Despite middling to exasperated reviews, Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale has opened to good business (surprise!) For all those who declare their allegiance to the movie’s alleged brilliance, there are many who cannot fathom how the action comedy, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon, was made in the first place. The much-vaunted screen reunion between Khan and Kajol has also fallen flat in some quarters. Should Khan take the advice of Shuddh Desi Gaane, the makers of this hilarious spoof video on the song Gerua, and acknowledge that ‘Some love stories should just end?” Wait till the end of the song to see how it all turns out (and marvel at a certain star star’s coolness factor.)
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Why Nawab Wajid Ali Shah appointed his lovers to important positions in his court
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A restaurant menu from 1935 is a reminder of how much Bombay has changed
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A book on Delhi’s histories recounts how Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s shrine became a pilgrimage site
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How did Surat become the setting for an 18th-century French story?
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‘I Want to Talk’ trailer: Abhishek Bachchan plays a terminally ill man reassessing his life
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‘Iru’: A biography in motion about anthropologist Irawati Karve, who lived life on her own terms
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‘Keep your eye on the prize’: Director Mira Nair shares the lessons she learned along the way
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In her autobiography, Bangladeshi writer Noorjahan Bose remembers her mother’s skilful cooking
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Start the week with a film: ‘Valu’ is a side-splitting comedy with a brilliant cast
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For the millions of Indians travelling abroad, food lessons from Gandhi, Vivekananda and Mamata