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Pink champagne, bank heists, and male stereotypes

Hindustan Times | ByRehana Munir
Sep 20, 2017 05:31 PM IST

For all of Kangana’s enthusiasm, Simran ends up being a confused feminist fantasy

Kangana Ranaut has gone where no woman has gone before: straight to the heart of the class and gender problem of a self-satisfied Hindi film industry. Recent skirmishes with Bollywood royalty have confirmed her as the iconoclast of the business, already worthy of a biopic.

Kangana’s latest release Simran is about Praful Patel, a feisty Gujarati woman who works in the housekeeping department of an Atlanta hotel
Kangana’s latest release Simran is about Praful Patel, a feisty Gujarati woman who works in the housekeeping department of an Atlanta hotel
A still from Simran in which, robbing banks adds an outlandish element to a tale that would have done well to retain its roots in reality
A still from Simran in which, robbing banks adds an outlandish element to a tale that would have done well to retain its roots in reality
Such a sloppy heist is unlikely to be successful even once, let alone a number of times in the same town. Bank security is virtually non-existent. Just like the reality quotient of this plot arc.
About half the film we see Praful, the lead character essayed by Kangana, robbing banks to repay the increasingly menacing creditors
About half the film we see Praful, the lead character essayed by Kangana, robbing banks to repay the increasingly menacing creditors
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