When Shashank Arora bagged the title role in Kanu Behl’s Titli – which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival – the Delhi native was inching close to breaking point. “After four years in Bombay and only three [acting] jobs, anybody would be. I’m not stronger than that.” But the gritty story of a family… Continue reading Name to know: Shashank Arora
Has Bollywood ever had a male star with such a distinctive personal style as Rishi Kapoor? The actor’s loud, busy pullovers stand out even among the bright, midriff-baring outfits of co-stars such as Madhuri Dixit, Dimple Kapadia, and Sridevi: no matter what dance they’re doing, your eye always comes back to the jumper that looks… Continue reading Style Inspiration: Rishi Kapoor
We played a little game of ‘Would You Rather’ to help you really get to know Bollywood’s new guard: Sayani Gupta (Margarita, With A Straw), Divya Menon (Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!), Vicky Kaushal and Shweta Tripathi (Masaan), Shashank Arora and Shivani Raghuvanshi (Titli) and Bhumi Pednekar (Dum Laga Ke Haisha). It’s one of their best performances.… Continue reading Get (weirdly) close with Bollywood’s new faces
Her phone is ringing off the hookApte, who all but disappeared from the Hindi big screen after her luminous debut in Shor In The City in 2011, starred in Shriram Raghavan’s thriller Badlapur, opposite Varun Dhawan, earlier this year. This is followed by the rural drama Parched, an Indo-American project co-produced by Ajay Devgn, about… Continue reading 15 minutes with Radhika Apte
If you look up Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s filmography, you’ll scroll into a past lined with untitled roles — criminal (Sarfarosh), waiter (Shool), pick-pocket (Munna Bhai MBBS). These were early victories in the Muzaffarnagar native’s 17-year-long Bollywood pursuit. Now, Siddiqui, 42, is a well-trumpeted name even on big-ticket 100-crore runners. After overshadowing Varun Dhawan as the vile-but-lovable… Continue reading Why we love Nawazuddin Siddiqui
If you’ve been following our IIFA updates, you’re well aware that it was an eventful weekend full of laughs, high octane performances and enough stars to power a constellation. On the green carpet too, Bollywood’s hottest brought their A-game. Deepika glowed in Sabyasachi, Shraddha stunned in Mason by Michelle Mason and Anushka Sharma was red… Continue reading IIFA day 3
Rishi Kapoor’s unfiltered Twitter persona is a combination of winsome self-deprecation and dad jokes. Twitter is actually made for a personality like Kapoor’s: unabashedly opinionated, good with the quips and charming with fans. Before he got on it, millennials probably knew him as Ranbir Kapoor’s dad who got all weird over that Koffee With Karan episode. But now he’s a Twitter… Continue reading Rishi Kapoor is winning Twitter
