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The Lazy Elegance of Rohit Sharma
When you think Rohit Sharma, you think lazy elegance. At his best, his feet move like a ballerina dancer’s. On a bad day, he looks like a non-dancer at garba.
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Sui Dhaaga Review: A Fine Portrait of the Emotional Labour of Small-Town Women
Sharat Katariya’s Sui Dhaaga falters in several places, but it shines when the spotlight is on its women. In a film about dignity of labour, Katariya’s mastery is most evident in parts where the focus is on the immense emotional and domestic labour every married small-town woman inevitably shoulders.
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Anushka Sharma: Never the Bridesmaid, Always the Bride
There is plenty to celebrate about Virushka. But we should probably clap loudest for Anushka Sharma’s pluckiness, a Bollywood outsider who does things her own way.
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Jab Imtiaz Ali Should Have Killed Sejal
Imtiaz Ali’s Sejal sets off on a journey to achieve a socially acceptable level of fuckability and ultimately becomes an extremely worrying case of self-objectification.
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Checking on Bitoo and Shruti, Nine Years After Band Baaja Baaraat
We managed to get hold of Bitoo Sharma and Shruti Kakkar’s marriage counsellor, who, on the condition of anonymity, agreed to spill the beans on the couple’s life post the end-credits of Band Baaja Baaraat.
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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.
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Looking for a Sushil, Sanskari, Non-Toxic Bollywood Hero
Hindi cinema hasn’t completely disregarded the need for healthy male leads. Toxic protagonists are still seen as rule breakers – as underdogs who can win against the system and evoke sympathy. But a handful of films, like Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, October, and even Muqaddar Ka Sikandar have tried to change that.
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Analysing the Virushka Phenomenon
Virushka has been identified as a highly contagious infection that spreads through airwaves, the interwebz, and good old-fashioned grapevine messenger, and turns hitherto healthy individuals into googly-eyed gawkers with jaws hanging agape.
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Virat Kohli: The Man Who Makes Miracles Seem Mundane
Virat Kohli has reached a rare peak that only few sportsmen do, where he has become so good that it has become boring. It’s not a surprise anymore when he gets a 100; in fact, it’s a surprise when he doesn’t. And that is an astonishing feat.
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2021: The Year of “Wife Guys” Like Virat Kohli and US Vice President Kamala Harris’ Husband Doug Emhoff
The norm has always been for women, however accomplished they may be, to play second fiddle to more powerful men in their lives. Now, a new, if somewhat rare, breed of man has emerged, willing to step into those shoes and subvert this gender imbalance.