Ayushmann Khurrana Archives

What Ayushmann Khurrana’s Dream Girl Gets Right About Modern Masculinity

In many ways, Dream Girl feels like an antidote to the brashness of Kabir Singh. It is a film that confronts the vexations of modern-day masculinity. It briefly imagines men who listen, who empathise with vulnerability, and who must learn to relate to each other in ways that have long been socially assigned to women.

Kamayani Sharma July 16, 2016

Pop Culture

Anek Review: Raw, but Ultimately Rewarding to Watch

Anek isn’t perfect or even gainful in storytelling for most parts, but in mainstreaming a conversation about the North-East we seldom have, it serves the purpose of a trigger, our industry needs to explore and experiment.

Divya Unny July 3, 2016

Pop Culture

10 Years of Vicky Donor: A Landmark Film that has Grown in Relevance

Released a decade ago Vicky Donor is probably a landmark film in the most understated sense possible. More than headline acts or box-office breaking numbers it ushered in a language to help us as a society to deal with taboo.

B. H. June 29, 2016

Bollywood

Gulabo Sitabo Review: A Bittersweet Film Elevated by Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana’s Chemistry

In Shoojit Sircar’s Gulabo Sitabo, there is easy chemistry between Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana, the dialogue packs a punch, and the comic set-pieces are incessantly charming. Halfway through, when the film starts peeling its layers, it becomes all the more captivating.

Poulomi Das June 15, 2016

Features

Is Ayushmann Khurrana Bollywood’s Most Bankable Lead Right Now?

Ayushmann Khurrana is no stranger to playing the common man, the boy next door, right from Vicky Donor, to his latest release, Gulabo Sitabo. He has a crazy ability of making every character seem like it was tailor-made for him. As an actor, he's as bankable as they come.

Arré Bench May 12, 2016

Pop Culture

Let’s Talk About Sex, Mummy

Shubh Mangal Saavdhan gives the relationship between sex and Indian parents a modern update. It’s a clarion call to parents to have the fucking conversation with their children.

Poulomi Das April 29, 2016

Bollywood

Article 15 Review: A Necessary Movie on Caste Discrimination that Lands Punches on Upper-Class Guilt

Anubhav Sinha’s Article 15 revolves around an upper-class police officer investigating the gang-rape and murders of two minor lower-caste girls. For a film industry that tip-toes around caste, the mere existence of Article 15 is commendable. But the movie often feels disconnected from the ills of casteism.

Poulomi Das April 21, 2016

Bollywood

Bala Review: A Simplistic Comedy that Remains Enjoyable Despite its Bald Patches

Despite its glaring flaws, Amar Kaushik's Bala stands out for packaging its grand ideas in the language of small-town India. The film underlines how incapable men are to withstand the cruelties of unreasonable beauty standards that they have heaped on women for centuries.

Poulomi Das April 9, 2016

Bollywood

Gajraj Rao: You’ve Definitely Seen Him Much Before Badhaai Ho

The unprecedented success of Badhaai Ho has catapulted Gajraj Rao straight into the spotlight. Although, the actor is no stranger to the Hindi film industry, it’s only in the 25th year of his career that he has become a film’s driving force and is afforded as much screen time as the lead, Ayushmann Khurrana.

Poulomi Das April 3, 2016