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Samrat Prithviraj Review: Lacking in Scale, Imagination and Performance
You’re not going to out-craft Sanjay Leela Bhansali, so you’ll have to out-story him. Samrat Prithviraj does no such thing.
Posted inSports
Akshay Kumar, Gold, and the Case for Not Mixing Politics and Sports
The World Cup match between Switzerland and Serbia ended with an important question: Should politics and sport mix? It’s a question we should ask ourselves, on the brink of witnessing another hyper-nationalistic sport film, the Akshay Kumar-starrer, Gold.
Posted inBollywood
Kesari Review: The Akshay Kumar Movie Manages to Make the Feat of 21 vs 10,000 Look Boring
Kesari, a retelling of the events of the Battle of Saragarhi, tells you nothing about the clash between the valiant 21 Sikh soldiers of the British Indian Army and 10,000 Afghan tribesmen that a quick Google search will not. The battle is uninspiring and unnecessarily long drawn-out, and there is little imagination in the fight sequences.
Posted inPop Culture
Why Atrangi Re’s view of mental health made me furious
Filmmakers these days want to espouse social issues and stigmas but if Atrangi Re’s treatment of mental health is anything to go by, these issues would be better left to those who know a thing or two about it.
Posted inPop Culture
Ram Setu Review: A Fast-paced but Ultimately Disappointing Adventure
Akshay Kumar’s fifth film of 2022 might just be the best of the lot – but it falls short of being a truly compelling action-adventure because of some weak plotting and unconvincing visual effects.
Posted inPeople
Akshay Kumar: The God of Timely Things
On his 53rd birthday, Akshay Kumar remains where he was at the beginning… hearing the cash register go ka-ching and smirking at all the other idiots trying so desperately to win.
Posted inBollywood
Good Newwz Review: Sorry, We Have No Good News for You. The Film’s Terrible
Good Newwz, starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Kiara Advani, revolves around a mix-up at a fertility clinic that swaps the sperm of the two couples struggling to get pregnant. It’s humour is derived by playing up stereotypes, Dosanjh mispronouncing sperm as “spam”, and fart jokes.
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Twinkle Khanna, The Fair-Weather Feminist
Twinkle Khanna has proved her mettle as a fair-weather feminist whose online persona rests on personal convenience. Her stance on the Mallika Dua controversy makes it clear that her online avatar is just an act of performative coolness.
Posted inBollywood
Ranveer Singh: Making Femininity Manly Again
How many Indian men can so lightly embody the many contradictions of Ranveer Singh? In our determinedly binary society, his love of lehengas on anyone else might have garnered epithets of “sissy” or “hijra”. But then, as his infamous t-shirt once declared, Ranveer always makes one thing abundantly clear: he’s got no fucks to give.
Posted inPop Culture
What Was 2019’s Meme of the Year?
While meme templates and pop references come and go like rainfall in Mumbai, some pieces of content captured the essence of this year quite succinctly. Here are our contenders for Meme of the Year.