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  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Bollywood banks on India’s ‘Top Gun’ to extend box office revival

    Receipts rose to a record in 2023, in a turnaround after a series of pandemic-era flops

    Screen grab from the trailer of ‘Fighter’
  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    Ruchir Sharma
    What India needs is more cricket and less Bollywood

    As the Indian Premier League adapts to the digital age, Hindi films lose fans thanks to stale scripts and ageing stars

    Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in Pathaan
  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    OutlookBenjamin Parkin
    Shah Rukh Khan’s Bollywood blockbuster meets India’s culture wars

    Hardline Hindu nationalists have made the actor a target for harassment

    Shah Rukh Khan poses wearing a suit and sunglasses
  • Monday, 15 August, 2022
    InterviewFilm
    Bollywood star Aamir Khan on his Hindi remake of Forrest Gump

    Laal Singh Chaddha tells of a naïf who bumbles through historic events

    A man with a long beard wearing a Sikh turban stands on a train looking wide eyed, holding up something to eat with one hand
  • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
    Indian society
    India declares 2 days of mourning after Bollywood star’s death

    Singer Lata Mangeshkar was one of country’s most admired artists and will be given a state funeral

    Photo of Lata Mangeshka with floral tributes
  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Interview
    Abhishek Bachchan: ‘When a fan asks for an autograph, give it to them’

    The Indian star on loyal audiences, his family’s dynasty and why Bollywood is losing its desire to dance

    A man in a denim jacket looks intently at the camera
  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Indian politics & policy
    Amazon executive faces charges as Hindu nationalists rage at mini-series

    Furore over ‘Tandav’ is latest sign of growing pressure on India’s entertainment industry

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
    Streaming services
    Amazon and Netflix look beyond Bollywood for India’s next big hit

    Streaming groups and cinema chains turn to non-Hindi language films as Covid-19 hits production

  • Saturday, 17 October, 2020
    Indian society
    Hindu nationalists take aim at Bollywood

    India’s culture war is being waged between Modi’s ruling party and the film industry

  • Sunday, 12 July, 2020
    Indian society
    Bollywood superstars hospitalised with Covid-19 as virus rages in India

    Amitabh Bachchan falls ill together with son and daughter-in-law

  • Thursday, 30 April, 2020
    ObituaryIrrfan Khan
    Irrfan Khan, actor, 1967-2020

    A formidable film actor in an industry in thrall to its movie stars

    PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 22: Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan from 'Puzzle' attend The Hollywood Reporter 2018 Sundance Studio at Sky Strada, Park City on January 22, 2018 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images for for The Hollywood Reporter)
  • Saturday, 8 February, 2020
    Indian business & finance
    Hollywood blockbusters break into India

    Superhero sequels eat into Bollywood’s share of market long dominated by local studios

    Ram Pratap Verma, a 32-year-old aspiring Bollywood film actor, watches a film at a cinema in Mumbai May 2, 2013. Bollywood is an addiction for many; an addiction that attracts thousands of aspiring stars to the city of Mumbai. Ram Pratap Verma made the journey from his small village eight years ago, and despite carrying his whole "home" inside his bag, he is determined not to give up on his ambitions. He endeavours to watch at least one film a week at a cinema, where the silver screen keeps his dreams alive. Picture taken May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 23 24 FOR PACKAGE 'DREAMING BOLLYWOOD'. SEARCH 'RAM PRATAP VERMA' FOR ALL - RTXZ84X
  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Interview5 min
    Deepika Padukone: Bollywood star turns to tech investment

    Chennai Express star wants to be a player in India's start-up scene

  • Monday, 29 April, 2019
    News in-depthIndian election
    Narendra Modi courts Bollywood in appeal to voters

    Release of politically charged films prompts criticism PM is building a ‘personality cult’

    FILE PHOTO: A man uses his mobile phone to take photographs of a poster of the upcoming film "PM Narendra Modi" during the launch of its poster in Mumbai, India, January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File photo
  • Friday, 11 January, 2019
    Bahraini sheikh wins Bollywood case in London’s High Court

    Egyptian businessman had claimed the royal owed him money for arranging meetings

    DKBTJW RAM-LEELA 2013 Eros International film with Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone
  • Sunday, 11 November, 2018
    Bahrain
    Bahrain royal fights $33m Bollywood claim

    Egyptian businessman alleges sheikh backed out of deal to arrange meetings with actors

    Sheikh Khalifa has a 'keen interest' in Bollywood. Film star Shah Rukh Khan, flanked by Anushka Sharma, left, and Katrina Kaif
  • Friday, 2 March, 2018
    ObituaryIndian society
    Sridevi Kapoor, Bollywood actress, 1963-2018

    India’s film star with the pulling power to carry a movie alone

    FILE PHOTO: Actress Sridevi Kapoor arrives for the gala presentation of "English Vinglish" at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival, September 14, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
  • Monday, 20 November, 2017
    Indian business & finance
    Religious protests claim one of Bollywood’s biggest films of year

    Demonstrators believe movie shows romance between Muslim king and Hindu queen

    FILE - In this June 25, 2016 file photo, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone poses for photographers at the International Indian Film Academy Rocks Green Carpet for the 17th Edition of IIFA Weekend & Awards in Madrid, Spain. A member of India's Hindu nationalist ruling party has offered a 100 million rupee ($1.5 million) reward to anyone who beheads the lead actress Padukone and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the director of the yet-to-be released Bollywood film "Padmavati" over its alleged handling of the relationship between a Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler. The film's producers postponed the release of the film, which was set to be in theaters Dec. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Samuel de Roman, File)
  • Monday, 7 August, 2017
    Law
    Bollywood stars face being dragged into UK High Court lawsuit

    Businessman says he is owed $42.5m after arranging for Bahraini royal to meet actors

    BPNX3B RANI MUKHERJEE & SHAHRUKH KHAN PAHELI (2005)
  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2015
    Bollywood explores edgier themes to attract young urban crowd

    India’s biggest film industry is deviating from the traditional star-driven fare — and is rewarded at the box office

    A cyclist rides past billboards and a wall plastered with posters of Bollywood movies in Mumbai on May 18, 2011.
  • Friday, 16 May, 2014
    US & Canadian companies
    Mittal’s B4U and Relativity Media create film and TV venture
    Lakshmi Mittal
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2013
    ReviewUS & Canadian companies
    US studios seek inroads into Bollywood as industry turns 100
    Bollywood film
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2012
    beyondbricsNeil Munshi
    India’s fight league: it isn’t cricket
  • Friday, 12 August, 2011
    Bollywood film is deemed untouchable
  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2010
    A tale of two Indias
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