Posted inPop Culture
How to Sing Your Way to Manhood
“Galti Se Mistake” from Jagga Jasoos is the latest in a tradition of Hindi film songs that celebrate men coming of age.
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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.
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A Bihari Prince’s Guide to Finding a Half Girlfriend
In Half-Girlfriend, Chetan Bhagat and Mohit Suri come together to provide an educational PSA for Romeos looking for their One Indian Girl.
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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.
Posted inBollywood
Enough With the Ms Braganzas & Mr Iyers. Where are the Biharis in Bollywood?
Bollywood has its share of Kaizads, Miss Braganzas, and Mr Iyers. But I haven’t found a single Mr Jha who chews paan more frequently than he curses the bourgeoisie in theth Bhojpuri.
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What Do We Do With Shraddha Kapoor?
Shraddha Kapoor’s limited acting talent is noticeable in every frame of Haseena Parkar, forcing a pertinent question: What exactly is she still doing in Bollywood?
Posted inBollywood
Parineeti Chopra: The Girl on the Train to Nowhere
Parineeti Chopra arrived in Hindi cinema with a fair share of anticipation. To be fair, her cameo in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl and her sprightly turn in an over-the-top Ishaqzaade, weren’t that poor considering the bar for Bollywood insiders is so low. But who knew, that that would be as far as the story would go.
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Panipat Review: When Will Bollywood Get a Historical Epic Right?
Ashutosh Gowariker's Panipat spends three overdrawn hours harping on the nobility of a loss, priming the Marathas' defeat in "The Third Battle of Panipat" not as a failure, but as a sacrifice. It demands the average Indian viewer’s sympathy and also their unfaltering allegiance.
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Namaste England Review: 2007 Called, Even They Don’t Want this Film Back
In Namaste England, Parineeti Chopra plays a UK-sexual. She abandons her husband, an expressionless Arjun Kapoor, to leave for London with a random man who can provide her citizenship. Nobody has said “Fuck it, I’m off to London” in such a rush since Vijay Mallya.
