Celebrities Archives

Dear Ad Makers, Do Superstars Really Drive Hatchbacks or Wear Sasta Baniyans?

What’s the deal with celebrity endorsements? Do companies really believe that consumers dash out to buy their new car just because Ranveer Singh supposedly uses one? Who really believes a Bollywood superstar would be caught dead driving a modest hatchback?

Deepak Kaul July 29, 2016

Pop Culture

The Fame Game Review: Madhuri Dixit falls short in a role made for Her

The Fame Game has two comebacks. Both are unsuccessful because in a role that almost seems tailor-made for her, Madhuri Dixit falls miserably short of leaping beyond the dance steps she is adored for. Acting, we learn in the process, is another animal altogether.

Manik Sharma June 12, 2016

Pop Culture

The Celebrity Talk Show Fatigue is Real. And We Might Want to Thank Arbaaz Khan

At a time when actors are overeager to broadcast every part of their lives online, there remains little reason to watch a celebrity chat show. It’s precisely what should have triggered the talk show fatigue years ago. That might change now with Pinch by Arbaaz Khan.

Arré Bench May 21, 2016

Bollywood

Kiss and Tell: Between NickYanka, Virushka, and DeepVeer, Who Wins the Instagram PDA Competition?

The rules of love have changed; competitive social media PDA is the order of the day. Celebrity couples are leading the charge with the most perfect kiss and the warmest hug. But who are the King and Queen of Insta-love? Nickyanka, DeepVeer, or Virushka?

Chandrima Pal March 28, 2016

Culture

Who Made You the Fashion Police of the Met Gala?

Aside from squealing over Baby Taimur’s adventures in micro-fashion, most of us don’t know the first thing about clothes. But on a few special nights of the year, like the Met Gala, even the most fashionably challenged among us become a leading authority on French couture.

Kahini Iyer March 12, 2016

Bollywood

PETA & the Pollution Fuss: How Priyanka Chopra’s Asthma & Love for Animals Disappeared at Her Wedding

Priyanka Chopra, an anti-pollution campaigner and lover of animals, is in the internet doghouse for her wedding that featured fireworks and an elephant. But what is the point of celebrity endorsements, anyway? Does anyone take them seriously? How many people saw that damn Manyavar ad and decided to get married?

#VALUE! March 3, 2016