![]() We meet Mahi’s lovers, a superstar played by Arjun Rampal and a cricketer, played by Randeep Hooda. Clearly, ladies such as these can come to no good. Both women are smoking and knocking back scotch. At one point, we see Mahi hanging out with her mother. Why is she like this? There is some half-baked story about a broken home. She pops pills, gets psychiatric treatment, can’t be trusted to hold her alcohol and usually looks like she’s a heartbeat away from a nervous breakdown. ![]() We are introduced to actress Mahi Arora, played by Kareena Kapoor, who is some sort of wild child. It’s hugely entertaining, unintentionally of course. The first half, though, has a delicious, camp quality to it. But Heroine doesn’t even deliver the frisson of a good Stardust story. There’s alcohol, affairs, a sex tape and even – gasp – a lesbian one-night stand. Bhandarkar and his team of co-writers – Anuradha Tiwari, Manoj Tyagi and Niranjan Iyengar – bung in every possible element of masala. After all, what better subject for steamy scandal than the life of an actress? But sadly, Heroine never rises to the occasion. This seemed, to me at least, like a perfect fit of maker and material. It’s supposed to be our window into the muck, the Machiavellian politics and the Faustian bargains that a life in the limelight necessarily entails. ![]() Heroine is Bhandarkar’s great Bollywood exposé. But invariably, the narrative includes a strong conservative streak so viewers can leer and still feel morally superior. ![]() His movies are voyeuristic, sensational, sleazy. Bhandarkar is a proudly pedestrian director. ![]() Actors: Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Randeep HoodaĪ Madhur Bhandarkar film has the same allure as a juicy tabloid or some particularly nasty gossip. ![]()
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