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'See, I'm better than Shahrukh Khan': Vinay Pathak

It goes to say without a doubt that Vinay Pathak is one of the finest and the most talented actors we have in our film industry today. After having fried our bheja's with Bheja Fry , the mad man is back styling people's hair in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi . The comic genius plays the role of Bobby, a hair salon owner and a dear friend of Shahrukh Khan in the film who helps Shahrukh Khan dress up in hip and happening colourful t-shirts, boots and a gelled look to impress his love interest played by debutant Anushka Sharma rather than cut people's hair. Now as soon as the film got over in a special screening at the YRF Studios last Friday, the first person we called up to inform the best jodi of the film was apna Vinay babu . The extraordinary jodi of Vinay and SRK rocks in the film. Yes, it does remind you of yesteryear actor Deven Varma helping out Amol Palekar in Golmaal but this one's way too funny and yet high on emotions. Vinay is seen in a completely unbelievable get up...

Bollywood’s new poster boys

The rise of unheroic heroes may well be attributed to the current climate in the Hindi film industry, where every producer, distributor and exhibitor is driven by the numbers game, writes Derek Bose We have had actors. And we have had stars. We have also had star-actors like Balraj Sahni, Sanjeev Kumar and Naseeruddin Shah. Others like Amitabh Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan could perhaps be called ‘acting-stars’, since they have already attained stardom and are only now concentrating seriously on their craft as actors. But what would you call such emerging talent as Vinay Pathak, Kay Kay Menon, Shreyas Talpade, Ranvir Shorey and Rajat Kapoor? They are no doubt gifted artistes. But they have not been around long enough for audiences to gauge their versatility or histrionic strengths in adequate measure. Moreover, they do not possess the looks, charisma or the fan following most established stars enjoy. And yet, they are showing up unfailingly in every other Hindi film hitting the screen the...