'Heroine' film preview: Don't expect a redux of The Dirty Picture

Mumbai: Women power seems to be dominating Bollywood for the last one year with Vidya Balan swaying the masses in The Dirty Picture and Bipasha Basu overshadowing others with her performance in Raaz 3. Adding her contribution to women-centric flicks, Kareena Kapoor who is expected to bask in glory with never-seen-before performance. Well, what we expect from the story is similar to what we witnessed in Raaz 3, where an ageing actress is over shadowed by the newcomers in the industry and to savor her declining graph takes an ill-turn. Raaz 3, where it focused on the use of black magic by the actresses, ‘Heroine' depicts the story of girl storming into the film industry, achieves glory but is soon pushed into oblivion by newcomers, ignored by filmmakers. Director Madhur Bhandarkar is known for his class. Whether its Fashion, or Page 3 or Heroine, he touches a particular sector and pulls off the curtain from hidden truths that lurk behind the spic and glamour of , be it, Bollywood or the fashion industry or the celebrity circuit. Initially for Heroine, Madhur had Aishwariya in mind, the latter backed out because of her pregnancy throwing his plans haywire. In came, Kareena, who has finally done justice to her role. Beside this, Arjun Rampal ,after last year's sci-fi ‘RA-ONE' plays a successful superstar with grey shades. He adds twists and turns to the story, while Randeep Hooda essyas the role a cricketer. Salim- Sulaiman, past masters in delivering catchy music, have again done their job well for Heroine. The Halkat Jawani number sung by Sunidhi Chauhan is already on top of the chartbusters and others are also likeable but fans will have to wait till Friday to judge out how the music compliments the flick. For promotion, the director-actress duo has left no stone unturned, targeting TV audience through numerous serials and reality shows, and travelling various big and small cities. How far will ‘Heroine' differ from “Dirty Picture” and “Raaz 3”, we'll let you know on September 21, when Bebo will celebrate her 32nd birthday too.