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Jugjugg Jeeyo review: Hits the Mark with Humour and Emotion

Jugjugg Jeeyo is a trademark Dharma film. Loud and boisterous, with a fantastic ensemble cast – especially the returning Neetu Kapoor - it follows familiar tropes too, but surprisingly packs in the kind of emotional punch that most, old-wines-in-new-bottles lack.

Pradeep Menon April 5, 2016

Pop Culture

The Coming of Age of Sonam Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor has transformed from the chatty, over-the-top Dolce-wearing diva, to the outspoken champion casually throwing shade at the patriarchal nature of Bollywood.

Parthshri Arora April 4, 2016

Bollywood

Bollywood Mamas: A Little Less Farida Jalal, a Little More Ratna Pathak Shah Please

In between Nirupa Roy’s martyred mom and Farida Jalal’s laissez-faire approach to parenthood, very few Bollywood films have dared to narrate stories of motherhood with the nuance and sensitivity —and sometimes the humour — they deserve.

Runjhun Noopur March 27, 2016

Pop Culture

Spunky Maheep Kapoor, Where Were You? Meet the Star of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives

Visually stunning but supremely vacuous, The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives is a glistening heap of mediocrity, except for the binocular-wielding one-woman crime patrol of Juhu, Maheep Kapoor.

Kahini Iyer March 19, 2016

Pop Culture

All Hail Jaanbaaz Julia

Karan Johar made the mistake of believing he’d invited Kangana Ranaut of a decade ago to Koffee with Karan. No longer the awkward outlier, the actress dropped several truth bombs.

Poulomi Das March 17, 2016

Bollywood

Sairat Lovers, All Your Nightmares About Dhadak are True

Spoiler alert: Dhadak is as terrible as anyone who has watched Sairat expected it to be. If there’s anyone who can take the ignored issue of caste and ignore it even further, it’s a Karan Johar production. The result is a risible, candyfloss film that embodies everything Sairat mocked.

Poulomi Das March 13, 2016

POV

Meet the Parents: The Nepotism Edition

Star kids are the raw fuel on which the engine of Bollywood’s nepotism runs, but their parents are the oil that keeps the engine running along nice and smooth. Rishi Kapoor and Salim Khan are star examples.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 12, 2016