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verything seems to be a joke in the eagerly awaited trailer of Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju, based on the life of Sanjay Dutt. A cruel joke told in the form of a psychedelic fable replete with visuals of Sanju baba aka Ranbir Kapoor, high on drugs, so high that he can’t tell the difference between a laugh and a cry, or a mangalsutra and a toilet seat. In a sequence meant to be deafeningly shrill in its hysterical repudiation of a traumatic marriage, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja shrieks for her missing mangalsutra, and her high-as-a-kite husband drapes her neck with a toilet seat. In the trailer, Toilets occur twice it seems the in the longish trailer. senior Dutt The second time we The poster of the film Sanju. (Photo: wikipedia) blames the see Sanju in a dingy world for his prison cell panicking And Paresh Rawal as Sunil Dutt terror activity. It is as the inbuilt toilet again an unintention- behaves as if his son is an angel tarson’s troubles vomits yellow liquid excally funny moment geted by all the devils in the world. reta in nauseating bubbles. because the real Sanjay This is completely wrong. I rememRealism during the times of surDutt must have cracked up so ber how beleaguered and troubled realism. Great, Mr. Hirani. Film- many times under duress without senior Dutt was by his son’s antics. making needs to be learnt from looking like he has just been Speaking to me, he had called his you. But no. I am not convinced. I caught eating an extra gulab jamun son a “bidga beta (a brat)” spoilt by am not convinced about Ranbir’s for dessert. Sanjay’s saga is a chron- his mother. In the trailer, it seems performance. It seems dangerously icle of self-abuse and voluntary the senior Dutt blames the world close to mimicking Sanjay Dutt destruction. Neither of these for his son’s troubles. I presume this is Hirani’s idea of (which by the way the stand-up aspects is highlighted or even mencomedian Sanket Bhosale does tioned in the trailer. Barring the rustic charm. Everything in the very well). small glimpse of Manisha Koirala trailer seems to be done for effect. The atmosphere created is light, as Sanjay’s legendary mother Nar- Anushka Sharma (with a speciallyfluffy, woozy and jokey even in the gis, every actor seems to be in this cropped haircut to look the part) scenes of horrific torture where for the fun of it. Vicky Kaushal, so asks Sanjay how many women he Ranbir’s Sanju cracks up after one majestically restrained in Raazi, is has slept with besides his girlresounding slap from a policeman specially annoying as Sanju’s side- friends. (Which journalist asks such questions in Mumbai?) interrogating him for his alleged kick smirking about “say-ex”.
I really want Sanjay Dutt to like m MUMBAI: Actor Ranbir Kapoor, glimpses of whose portrayal as Sanjay Dutt in the trailer of Sanju has left the audience asking for more, says he really wants the senior actor to like him and his work. Ranbir interacted with the media at the trailer launch of Sanju with Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod
Political analysts said the outcome of 2019 elections will largely depend on opposition parties coming together to pose a common challenge to the BJP
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A cruel joke told in the form of a psychedelic fable replete with visuals of Sanju baba aka Ranbir, high on drugs, so high that he can’t tell the difference between a laugh and a cry
There are signs of tension between the Indian Consulate General inAnushka’s Toronto character inspired by fil and the regional police after the explosion at a restaurant run by an NRI
Paresh thinks he was destined to pla MUMBAI: Veteran actor Paresh Rawal, who turned a year older on May 30, has said that he feels he was destined to play the role of the late Sunil Dutt in the film Sanju. He says he had once received a letter on his birthday, and it was penned by Sunil Dutt, father of actor Sanjay Dutt on whose life the Rajkumar Hirani directorial is based. Paresh said: “There is a very special connection of Sunil Dutt with me. Back in 2005 on the May 25, I was doing some patchwork in Mum-
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MUMBAI: The mystery around actress Anushka Sharma’s role in Sanju was unravelled as director Rajkumar Hirani revealed that her character as a biographer is modelled on himself and Abhijat Joshi, who have co-written the film. Hirani told the media: “To showcase a biopic like this, you have to
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‘KAALA’ TRAILER PROVES RAJINIKANTH IS ‘Veere Di...’ banned SERIOUS trailer RajinikanthABOUT is serious about ‘n MISSISSAUGA (CANADA): One of the ‘Kaala’ two bombers of anproves in Pak over vulgarity Indian restaurant in this Toronto suburb that left 15 injured ‘NETAGIRI’ last week, was likely a woman, according to Regional Police NEW DELHI: Bollywood film Veere Di Wedding, starring stars like Kareena Kapoor Khan and Sonam Kapoor in a story of four girls, has been banned in Pakistan because of “vulgar dialogues and obscene scenes.” Danyal Gilani, Chairman, Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC), told IANS via social media: “Members of the CBFC unanimously decided to not allow the film for public exhibition in the cinemas as its content flouts the Censorship of Film Code 1980.” The movie was screened for the CBFC in Pakistan this week. According to trade sources, the movie was deemed unfit for exhibition due to “vulgar dialogues and obscene scenes”. —IANS
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‘We won the IPL defying all odds’
er winning the IPL 2018 at Wankhede Stadium.
Brathwaite and Sharma took one wicket each. Earlier, put in to bat, Yusuf Pathan’s unbeaten 45 runs off 25 balls along with skipper Kane Williamson’s 47 helped Sunrisers Hyderabad post a competitive 178/6. In a batting friendly track at the Wankhede stadium here, Yusuf, who came when the scoreboard was reading 101/3, played a good
MUMBAI: Back in the mix after a two-year hiatus and playing almost all of their home games away from home, Dwayne Bravo said Chen- Dwayne Bravo nai Super Kings defied all odds to lift their third Indian Premier League (IPL). “It has been good. This is a special moment. The team did not play together for the last two years. We had to move from Chennai after one game. For most of the guys, this is their first time. We were able to keep focus and do it. Nothing is better than winning finals,” Bravo said after the game. —IANS
knock to propel Hyderabad to a good total in their 20 overs. The Baroda batsman’s unbeaten innings contained four boundaries and a couple of hits into the stands.
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