Heroine (Hindi)

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4.0/10
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4.5/10
Release Date:
September 21, 2012

The film is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine from the dream factory we call 'Bollywood'. The film is an entertaining, daring, emotional, shocking, glamorous, scandalous behind the scenes account of the reality behind the world of glitz and glamour that our film stars inhabit. For a country obsessed with films and film stars, Heroine will take audiences on a voyeuristic journey to see what really goes on behind the closed doors of make up rooms and vanity vans. It will give them a chance to go beyond the gorgeous smiles and politically correct quotes, to see what really happens in the lives of India 's sweethearts - The sniping & the politics, the secrets & the lies, the incredible highs of fame & the lonely depths of failure

The film is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine from the dream factory we call 'Bollywood'. The film is an... Show More

Prakash Gowda

Editor   Oct 04, 2012 12:25  

Popcornversations: Heroine with caffeine

A cappuccino awaits its turn to be sipped by a girl and a guy. They have just returned from a multiplex after watching Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine. Let’s call the girl Ms. Audience and the guy Mr. Critic. Heck no, he’s isn’t a Masand, Sen, Guha, Chopra or Ebert, but all of a sudden, everyone has become a film critic, walking out of auditorium promptly asking, “How many stars?”

Well, it doesn’t take an Eisenstein to guess that Mr. Critic and Ms. Audience don’t get along well and often end up arguing over camera angles v/s golden bangles, story v/s soiree, screenplay v/s foreplay, inter-cuts v/s low cuts, direction v/s duration and so on. Sample this:

Critic: What a waste of time! Yet another Madhur Bhandarkar film!

Audience: So what did you expect? A Ram Gopal Varma film?

Critic: I fail to understand how many times will this guy remake Page 3?

Audience: But he also made Traffic Signal much before we applauded the slums and dogs. It wasn’t a Page 3, mind you. Nor was Dil To Bachcha hai ji.

Critic: Come on, Dil To Bachcha hai ji was a silly film!

Audience: Do you remember what you said after watching it? Madhur Bhandarkar should stick to doing what he does best – exposé movies. Now that he’s back to what he’s good at, you criticize him for making the same kind of films.

Critic: But there should at least be a story yaar…a girl called Mahi Arora is a big film star, she falls, and then she either hits back or goes into the oblivion.

Audience: Every story has the same formula – Conflict, Action and Resolution. Girl meets boy, they face problems, get separated and finally reunite.

Critic: So you recommend Heroine for an Oscar?

Audience: Heroine never made any such claims and can’t even afford to. Every film finds its audience and this one too will surely do that.

Critic: It’s only because of people like you that silly films garner 100 crores.

Audience: Yup, we’re not here to join the yawnathon in the auditorium for two hours and praise the same film to skies, just to appear intelligent.

Critic: In that case, you should appreciate me for surviving Heroine.