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Shaadi Ke Pehle PR: The Making of #DeepVeer Ki Shaadi

A celebrity wedding is as much an entertainment commodity as a big-banner film. Ranveer and Deepika have coordinated everything from their Instagram wedding announcement, to Koffee With Karan’s opening episode which was designed only to get us hyped about the shaadi.

Poulomi Das March 10, 2016

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Badhaai Ho Review: Why Should the Sex Lives of Indian Parents Be a Secret?

Badhaai Ho is a delightful comedy that exposes society’s hypocrisy toward sex. It underlines our unwillingness to view our parents as sexual beings, effectively asking, “Can Indians acknowledge love and intimacy only when it is young?”

Poulomi Das March 10, 2016

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Griha Pravesh and the Dignity in a Love Triangle

Basu Bhattacharya’s 1979 film Griha Pravesh offers a graceful take on the fact that love does not always transpire only between two people. It teaches us to view attraction outside of a wedlock as a human experience – not the original sin.

Bapu Deedwania March 9, 2016

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LoveYatri Review: Where Logic Goes to Play Garba

Barely three months after Race 3, Salman Khan has bankrolled another nightmare, by introducing his brother-in-law Aayush Sharma in the hope that he’ll pass off as an actor. If this is not Being Inhuman, we don’t know what is.

Poulomi Das March 9, 2016

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Soni Razdan Would Like Bollywood to Write Roles For Middle-Aged Actresses

Back in 1981, 26-year-old Soni Razdan debuted with a small role in 36 Chowringhee Lane, a film that revolves around a lonely, older woman. Today, Razdan is 62. Life has come full circle: This week, she stars as the lonely, older woman in Sanjoy Nag’s Yours Truly.

Poulomi Das March 8, 2016

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Super 30 Review: A Promising Biopic Sacrificed To Serve Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan’s rendition of Anand Kumar is basically playing a tanned version of Hrithik Roshan who has single-handedly murdered the Bihari accent. But Super 30’s biggest failure is as a biopic: We are told little about the genius mind of Anand Kumar, even though Roshan occupies almost every frame of the film.

Poulomi Das March 8, 2016

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Meet Sanya Malhotra, No Longer “That Dangal Girl”

In the last three years, Sanya Malhotra has acted in films like Pataakha and Badhaai Ho, which offer a testament to her versatility. Now with her extraordinary performance in Ritesh Batra’s Photograph, the actress is finally ready to step out of Dangal’s shadow.

Poulomi Das March 8, 2016

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Baazaar Review: This Saif Ali Khan Starrer is So Bad That It’s Not Even Good

Baazaar doesn’t have characters – just caricatures. Every plot point of the film is an extended open-mic joke that refuses to land. And you can tell a lot about a film where the lead – Rohan Mehra in his debut role – exists just to prove that Arjun Kapoor isn’t the most one-dimensional actor in Bollywood.

Poulomi Das March 8, 2016

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From “Cool” Chain to Appreciate-My-Nipples Shirt: Why Shah Rukh Khan is 10/10 Even in the Most Outrageous Outfits

Shah Rukh introduced us to the world of see-through shirts, and if his matching fluorescent T-shirt and track pant sets in “Chance Pe Dance Maarle” from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi didn’t inspire the philosophy of athleisure, I don’t know what did.