Arbaaz Khan

Somewhere deep within the corroding flamboyance of filmdom, there is a tale of heartbreaking compromises and immorality tucked away from the naked tearless eye. Madhur Bhandarkar nearly gets to the nerve centre of that world, and then pulls back just before he's really gotten to the centre. Heroine is an intriguingly unfinished film. It's partly done in the rapid-fire mood of a gameshow and partly like an elegiac melody played gently on an antique piano with immaculate fingers. It lacks a ...

Bollywood’s three Khans — Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman — are all coming out with their much-awaited flicks within a gap of six weeks this year. Trade pundits predict that their outings combined will make the industry richer by INR5 billion in one-and-a-half months. Each film has a budget of over INR500 million alone. While the SRK-Anushka-Katrina starrer Jab Tak Hai Jaan, which is releasing on November 13, is Yash Chopra’s direction; Aamir’s Talaash is hit...