Starring <strong>Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Jimmy Shergill, Soha Ali Khan, Raj Babbar</strong> Directed by <strong>Tigmanshu Dhulia</strong> Rating: <strong>****</strong> In what could be regarded as a sequence of subliminal comic relief, a little-known actor Rajeev Gupta gives this film, suffused in powerhouse performances, its best performance as a slimy politician caught watching porn on his laptop in his office by a goon masquerading as a journalist.

Don’t rub in the royalty, please. That seems to have been Soha Ali Khan’s underlying statement when at a public event promoting her new film <em>Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns</em> she made her displeasure clear at her royalty references being relentlessly rustled up. Apparently director Tigmanshu Dhulia said at the event that he chose Soha to play a princess in his film as she looked every inch the royalty in royal finery. To this, the sharp-tongued Soha retorted, “Oh yes, I even sleep in royal clothes.”

It is known that our stars go to any extent to totally get immersed in the character they are to play and in the process, make their film a hit. While our male actors, in their bid to look muscular, take the help of their gym instructors, the female folk turn to their beauticians and masseurs to help them tone down their bodies and look sexy.