Rajeev Masand's Open Magazine column this week.
She’s a rule-breaker in every sense of the word. Easily the only actress who can carry a film on her shoulders, she has proved you don’t have to look anorexic to be a Bollywood leading lady; and now—with her recent marriage—she appears set to bust the myth that an actress can’t have a thriving career if she’s wed.

This week's Open Magazine column by Rajeev Masand.
It could well turn out to be the casting coup of the season if this prominent filmmaker gets his way. For his next film, a sprawling period piece with a massive ensemble cast, he is keen to rope in a beautiful female star who hasn’t made a movie since she had a baby last year. In the same film, he has plans to cast a leading younger actress in a romantic track opposite her real-life boyfriend, who is expected to play the male lead.

This week's Open Magazine column by Rajeev Masand .

This week's Open Magazine column by Rajeev Masand .
The year 2012 will go down as one in which the most number of fading Hindi film heroines attempting comebacks. Barring one legendary female star who successfully returned to the screen in a sweet comedy 15 years after she slipped into hibernation, at least three younger actresses made embarrassing and utterly forgettable attempts to regain a foothold in Bollywood.