As if love beyond a certain permissible degree of intensity […]