Or the ones which dared to challenge patriarchy, and sexism so effectively in Anarkali of Arrah, Lipstick Under My Burkha, and in the quiet, powerful Soni. Or the ones in which caste and class and religion are dusted off and put in the middle of the frame– Shahid, Mulk, Article 15. Getting off, both male (Delhi Belly) and, gasp, female (Veere Di Wedding) Oh yeah, oh yeah. Constipation, and the troubles that arise thereof (Piku). Erectile dysfunction (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan). An alien who forces us to take a hard look at religious hypocrisy (PK). The films that have caught our fancy are the ones that have plots which give off at least a smidgeon of newness, or wrestle with a Big Idea, while keeping things real. Looking at the splashy schmaltzy universe of the big-budget, backed by big production houses, star-heavy films, one thing is clearer than ever before: only good, solid writing can rescue Bollywood from the creative stagnancy it finds itself in. Most of these top leading ladies have struck out on their own, and though they are still bringing up the rear in hero-driven vehicles, they are also setting up their own production houses to be able to do stuff that needs doing. A few, like Queen worked all the way Pari, on the other hand, was garbled but brave. Kangana Ranaut, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Katrina Kaif have made some interesting choices. The A-list ladies have striven and come up top in ways that haven’t happened before. How about more where that came from, Mr Kumar? Akshay, though, may have found the light in Good Newwz, in which he is reunited with his brash, bawdy, jokester self.
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I am tired of their flailing about in their Padmans and Toilets and Housefulls and Singhams: you may get full houses, no restrictions on idiocy, bad taste and sycophancy, but there’s no sparkle. The other male A-listers Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn have been energetically waving the flag in their sanskari films, all of which have had predictable, ho-hum arcs. And Aamir Khan’s new film, a remake of Forrest Gump is still a year away. Shah Rukh Khan is looking for a complete makeover, and has reached out to Aashiq Abu for his new venture: how Abu, whose idiom is so strongly rooted in Kerala, will manage to function in Bollywood and keep his singularity intact, is anyone’s guess. Bhai’s latest may not have tanked exactly, but there is no doubt that he and his minders are fresh out of ideas if the deathly Dabangg 3 is anything to go by. The Khandan, the mighty trio of Salman, SRK and Aamir, is in a holding pattern.
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