Bollywood
3 Idiots
Ajit Duara
A campy film about campus problems that is so much fun, it forgets the real issues it set out to critique.
Director’s Cut
Making a movie is all about having the patience to endure long intervals. This author has taken eight years, with several abandoned projects in between, to debut as a director in Bollywood.
Kurbaan
As a Muslim ready to sacrifice self and community, Saif is excellent. But is the film too convincing for comfort?
‘I Got Bored of My Opulence’
Karan Johar is tired of playing it safe. He talks to Open on what age has to do with his new approach, why he apologised to Raj Thackeray and why Bollywood is looking beyond its own gene pool.
‘I Don’t Play Games’
Ajay Devgn on his dislike for the ‘I-me-myself brigade’, making omelettes with daughter Nysa and the intriguing spelling change
Dil Bole Hadippa
A Lagaan wannabe, without the spunk. Watch it, if at all, for the latest heartbreak kid Shahid Kapur
Bollywood Dreams
Khatera Hakimi is an Afghan settled in New York. Her obsession is to make it as a heroine in Hindi movies, and time is running out on her.
Out of Thin Air
This film offers many of the old-fashioned pleasures of the documentary: it takes us to an unfamiliar place and tells us an unknown story. In this case it’s also an unexpected story.
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