Before Vicky Kaushal asked, “How’s the josh?” in Uri, a lesser- known 1992 film introduced Bollywood to surgical strikes. While Uri is based on true events that unfolded in PoK in 2016, Tahalka takes inspiration from its director Anil Sharma’s overactive imagination.

Everyone knows about the senior actor who forces young actresses to sleep with him. And about the casting director, who refuses to record any woman struggler’s audition unless she takes her top off. But will Bollywood back #MeToo and finally talk about its real villains?

It's the clash of the titans! Watch as the notorious students of Nakalchand Prakash High School use every ingenious cheating tactic against the legendary Guptaji in the annual Biology exam.

Uri is a slick outing, which, at first pass, restrains itself from heightening its jingoism. But it’s impossible to view the film, which endorses the 2016 surgical strike, in a vacuum – especially in the current political climate. How do you turn a blind eye to the timing of its release, just a few months ahead of the 2019 general elections?

Somewhere in his failure to make a good, authentic film on the 10 years of UPA, Vijay Gutte delivers a movie that resembles the UPA era – incoherent, helmed by corrupt people, and that familiar feeling of wondering when the fuck you’ll get done with this bullshit. If this is the launch of the BJP 2019 campaign, I am pretty disappointed.

The Gully Boy trailer is firm indication that Ranveer Singh is Bollywood’s finest A-lister. Two of last year’s biggest hits, Padmaavat and Simmba, benefited from Singh’s natural exuberance – yet, he disappears completely in the Gully Boy trailer, letting the character enrich him.

Item girls shimmied their way into Bollywood back in the ’40s and there’s been no looking back ever since. Think Madhuri Dixit in “Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai” and Malaika Arora in “Munni Badnam Hui”. But where are our item boys? What is stopping Bollywood from tapping into the sea of testosterone?

As the nation comes to grips with Vivek Anand Oberoi’s shocking transformation in the biopic PM Narendra Modi, I can’t help but wonder how exactly did it all go so wrong, so quickly for Vivek Oberoi? And will this be the film that turns things around for him?

Uday Chopra’s Twitter timeline is not only high AF, but it is also an insight into what his legacy is likely to be: His staunch self-awareness. The 46-year-old’s social media interactions are the gold standard in how to deal with trolls. His acting career might be over, but he can offer Indian celebrities a crash course in how to wear fame lightly.

The last time Deepika Padukone took up a role that showcased her versatility was four years ago, in Piku. The film is an exception in her 12-year-old career. It’s difficult not to label Padukone as risk-averse. Let’s hope, this year, the birthday girl steps out of her comfort zone.