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Film critics Anupama Chopra and Rahul Desai discuss recent releases #WhyCheatIndia, #Glass and #Soni.
Why Cheat India, the makers tell us, is a hybrid of fact and fiction. This blend – maybe we should call it faction – seems to have become Bollywood’s favourite genre. Think of Uri, Padman, Sanju, Raazi, Raid and so many others. These films want both – the authenticity and heft of fact with the dramatic possibilities of fiction. It’s tough to do and many directors topple. In Why Cheat India, Soumik Sen manages to stay standing for some time. Subtlety is not his strength but in his own, heavy-handed way, Soumik creates a reasonably engaging first hour. Ultimately however, he can’t resist the lure of full-blown, blaring background music, suspense via split screens and giving his star Emraan Hashmi a speech from the pulpit about how the system forces him to be corrupt.
Why Cheat India, the makers tell us, is a hybrid of fact and fiction. This blend – maybe we should call it faction – seems to have become Bollywood's favourite genre. Think of Uri, Padman, Sanju, Raazi, Raid and so many others. These films want both – the authenticity and heft of fact with the dramatic possibilities of fiction. It's tough to do and many directors topple. In Why Cheat India, Soumik Sen manages to stay standing for some time. Subtlety is not his strength but in his own, heavy-handed way, Soumik creates a reasonably engaging first hour. Ultimately however, he can't resist the lure of full-blown, blaring background music, suspense via split screens and giving his star Emraan Hashmi a speech from the pulpit about how the system forces him to be corrupt.
Emraan Hashmi’s Cheat India releases on 18th January. The actor talks to Anupama Chopra about what one can expect from Emraan 2.0 and what made him want to turn producer with this film. He also talks about trying to break away from the kissing-hero image he has been long associated with, making his debut in the digital space with Bard of Blood on Netflix and being conned into doing a kissing scene by his co-producers of Cheat India.
This week on FC Flash, The Gully Boy trailer drops and creates all the right buzz Vivek Oberoi’s first look in and as PM Narendra Modi is revealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the Bollywood brigade to discuss nation building The Delhi HC quashes PIL against The Accidental PM CBFC cracks down on Cheat India, films titled changed to Why Cheat India Rakesh Roshan diagnosed with early stage throat cancer, undergoes surgery. Comedy collective SnG parts ways
This Week on FC Flash, Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starrer Gully Boy directed by Zoya Akhtar has been chosen to be screened at the Berlinale special gala Leading global film website IMDb unveiled their list of top rated Indian films of 2018 and not one but two of Ayushmann Khurrana’s films made the cut. fans of the Thalaiva who were all still cheering the super success of 2.0 were in for another treat – the makers of his next film Petta released this teaser of the film on his birthday. Let’s discuss the trailers of Emraan Hashmi’s Cheat India & Dev Patel’s Hotel Mumbai drop.
This week on FC Flash, Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh got married in a private ceremony in Lake Como, Italy. On November 15th, a story on The Print website reported that platforms such as Netflix and Hotstar had agreed to censor their content in India. Netflix however posted a statement saying that they were not present at any such meeting. The Producers Guild of India unanimously passed a resolution to amend its by-laws. It is now mandatory for all members to implement the POSH laws, which includes the constitution of an ICC or Internal Complaints Committee. Brahmastra, the superhero trilogy being produced by Karan Johar and directed by Ayan Mukerji, has got a new release date – December 2019. The teaser of Cheat India and the trailer of Kedarnath also dropped this week. Cheat India features Emraan Hashmi as an entrepreneur building an empire out of cheating. Kedarnath is a Hindu-Muslim love story set against floods in the pilgrim destination.