kareena Kapoor Archives

Anushka Sharma’s Trolls Prove That India Can’t Handle Real “Power Couples”

Anushka Sharma is facing yet another social media backlash – this time for being photographed with the Indian cricket team. Anushka can’t seem to catch a break. When Virat Kohli is not in his finest form, we believe blaming Anushka for existing is par for the course.

Kahini Iyer July 20, 2016

Culture

Half Girlfriend, Complete Moron: The Anatomy of a Chetan Bhagat Heroine

It’s not just real-life women with whom Chetan Bhagat seems to share a tetchy relationship. The author’s heroines are always one-dimensional, unattainable college girls. They are quite stupid when it comes to matters of the heart — which is why they inevitably end up with one of Bhagat’s douchebag protagonists.

Kahini Iyer July 2, 2016

People

The Difficulty of Being Taimur Ali Khan

Taimur Ali Khan has his whole life ahead of him and it does not include wars and genocide.

Devaiah Bopanna June 28, 2016

Bollywood

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.

Poulomi Das June 26, 2016

POV

Is Marriage Where Feminist Dreams Go To Die?

Kareena Kapoor in her progressive Veere Di Wedding avatar is enjoyable if you can forget the fact that a few weeks ago, the actress did a U-turn on her character’s seemingly feminist stance. What happens to feminists after marriage?

Kahini Iyer June 25, 2016

Bollywood

Move over Koffee With Karan. Simi Garewal, the Grandmother of Celebrity Talk Shows is Back

Rendezvous with Simi Garewal will be back soon and even in this talk show-saturated climate, I’m waiting with bated breath for the return of the queen. The old-fashioned talk show was not bogged down by any “revealing” rapid fires, instead Garewal’s spotless white couch was more like that of a therapist.

Kahini Iyer June 22, 2016

Bollywood

13 Years of Omkara: How a Play About Race Became a Critique of Toxic Masculinity

Thirteen years ago, Vishal Bhardwaj gave us the masterful Omkara based on Othello, the Shakespeare play about race and misogyny. The play is tailor-made for Indian sensibilities, where race turns into caste and the misogyny is dialled up several notches.

Bhaskar Chawla June 6, 2016

Pop Culture

Is Poo Kareena Kapoor’s Most Overrated Character?

Like many millennials of my generation, I once idolised Kareena Kapoor as Poo in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... But I have done a lot of growing-up since then.

Poulomi Das May 19, 2016

Bollywood

Why Veere Di Wedding Should Reclaim the Chick Flick

Veere Di Wedding comes with a baffling condition: Its insistence at not being labelled a “chick flick”. It's a film that’s for women, by women and of women. And there’s no better time to offer the world a polished definition of chick flicks, celebrating women and their stories, than now.

Poulomi Das May 17, 2016

Pop Culture

20 Years of K3G: The Most Bollywood Film Ever

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham hasn’t aged gracefully, but it remains a shining marker of what peak Bollywoodisms look like. Shrill, loud and emoted to within an inch of creative despair this is a film that is iconic for just how excessive it makes the art of filmmaking look. It’s 100 percent Bollywood with add-ons.

Jackie Thakkar May 16, 2016