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Dhaakad Review: Kangana Ranaut Cannot Rescue this Stylish Yet Wasteful Thriller

In Dhaakad, Kangana Ranaut acts as a living, breathing, killing machine in a film that is too influenced by its western predecessors to have something of its own to say about a genre that we can only hope gets bigger and better.

Divya Unny May 25, 2016

Bollywood

Has Kangana Ranaut Become the Bollywood Bully She Once Fought Against?

At the song launch of her upcoming film, Judgmentall Hai Kya, Kangana Ranaut took on an unsuspecting journalist and accused him of running a smear campaign against her. It’s unfortunate but the actress who was once applauded for being a bold outsider has turned into a tantrum-throwing diva.

Kahini Iyer May 23, 2016

Columns

Rearview | Manikarnika, Priyanka Gandhi, and What Indian Women Do When the Men Fail

Rearview is a column that draws connections between the events of the past week. This time, two much mythologised Indian women occupied our timelines. The legend of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was brought to life by Kangana Ranaut’s blustery Manikarnika, while the legend of Priyanka Gandhi came alive in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Karanjeet Kaur May 17, 2016

Bollywood

In Josh-Filled 2019 Would Main Hoon Na, Bollywood’s Masala Movie on the Military, Find Any Takers?

Few films seem further from today’s cinemascape of chest-thumping nationalism than the 2004 film Main Hoon Na. The lighthearted patriotic film about “Project Milaap”, an Indo-Pak peace operation would probably be labelled “anti-national” in today’s times.

Kahini Iyer May 6, 2016

Pop Culture

Kangana, The Puppet And The Puppeteer Of Her Show

Simran is an ode to Kangana Ranaut’s feminist image. It plays out self-consciously across our movie screens, with an eye to celebrate her quirky, self-made, badass, victim-y image, even when it is at odds with the plot.

Poulomi Das May 5, 2016

Vice

All Dealers Great And Small

The array of dope peddlers in this country will always surprise you, and remind you that you don’t have to be a menacing drug kingpin to make it as a seller.

Aditya Bhalla May 5, 2016

Bollywood

Panga Review: An Effective Ode to the Sacrifices of Sisterhood

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's Panga stars Kangana Ranaut as Jaya Nigam, a 32-year-old former kabaddi champion readying for a comeback after seven years. It's an effective crowd-pleaser that works better as a quiet ode to the self-sustaining nature of sisterhood.

Poulomi Das April 27, 2016

Bollywood

Why Kangana Ranaut Needs Manikarnika To Be a Success

Kangana Ranaut’s combative, no-filter style has come with setbacks. Thanks to her unwillingness to be diplomatic, she has alienated an influential chunk of Bollywood. It’s the reason that, even after doing a massive costume drama like Manikarnika, she’s not mentioned in the same breath as contemporaries Deepika, Anushka, and Alia.

Kahini Iyer April 17, 2016

People

Shraddha Kapoor’s Birthday Confessions

In a diary entry, Shraddha Kapoor reflects on the year gone by: “The only call I got after OK Jaanu was from KRK. It was like getting an endorsement from the Ku Klux Klan.”

Poulomi Das April 8, 2016

Pop Culture

The Coming of Age of Sonam Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor has transformed from the chatty, over-the-top Dolce-wearing diva, to the outspoken champion casually throwing shade at the patriarchal nature of Bollywood.

Parthshri Arora April 4, 2016