Sunny Deol Archives

How the Meenakshi Seshadri-Starrer Damini Taught Me My First Lesson in Feminism

In Damini, which released 28 years ago, Meenakshi Seshadri plays a housewife who beats impossible odds in her quest for justice for a rape survivor, the family’s domestic help. In some ways, the movie is the origin story of a conviction that has defined my life and given it purpose — that women are not second-class citizens of the world.

Sonali Kokra July 10, 2016

Bollywood

Thank You Soldier for the Ultimate Bobby Deol Experience

After Soldier, the verdict was out. Bobby Deol’s uncontainable sex appeal was in fashion, and the #ForearmAppreciationClub was in full swing. That lasted for a brief, wonderful minute.

Poulomi Das July 1, 2016

Bollywood

From Yash Chopra, With Love: The Man Who Convinced India Dil Toh Pagal Hai

Here’s the thing about Yash Chopra – despite the cliché that he is associated with, he never could be pinned down to a stereotype. Even as he defined the romantic canon, he went about redefining it with each film. Chopra was to India what Mills & Boon was for the rest of the world.

Shakun Saini June 6, 2016

Bollywood

30 Years of ChaalBaaz: The Sridevi Classic is Proof that Good Comedy Has Nothing to Do with Gender

ChaalBaaz is not a Rajinikant movie or a Sunny Deol movie. It’s instead a Sridevi movie. She is indeed the superstar, the good old “Michaeli Jacksoni”, who single-handedly drives the movie through her impeccable comic timing.

Runjhun Noopur April 16, 2016

Pop Culture

Border Bros: Bees Saal Baad

J P Dutta's Border not only summarised for us the five kinds of soldiers we saw protecting our battlefields, but it also predicted the role of cyber soldiers – men who protect our social-media feeds today.

Nimisha Misra April 6, 2016

Bollywood

Nanu Ki Jaanu and the Deol-ification of Abhay

With Nanu Ki Jaanu, Abhay Deol finally feels like a member of the Deol family. He fights multiple goons single-handedly, just like his “dhai kilo ka haath” cousin. His comic timing is about as good as Bobby’s, which is to say, non-existent. Where is the actor we knew and loved in Dev.D and Manorama Six Feet Under?

Aakash Ahuja March 29, 2016

Bollywood

What Mohalla Assi’s 3-Year Delay Says About India’s Censor Board

Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s Mohalla Assi, starring Sunny Deol, releases today after a three-year-long fight with the CBFC. But it hardly feels like a victory. Instead the film feels weakened by its dated release, punished for being critical of the government.

Poulomi Das March 19, 2016