'How is it okay for a woman to show her private parts to the world just because she wants to go to the toilet?' 'She can't show her face -- you want her to pull her ghoongat till her navel -- but you are okay with her flashing to everybody!'
Where a few film-makers are sensitive in their treatment as noted in the depiction of lesbian love in Hindi movies, a significant number is prone to poking fun for cheap laughs.
Shreyas Talpade's film, co-starring the Deol brothers, never adds up to anything beyond a shrill or overdone caricature straight out of a dummy's guide in how to amuse, says Sukanya Verma.
'Mothers as characters may have the same problems as they had years ago.' 'But what's refreshing is how they are becoming more accepting towards the changes in society.'
It was a quiet reopening with few people venturing warily to watch a mix of regional, English and Hindi reruns such as "Chhichhore", "Thappad", "Tanhaji" and "The Spy".
'It was fun trying to regulate ourselves and keep it in the family zone and yet, be tongue-in-cheek.'
Sairat is the first Marathi film to cross Rs 100 crore.
Meet the new class of Forbes India 30 Under 30.
If only making it official was as easy as falling in love, says Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma presents an appreciation post for the cast of this must-watch movie.
'We need more universal films like Dangal, Sultan or Padmavat that work across single screens and multiplexes.'
And you thought Bollywood was just about making movies!
'Nobody is sustaining and the movie goers are responsible for it.' When Rishi Kapoor lets loose, all you can do is listen.
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'The idea is to celebrate your imperfections because God has made us all the same, right?'
'As a society, why are we not talking about the one thing because of which we are born today?'
Sukanya Verma celebrates 25 years of Bollywood images.
'If you listen to the title track of Judgementall Hai Kya, you will find some crazy things happening in it -- from crazy laughter to as if someone is inside your mind.'
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'During casting calls, people want you to a copy-paste version of who they think is good enough to be in Bollywood, especially if you are a girl. I didn't fit into that at all.'
Varun Dhawan tells us what an actor's life is really like.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'We are not in the crore game, at least not me.' 'So when I do a film, I do it purely on its merit, where I think we will go ahead and make a fantastic film.'
'You think of Sulu as someone who is sexy, sultry and intimate. You don't imagine her as someone clad in a sari.' And yet, Vidya Balan gets ready to seduce you again.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
'Why do we feel our parents are not human? That our mother is not a woman?'
