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The Longest Coming-Out Party Ever
KJo, sweetheart, maker of fantastic movies and manipulator of NRI nostalgia, please stop. We know you’re gay.
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Kangana, The Puppet And The Puppeteer Of Her Show
Simran is an ode to Kangana Ranaut’s feminist image. It plays out self-consciously across our movie screens, with an eye to celebrate her quirky, self-made, badass, victim-y image, even when it is at odds with the plot.
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What’s Worse than Student of the Year? SOTY 2
Remember Ishq Wala Love? We are now going to have a Doosra Wala Sequel with Student Of The Year 2 starring Tiger Shroff.
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Bollywood’s Mr Brightside
Ranveer Singh has played the self-aware clown in Bollywood’s self-aware circus. This reckless unpredictability has defined his career.
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Nationalism and Other Drugs
The wounds of Uri have not yet healed and even the civilian needs something for the pain. Our two opiates are entertainment and sport.
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Why Kangana Ranaut Needs Manikarnika To Be a Success
Kangana Ranaut’s combative, no-filter style has come with setbacks. Thanks to her unwillingness to be diplomatic, she has alienated an influential chunk of Bollywood. It’s the reason that, even after doing a massive costume drama like Manikarnika, she’s not mentioned in the same breath as contemporaries Deepika, Anushka, and Alia.
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KJo, the Fairy Godmother of Every Star Child
As a proverbial star kid struggling to land five lead roles, we have only one guardian angel. He's the man who taught us that all heroes don’t wear capes – some wear Manish Malhotra suits.
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Shraddha Kapoor’s Birthday Confessions
In a diary entry, Shraddha Kapoor reflects on the year gone by: “The only call I got after OK Jaanu was from KRK. It was like getting an endorsement from the Ku Klux Klan.”
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Koffee With Karan: Hardik Pandya Isn’t a “Brat”, He is an Outright Misogynist
There’s no denying that the old relationship between cricket and courteousness had become archaic. But after the latest Koffee with Karan episode, which featured Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul on the couch, it might have finally died for good.
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Gehraiyaan Review: A throbbing mix of human insecurities and flaws
Gehraiyaan holds a broken mirror to your soul, by portraying deeply flawed characters with Shakun Batra ably orchestrating, and Deepika Padukone essaying perhaps the role of her career so far.
