Bollywood

Bollywood, the Indian billion dollar film industry, is popular worldwide. People in Malaysia may not know much about cricket and world politics, but they surely know Shah Rukh Khan. South Africans may live in their own world when in comes to world economics, but they rush to the theaters when they see a Salman Khan poster outside. Even the ladies, like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Katrina Kaif, hold audiences captive, worldwide. Bollywood films are characterized by their patent sing-song and natural expressions. Bollywood movies have the ability to make a fairy tale seem real. Point blank, boss, they are (as the Indians put it)!
  • Hrithik Roshan at Madame Tussauds
    Hrithik Roshan's wax statue will soon share the space with other celebrities at Madame Tussauds. This rightly conveys the rising popularity of Bollywood stars in the West.
  • My Name is Khan & I am Mum
    Mr. Khan, please speak up!
  • R.I.P. - 3 Idiots
    3 Idiots - Ripped apart.
  • Film Schools in Mumbai
    Film Schools in Mumbai are choc-a-bloc. Admissions are simple but not cheap. Here's a low down on the way these film schools work.
  • B Grade Bollywood: If It Works, It Sells and Vice Versa
    We all love to hate Manos: The Hands of Fate and Plan 9 From Outer Space. Here is some information about B Grade cinema and how it's thriving down in Bollywood.
  • Bollywood: Giving A New Meaning to Senseless Deaths
    Death and cinema have always gone hand in hand. Here is a quick reference to various needed and unneeded death scenes in Bollywood.
  • India Ver. 2.0.07: Chak De India
    A small review of the movie I just caught; Chak De India. Starring Shah Rukh Khan and sixteen assorted girls.
  • The Season of Love - Veer Zara
    If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love. The love man has described in his great love stories and again one more effort - 'Veer Zara'.
  • An "Oscar" Novelty - Satyajit Ray
    Satyajit Ray is rated by many as one of the five great filmmakers in the history of World Cinema. The following biography attempts a brief sketch of the life and works of the Maestro.
  • Film Review - Lakshya
    Here at last is an unabashedly patriotic film that one can watch without wincing over the overt jingoism and foolhardy heroism.
  • Raghu Romeo the unusual film
    Raghu Romeo, a film by Indian director Rajat Kapoor, was financed through a website. Are we finally witnessing the birth of a new financing culture in film production?
  • Bollywood ... the New Hollywood?
    Trade Pundits say that Indian films are doing phenomenally well at foreign box offices, even films that fail in India itself. Is this the beginning of a new trend or just a shot at change in taste, for an international audience sick of American humor, desperation in all levels of society and racial parochialism?