This was the year Bollywood slowed down and, in some cases, slammed the brakes. For the third straight year, the Indian film industry did not grow.As some studios shut up shop, Hollywood films such as ...
For years now, the spirit of Bollywood has poured itself into the nooks and crannies of American pop culture (you can see it in everything from “Moulin Rouge!” to the tabla beat of the Nick Jr.
For more than two decades Bollywood cinema has been ruled by three kings who happen to share a surname: Khan. Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan have top-lined 9 of India’s 10 highest grossing ...
Relations between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbors, are in trouble again. And this time, the crisis is affecting the entertainment world. NPR's Philip Reeves sent this report from ...
It’s been a tough year overall for Bollywood, with box office collections for Hindi films almost certain to fall by at least 5% on 2015 despite a record number of titles hitting the Indian market.
Even at its best, 2016 was a middling year for the Indian film industry. There were a few high points but no movie really scaled the zenith of filmmaking. Even the “good” films suffered from a few ...
Editor’s Note: Alisha Haridasani was born in 1989, and lived in Jodhpur before leaving India for Hong Kong, where she continued to watch Bollywood films. She is currently an associate features ...
The flare-up in the Indian-Pakistan conflict is spilling over into the world of entertainment. Pakistan's cinema owners are refusing to screen Bollywood movies, despite their huge popularity.