Bollywood Hungama

14 years of Raavan: Abhishek Bachchan confesses, “Raavan is the most difficult film I’ve ever done, it offered me my most challenging role to date”

Abhishek Bachchan gets candid on 14 years of Raavan in an interview. The film, which is directed by Mani Ratnam, also starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vikram in pivotal roles. 14 years of Raavan: ...
Bollywood Hungama

Nikhil Dwivedi opens up on Mani Ratnam’s Raavan; says, “The storytelling was very faulty. It was a bizarre form of storytelling”

Nikhil Dwivedi recently looked back on his experience working in Mani Ratnam’s 2010 film Raavan and offered a candid take on why the Abhishek Bachchan–Aishwarya Rai starrer struggled to connect with ...
Outlookindia

Right Ends, Wrong Means: The Anti-Hero In Hindi Cinema

Towards the end of Raavan (2010), Raagini’s (Aishwarya Rai) husband, Dev (Vikram), accuses her of infidelity, ordering her to take a polygraph test. “Beera told me that his hands may be dirty,” he ...
Wall Street Journal

'Raavan' Updates An Ancient Indian Epic

Two weeks ago, Rajneeti, the story of a scheming political family based on the ancient Mahabharat epic, hit cinemas. This Friday director Mani Ratnams films Raavan (in Hindi) and Raavanan (in Tamil) ...