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After playing garrulous roles in his previous fi lms,lms, RANVEER SINGH is glad that his brooding character StarWeek Special inin LooteraLootera isis beingbeing highlyhighly appreciated.appreciated. AssertingAsserting “MOTHERHOOD GIVES that he hasn’t even “tapped one per cent of his ME MORE JOY THAN potential” yet, the gifted actor maintains that he wants to be a part of signifi cantcant fifi lmslms whichwhich willwill FILMMAKING” – KIRAN help him grow as an artiste. StarWeek reports 06 Star Mail 22 Star Interview This is where you have your say. Kiran Rao chats with Contents StarWeek about supporting July 12, 2013 a fi lm like Ship Of Theseus, 07 Star Speak embracing motherhood Emraan Hashmi on how and being more than just a he never hesitates in star wife. experimenting with his roles; Kalki Koechlin on being a tomboy; Imran Khan on how 26 Star Barometer he does not like sharing his Lootera opens well at the box- personal details with the media. offi ce; Raanjhanaa continues its good run. Snappy Showbiz * Every Friday 08 Star Buzz Vidya Balan is a complete 28 Star Spread entertainer; Arjun Kapoor is Madhuri Patle is ready to rock open to bold cinema; Find out Bollywood. who Zoya Akhtar wishes to work with. 30 Star Pics Alia Bhatt makes a request; 12 Star Fashion John Abraham and girlfriend Priya Runchal Sonam Kapoor is gorgeous as are spotted at the airport; ever; goes desi; Anurag Kashyap shies away Shruti Haasan disappoints. from the photogs.

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After playing garrulous roles in his previous À lms, Ranveer Singh is glad that his brooding character in Lootera is being highly appreciated. Asserting that he hasn’t even “tapped one per cent of his potential” yet, the gifted actor maintains that he wants to be a part of signiÀ cant À lms which will help him grow as an artiste. StarWeek reports

By EEPSITA GUHA

With Lootera, you’re back on the big that it was Vikramaditya’s first I told him, ‘Look man, I was screen after a year-and-a-half. Tell film. After watching it, I thought blown away by Udaan. If you me, how did the À lm happen? that here is a creative mind ever have something for me, I’d I saw Vikramaditya’s (Motwane) I’d love to collaborate with. love to collaborate with you’. first film Udaan in its fourth week. Cut to an awards night. Band Then and there, he told me that And it was one of the most powerful Baaja Baaraat and Udaan had he has something for me. Next, cinematic experiences. I had never released in the same year. he met me with a bound script seen a Hindi movie like that before. So I was backstage, getting of Lootera. I read it that night It explored some very dark and my pictures clicked with my and I remember it was two in personal spaces but it was an honest trophy and next in line was the morning and I was crying and beautiful film. I was amazed Vikramaditya. On my way out, alone in my room. It evoked a STAR Barometer AN UNDERWHELMING RESPONSE KDQFKDNNDU opened much Rajkumar Gupta-directed À lm should primarily À nd footfalls at better in multiplexes managed to hold its head above premium centres in major cities. Gas compared to single water for a major part of the This experimental comedy-thriller screens. Secondly, the average weekend. Also, these collections should eventually turn out to be an footfalls for this widely released are much better than what Emraan average affair at the box-ofÀ ce. À lm was in the range of 40-50 Hashmi’s last À lm (N7KL'DD\DQ per cent. However, the À lm didn’t (around 18 crores) had garnered RAANJHANAA IS A SUCCESS really see much escalation over the in its opening weekend. As for STORY weekend. As a result, the weekend *KDQFKDNNDU to sustain, a lot would 5DDQMKDQDD has deÀ ed all odds and collections were around 22 crores. depend on the weekday collections. emerged triumphant at the box- Considering the average critics’ Though there isn’t much single ofÀ ce. If the opening day was good reviews and the mixed audience screen audience for the À lm, even and the weekend resulted in added reaction that the À lm got, this at multiplexes, this UTV production momentum, the weekdays brought further good news. This resulted in very good À rst week collections in the range of 34 crores. The À lm is now all set to be Sonam Kapoor’s biggest grosser ever as it would cross the collections of ,+DWH/XY 6WRU\V (approximately 50 crores). With a hit to boast of, Sonam’s wait to be back in the thick of things is now À nally over. As for Dhanush, he has been accepted as a leading man and now, one waits to see what he picks next in Bollywood. With not even one crore each coming for either 6KRUWFXW5RPHR or (QHPP\, these are bigger disasters than ,VKNT,Q3DULV, which had arrived a few weeks back.

LOOTERA OPENS STRONG IN MULTIPLEXES After working in À ve back-to-back hero-centric À lms ('DEDQJJ, 5RZG\ 5DWKRUH, -RNHU, 6RQ2I6DUGDDUand 'DEDQJJ), four of which crossed the 100-crore mark, Sonakshi Sinha is now seen in her À rst ever outing which has both her and her hero in equal measures. Even for Ranveer