Given the perduring distance between Bollywood and Hollywood, two of the largest and most prolific film industries in the world, the recent release of the Bollywood film Koi Mil Gaya,
When they dance in the films–the beauteous heroine and her female cohort, try to drag your eyes away from the supple Aishwarya and look at her companions. One of
Ethno-entrepreneurship gets cracking as the well-settled generation of Non-Resident Indians begins to accumulate culture.
Invented India has begun to encroach on the cultural landscape of London. The West End musical,
The economics of Hindi cinema was turned on its head while we were not watching, and scripts, sets, locations, language, heroes and heroines are all no longer what they were.
The insidious advance of cinema as ultra-nationalist propaganda has not been flagged as a most dangerous trend, one which is bound to lead to more Indian and Southasian instability
It is a tricky, intricately structured dance that the Indian woman does on the screen—one fluid step forward and two lurching steps backward—and one that has remained the
The Pakistani film industry struggles for originality as pirated Indian movies steal the show.
What we today call Bollywood cinema is the common heritage of all those who contributed at
Juhi sulks. Jackson loves Mahatma Gandhi. Jaffrey shoots his mouth. The Bollywood virus hits Gotham.
It was a near-sell-out-delirious crowd that bellowed and jumped on seats at the Bollywood Awards
Bollywood, as even its most ardent admirers will admit, definitely has a touch of the bizarre. Exaggerated portrayals of personalities are the norm rather than the exception. But what if
