Heroine (2012)

A female superstar struggles through the trials and tribulations of being a Bollywood actress.

Director:

Madhur Bhandarkar

Writers:

Madhur Bhandarkar, Niranjan Iyengar

Stars:

Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda

5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kareena Kapoor	...	Mahi Arora
Arjun Rampal	...	Aryan Khanna
Randeep Hooda	...	Angad Paul
Shahana Goswami	...	Promita
Pooja Chopra	...	Shaheen Khan
Divya Dutta	...	Pallavi Narayan
Rashmi Nigam	...	Gauri
Pallavi Sharda	...	Gayatri
Ranvir Shorey	...	Tapanda (Dada)
Lillete Dubey	...	Mahi's Mom
Mugdha Godse	...	Rhea Mehra
Sanjay Suri	...	Abbas Khan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harsh Chhaya	...	Alex
G.K. Desai
Kanika Dhillon

Storyline

After his incredible run of women-centric films from Chandni Bar, Page 3, Satta and Corporate to the blockbuster Fashion, Madhur Bhandarkar now turns his lens inwards and presents his most ambitious work yet - Heroine. The film is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine from the dream factory we call 'Bollywood'. The film is a daring, 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 bitching and the politics, the secrets and the lies, the incredible highs of fame and the lonely depths of failure.

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Taglines:

Unlock Your Mind This summer

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

21 September 2012 (India)

Also Known As:

Героиня

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$389,901 (USA) (21 September 2012)

Gross:

$593,344 (USA) (5 October 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bhandarkar Entertainment, UTV Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

149 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was originally intended to play the role of Mahi Arora. The first look of the movie was revealed at the 64th Cannes Film Festival with Bachchan but she was later replaced with Kareena Kapoor.

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Goofs

Mahi Arora uses an iPhone but whenever she uses it, the screen does not turn off while making a call. The proximity sensor in an iPhone turns off the screen when it's held to the ear.

User Reviews

If you want to sleep, sleep at home.. Don't go theater to watch Heroine

I watched Heroine in cinema hall today and I was looking into my watch more than looking into the screen because I desperately wanted the movie to come to an end. This is one of the biggest disappointment of the year after such a hype for this movie. There was no story at all and I was confused what was going on in the movie. There was nothing in it and Kareena was crying all from starting to end. Arjun Rampal was not at all matching to kareena and Randeep Hooda was totally wasted in this movie. The director plotted many emotional scenes in the movie which according to him was supposed to make the audience also emotional, but I was more emotional of wasting my money and time for this movie. My rating is 1/10.