Unlike in cricket, there are no permanent friends or enemies in politics and Bollywood. For now Karan Johar and Kangana Ranaut do not see eye to eye. As a matter of fact Johar, who has smoothly occupied our collective consciousness the way Arnab Goswami did till recently, wants to banish the actress from Bollywood, the…
Category: Bollywood
Demonetised Indians head for Dangal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on December 31 eve was an attempt to assuage the hardships of the demonetised common man forced to stand in unending ATM queues over the last few weeks. By all indications, the government should extend more sops in the near future leading to the annual budget and…
Sorry, PK does not work for me
PK has reportedly earned Rs 600 crore and still going strong. Unfortunately, the movie does not work for me despite the efforts of Rajkumar Hirani and the great Aamir Khan, who have delivered blockbusters and laugh riots such as Munnabhai MBBS and Three Idiots in the past that I, and most others I am sure,…
The Rani Mukherjee, Aditya Chopra whodunit
Often, Indian media predictions go horribly wrong, like election results. In the case of Rani Mukherjee and Aditya Chopra impending marriage, the speculation has turned out right. Congratulations to gossip columns, paparazzi and others in the business of news that sells briskly in India and elsewhere in the world. That Aditya and Rani, cleverly referred…
India’s two most eligible bachelors flounder
Over the last few days Rahul Gandhi and Salman Khan, often mentioned as the two most eligible Indian bachelors, though in their 40s, have been in the news. Gandhi featured in his first face-to-face one-on-one interview on TV during which he mostly looked away from Arnab Goswami, the Badshah of Indian news channels. I have…
Ex-girlfriends, Ex-boyfriends, its complicated in Bollywood
Like many others, I like to follow Bollywood, the movies, stars, gossip, directors, songs, composers. There’s a lot of trash, but there’s plenty of creativity too. Off late I have been intrigued by the rising number of ex’s floating about. Everyone is someone’s ex. There is Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan’s ex and Ranbir Kapoor’s current…
Of Sunny Leone & Indian Actresses
Recently, two top Bollywood actresses Vidya Balan and Kareena Kapoor got hitched, which is not the most heart rending news for Sunny Leone obsessed Internet savvy sections of young India. Importantly, both Balan and Kapoor declared that they would continue to do movies post-marriage. Would that be unusual? It would be, if one studied precedents…
Siddharth Srivastava 