Love don't live here no more

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br />Expect the expected. Ask a Bollywood director about his upcoming film, and he’ll say, ‘it’s different.’ But it is only now that a change in ‘formula’ has arrived. <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Aaj ka </span>filmmaker is obsessed with the <a href="http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/351940.cms">pitfalls in relationships</a>.<br /></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="59.4%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><a href="javascript:popUp(&quot1;/photopop/msid-403899,type-0.cms&quot1;)"> <img border="0" align="left" src="/thumb.cms?msid=403899&height=100&width=100" hspace="12" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Click to enlarge</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal">Abracadabra! What do we have? The <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/402087.cms">darker side</a> of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">rishtas</span> between man and woman, father and daughter, even mentor and student.<br /><br />Relationships that traditionally signify trust, warmth and comfort, are now being given high-density tones of grey in an effort to be realistic. For instance, in Sriram Raghavan’s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Ek Hasina Thi</span>, <a href="http://clubs.indiatimes.com/clubs/saifalikhan">Saif Ali Khan</a> plays a suave man who sweeps <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/394559.cms">Urmila Matondkar</a> off her feet, only to land her in jail soon after. <br /><br />In Mahesh Bhatt’s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Murder</span>, Mallika Sherawat is a wife trapped in an unhappy marriage, who looks for ‘excitement’ outside and gets carried away in the throes of passion. <br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Aetbaar </span>sees <a href="http://clubs.indiatimes.com/clubs/amitabhbachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> playing a possessive father to <a href="http://clubs.indiatimes.com/clubs/bipashabasu-thehottest">Bipasha Basu</a> whose boyfriend John Abraham has a few unsavoury tricks up his sleeve. <br /><br /><formid=367815><br /><br /><br /></formid=367815></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br />In <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Maqbool</span>, all it takes for Irfan Khan to pull the trigger on the man who has brought him up since childhood is goading by his lady love. And in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Tum</span>, Karan Nath has a one-night stand with a married woman.<br /><br />Whew! Why has the world of popular cinema changed hue? ‘‘Nobody’s life is picture-perfect. Each of us has human failings and Bollywood is finally waking up to this truth,’’ says trade-analyst Indu Mirani. </div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="59.4%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><a href="javascript:popUp(&quot1;/photopop/msid-164039,type-0.cms&quot1;)"> <img border="0" align="left" src="/thumb.cms?msid=164039&height=236&width=236" hspace="12" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Click to enlarge</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/403855.cms">Ek Hasina Thi</a> director Raghavan believes that “people who are closest to us can also harm us the most.� Adds Saif, ‘‘I play a Charles Shobhraj-like character who could well be the man-next door.’’ <br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Aetbaar</span> producer Mandeep Singh feels that there are two sides to every relationship. ‘‘Each individual has his/her viewpoint — this can lead to friction.’’ But at a time when feel-good films rule the box office, do realistic films stand a chance? ‘‘These films cater to a niche audience, specially the younger generation. Ultimately, a film’s success is determined by how good or bad it is,’’ says Mirani. <br /><br />The great Indian family, as represented by <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/402087.cms">Bollywood</a>, is finally breaking free of stereotypes. But, will this new genre end up being a caricature of itself? Well, for the moment, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Na tum jaano na hum</span>....<br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">nikita.doval@indiatimes.com </span><br /><br /><formid=367815></formid=367815></div> </div>