Cast: Kunal Khemmu, Tulip Joshi, Ashima Sawhney, Darshan Zariwala, Vrajesh Hirjee, Sharat SaxenaDirector: Rohit JugrajMore movie-within-a-movie. It may be a coincidence that both Mithya and Superstar release on the same day, back-grounding the film industry and a star aspirant with a doppelganger, but it's just the kind that Bollywood loves.Here it's Kunal Khemmu in a double role: Kunal, the poor middle-class boy who dreams of being a bade parde ka star, and Karan, the rich film producer's son, who only wants to have fun. One is a competent dancer, and learner-of-lines, and doer-of-action scenes; the other just wants to chill. One comes to an untimely end, the other survives.While you are at it, you are given a close-up of the behind-the-scenes activities on film sets: fight masters hoisting the star on ropes that will be made to disappear, making it seem as if he is flying gracefully, choreographers putting their charges through their paces, actors forgetting their dialogue, and bumbling through: there's a whole industry being paid to make the star look good, who goes home with the heftiest pay cheque. The plot stretches credulity, but hey, it's okay. Mainly because Kunal Khemmu plays it so sweetly: terrific as a young boy in one of Mahesh Bhatt's finest, Zakhm, he has been doing an equally good job as an adult, in Kalyug, and Traffic Signal. Here again, he displays a range of emotions, without borrowing from anyone, the hallmark of a good actor. And Jugraj, having put the dreadful James behind him, shows that he is capable of more: pity this film came without any advance publicity.
