Each segment of Bombay Talkies has its moments, either in terms of the quality of the acting or in the little narrative sleights that hit home. katrina kaif performing sheila ki jawani in awards shows What is disappointing is that, barring the Dibakar Banerjee segment, none of the films is an attempt to showcase cinema as a self-contained medium of expression. katrina kaif performing sheila ki jawani in awards shows They only explore its external manifestations. katrina kaif performing sheila ki jawani in awards shows
Two of the segments – Zoya Akhtar’s and Anurag Kashyap’s – are about the dynamics of movie stardom and how it exercises a hold on the lives of common people. katrina kaif performing sheila ki jawani in awards shows
Karan Johar’s story, essentially a relationship drama bolstered by fine performances, establishes no more than a fleeting linkage with the movies through a pair of classic 1960s Lata Mangeshkar numbers (Ajeeb dastaan hai yeh kahaan shuru kahaan khatam and Lag jaa gale ki phir yeh haseen raat ho na ho) that a girl on a railway station footbridge sings for a few tokens of appreciation from passerby. katrina kaif performing sheila ki jawani in awards shows
Despite the obvious stylistic divergences, all the four stories dwell upon lies and truths, and make-believe and struggles to escape the drudgery of real life.
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