The heist stretch of the movie is not without imagination, but arriving at that chunk, and sitting through what follows, can be bad for your skin, warns Sreehari Nair.
Here's looking at the films that failed at the box office in the first half of this year.
'In 1983, my father T Rama Rao made Andha Kanoon with Rajinikanth.' 'Amitabh Bachchan was reluctant to come on board as a guest star, as Rajinikanth was a southern star.' 'But when my father pitched it to him, he came on board.' 'The movie ran for 200 days.'
Indrani was spiritedly telegraphing details of the jewellery from the back of the court...
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'While it may not be an out-and-out hit job on the Gandhi family, the movie is all about one aspect: How Dr Singh struggled with the family and the party all through his prime ministership,' notes Utkarsh Mishra.
Dhruv Munjal profiles the architect, who received a gift from Narendra Modi.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'I am a typical South Mumbai girl and didn't know how to do latkas and thumkas. Whenever I would dance, I would shake my shoulders, not my hips.' Mandira Bedi looks back.
You'll come out laughing till your sides hurt, promises Sukanya Verma.
'A second defeat in a Hindu heartland state will be disastrous for its morale and political fortune.' 'There is no alternative for the BJP, therefore, but to play the patriotic card with gusto.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Akshay Kumar takes care of each and every person on the sets. He does not waste a second of a producer's time and money. It's no wonder that he is doing films back-to-back because people love him so much.'
Two years is when the honeymoon surely starts to sour, so what should Prime Minister Narendra Modi focus on ahead of 2019? Devanik Saha offers some ideas.
Bollywood's superstars have tried their hand at con films, and the genre has made quite a bit of money.
'The response to savagery and mass injustice is never a persistent howl.' 'There will be, among the victims, those who choose to forget the scars, those who go on living, those who challenge the overall environment of sentimentality.' 'And the more effort you put into including these other voices, into assimilating these spoilsports, the more balanced your depiction of the tragedy in question will be,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.
'I really wonder how are we really democratic? How is there freedom of expression? As a filmmaker, I feel bound at every level, be it what I put out on celluloid or what I say in print.' Karan Johar joins the intolerance debate.
'Despite its noble attempts, tight editing, terrific sound design, good performances and a compelling story, Hotel Mumbai tells a big lie.'
'Since the general election is only two years away, the BJP will need a surefire plan of action -- and it cannot be either the Ram temple or ultra-nationalism,' says Amulya Ganguli.
'I can finally tell my father that he need not go fix tiles in other people's homes.'
This was the third consecutive day that COVID-19 cases in the country have increased by more than 26,000.
'Ranveer Singh is on a different level, he is a super human.' 'The kind of energy, the kind of seriousness and dedication he has towards his work, it is just phenomenal.'
Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week marks a star-studded start to the year
Taapsee is super. But that's not to say that the rest of the cast isn't tremendous, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities!
'I have never had a foul experience in the industry.' 'There are rotten apples everywhere, in your family, relatives, friends circle, colleagues...' 'It's very vulnerable because of the glamour, but it's very heartbreaking to hear bad things about the industry.' 'It's not such a bad place.'
Opposition parties ask the government to listen to the concern of the intellectuals returning awards.
'My friends told me they will call me an actress only when I appear on Comedy Nights with Kapil. I just a got a confirmation that I will be going on Kapil's show!' Wedding Pulav actress Anushka Ranjan gets ready for showbiz.
Indu Sarkar is an effective propaganda movie only to the extent that it knows its mission-statement and knows whom to shame and whom to take in its stride, feels Sreehari Nair.
It was a crazy week for the world. Sukanya Verma cannot claim to be any different.
One of Bollywood's most rock-solid careers, Anil Kapoor shows no signs of stopping!
The stars behind the biggest films of the year like Prabhas, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan may have been absent, but IIFA was quite an extravaganza.
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