La Femme Gulshan 2

[Sabel Kantah]

FilmHate Story IV"; Director: Vishal Pandya; Cast: Urvashi Rautela, Vivan Bhatena, Karan Wahi, Ihana Dhillon and Gulshan Grover; Rating: ***

For a change, this fourth edition of "Hate Story" series is a pleasant surprise. It is not a noir film but it certainly has a femme fatale who is impressive and who holds her own against characters that are bad.

Keeping with the theme of the franchise, revenge remains the core issue at the heart of this tale too. And there is ample skin show and frothy music which unfortunately does nothing to propel the narrative.

The story by Sameer Arora revolves around business tycoon Vikram Khurana's two sons Aryan (Vivan Bhatena) and Rajvir (Karan Wahi). While Aryan is happily married to Rishma (Ihana Dhillon), Rajvir is a flirt whose girlfriends don't last for over six months.

Rajvir stumbles upon Tasha (Urvashi Rautela) after he is assigned to find a fresh face to model for their company with the instruction, "Aisa chehra jo madhosh bhi kare aur hosh bhi uda de".

Tasha is a dancer at a local club who aspires to be a model. And she certainly fits the bill for not only does Rajvir fall for her, but also his older brother Aryan and their father Vikram (Gulshan Grover) -- who too has a roving eye but keeps it in check owing to his forthcoming mayoral elections -- find her very attractive.

While Rajvir genuinely falls in love with Tasha, Aryan hoodwinks his brother to get closer to her. But what it results in is a web of manipulation, doubt, blackmail and ultimately revenge.

The plot, narrated in a non-linear manner, is skilfully crafted with a taut and neat screenplay. The first half of the film is racy and keeps you hooked and the second half gets into a preachy tone.

The dynamics between the actors are rock solid. With her oomph and floss, Urvashi Rautela as the femme fatale Tasha is impressive. She is the star attraction of the film.

Of the two male leads, neither Vivan Bhatena nor Karan Wahi have the on-screen charisma to counter-balance Urvashi. They deliver, but perfunctorily.

Gulshan, on the other hand, is slack and wasted in a stereotypical role.

The production quality of the film is superior and the visuals by cinematographer Sunita Radia are appealing. While the locales and scenes are matter-of-factly layered, the songs are cut like music videos. None of the songs stand out.

Overall, "Hate Story IV" is an engrossing tale despite its predictability.

Actor Gulshan Devaiah has said that he could see a lot of Vasan Bala in the latest video clip that Anurag Kashyap has shared from his upcoming film Kennedy. Vasan Bala earlier used to work with Anurag as his assistant director. (Also Read: Rahul Bhat is a ruthless killer and Sunny Leone is a femme fatale in Anurag Kashyap's Cannes drama Kennedy teaser)

Anurag shared the first teaser of his upcoming cop-noir drama Kennedy which features Sunny Leone, Rahul Bhat and in the lead roles. Posting the clip, Anurag wrote, "Bataaaa...kitna maza aaya...yeh teaser dekh ke (Tell me, how much did you enjoy watching this teaser)?! Kennedy premieres at @Festival_Cannes on May 24!."

Gulshan made his debut with Anurag Kashyap in 2010 in Kalki Koechlin That Girl in Yellow Boots. Later, Anurag produced Shaitan which also starred Gulshan. He has also worked with Vasan Bala in Peddlers and Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota.

Gulshan's latest release - Dahaad - premiered on Prime Video on Friday, May 12. Featuring Sonakshi Sinha and Soham Shah in lead roles, the web show is created by Reema Kagti. Apart from Dahaad, Gulshan has Saiyami Kher-starrer 8AM Metro slated for a theatrical release later this month.

Au moins 72 personnes sont mortes et des dizaines d'autres blesses dans une explosion survenue dimanche soir Lahore, grande ville de l'est du Pakistan, selon des responsables. Lundi, une faction du mouvement taliban pakistanais a revendiqu l'attentat, affirmant avoir voulu viser ainsi les chrtiens.

La dflagration s'est produite dans un parking prs du parc Gulshan-e-Iqbal, proche du centre-ville. La majorit des victimes seraient des femmes et des enfants. Le parc Gulshan-e-Iqbal est un parc trs priss des familles pakistanaises.

Un mdecin, le Dr Ashraf, a dcrit des scnes d'horreur l'hpital Jinnah o il opre. "Jusqu' prsent nous avons reu plus de 40 corps et plus de 200 blesss. La plupart sont dans un tat critique. Je crains que le bilan ne s'aggrave", a-t-il dit. "Nous les soignons par terre et dans les couloirs, et il continue d'en arriver", a-t-il ajout.

"Le kamikaze a russi entrer dans le parc et s'est fait exploser prs de l'aire de jeux pour enfants, o ils faisaient de la balanoire. C'est pour cela que la plupart des victimes sont des enfants et des femmes", a dclar un haut responsable administratif de la ville de Lahore, Mohammad Usman.

Dans une dclaration la presse, le porte-parole du Vatican, le pre Federico Lombardi, a affirm que le pape Franois avait t inform de cet "horrible massacre de dizaines d'innocents, qui jette une ombre de tristesse et d'angoisse sur la fte de Pques".

"Les Etats-Unis condamnent dans les termes les plus fermes l'horrible attaque terroriste Lahore au Pakistan", a de son ct dclar dans un communiqu Ned Price, porte-parole du Conseil de scurit nationale de la Maison Blanche.

Le 15 aot, la femme de M. Khan lui a rendu visite. Puisque la cellule individuelle ne lui a pas t accorde, M. Khan partage sa cellule avec quatre autres personnes. Ils disposent de simples matelas infests de puces de lit et partagent leurs toilettes. Les repas leur sont servis par la cantine de la prison, leurs frais.

v. Assurer en toutes circonstances le respect des droits humains et des liberts fondamentales, en accord avec les standards internationaux relatifs aux droits humains et aux instruments internationaux ratifis par le Bangladesh.

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