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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 film schools in Mumbai 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 un-needed death scenes in Bollywood.
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?
Bollywood Goes Global With Hollywood Movie Deal
Anil Ambani announces his media group will be making 10 Hollywood movies for a billion dollars
Bollywood Star Gets Six Years As Lengthy Mumbai Bombing Trial Ends
One of Bollywood's biggest names, Sanjay Dutt, was jailed for six years yesterday on the last day of a lengthy trial into India's worst terrorist attack, the 1993 Mumbai bombings in which 257 people died.
Cream of Bollywood at Heartthrobs' Wedding
King and queen of Indian cinema tie the knot - Fans sleep on pavement amid tight security.
Tyson to Dance His Way Into Bollywood
As a boxer, "Iron Mike" Tyson was known for pulverising his opponents with his power rather than dazzling them with his agility. Now Bollywood wants to develop his rather leaden footwork by casting him in a new action film later this month.
Death Threats Fail to Halt Bollywood's Kabul Road Movie
First international film in Afghanistan since Taliban - Production crew had a 60-strong military guard
Bollywood Star Guilty in Mumbai Bomb Trial
One of Bollywood’s biggest stars, Sanjay Dutt, was convicted today of illegally possessing weapons but is unlikely to be sent to prison for a long period - sending a sigh of relief through the Indian film industry, which has more than 1,500bn rupees (£20m) riding on his return.
A Matter of Caste As Bollywood Embraces the Bard
The Bard arrived in Bollywood yesterday with the release of the first big-budget cinema version of a Shakespeare play in India: Omkara, an adaptation of Othello.
Reversal of Roles As Hollywood Remakes Bollywood Hit
After decades of borrowing from western movie scripts, Bollywood is poised to have one of its biggest films remade in Hollywood.
Hi, It's Bollywood Calling
The call centre is a symbol of 21st century India and the inspiration for films, books and TV soaps.
Bollywood Star Jailed for 5 Years
Salman Khan, one of Bollywood's biggest stars, was behind bars last night after being sentenced to five years in jail for hunting endangered deer in western India.
Star Guilty of Poaching Antelope
One of India's most popular Bollywood actors, Salman Khan, was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday after judges found him guilty of poaching endangered antelope.
Bollywood Film Breaks Sex and Marriage Taboo
It is a first of sorts for Bollywood: a film about wife swapping that involves no large-scale shimmering song and dance sequences.
Veteran Actor, 10, Writes and Directs His Own Film
A 10-year-old Indian boy is close to becoming one of the world's youngest directors with his first film being prepared for an April release.
Pakistan Lifts Ban on Indian Films
Bollywood movies, the subcontinent's most visible cultural export, are to be allowed to be screened in Pakistan.
Stars and Their Cars Targeted in Bollywood Tax Crackdown
Tax authorities have impounded the luxury cars of top Bollywood stars in a crackdown on ostentatious wealth that has seen the rich and famous scurrying for cover in the country's cities.
Bollywood Film Hero Bugged By Police
Star allegedly boasted of links with organised crime.
India to Ban Smoking in Films and Tv Shows
The Indian government is to outlaw all images of smoking in Bollywood films and television shows in a move praised by campaigners as a "sensible step" but attacked by film-makers as a curb on artistic freedom.
Bollywood Baddie Shown As Casting Couch Villain
India's film capital was at the centre of a sex scandal yesterday after one of Bollywood's favourite villains was filmed apparently offering a woman help with her acting career in return for sex.
Coming Soon, Rushdie's First Movie. But Don't Call It Bollywood
Celebrity couple pool talents to film author's story of younger woman and older man.
Bollywood Gambles on Kazaa
Sixty million Bollywood fans will soon be able to download full-length features with the file-sharing software Kazaa
Trial reveals mob link to Bollywood
A Bombay court yesterday sentenced a millionaire diamond merchant turned film mogul to a year's jail for failing to expose an extortion racket targeting film stars.
Bond Goes to Bollywood for Love As Well As Money
007 makes a play for Eastern affections as producers choose between two former Miss Worlds and a model to star opposite Brosnan.
Bollywood actors jet in as India's true stars aim to dazzle Kenya
Bollywood stars, bureaucrats and flightloads of gleeful fans are all converging here to watch India take their next step towards challenging the Australians for the title, but it is strictly business time for the team. If their houses were vandalised after a first-round defeat to the world's best team, what might a semi-final defeat by Kenya bring?
Bollywood Blamed for Teenage Smoking
India's lavish and gushingly romantic Bollywood movies may be the world's most watched but they are also, it now appears, bad for your health. Three out of four films produced by India's prolific film industry over the past decade show their stars smoking, according to a new World Health...
Anil Ambani announces his media group will be making 10 Hollywood movies for a billion dollars
Bollywood Star Gets Six Years As Lengthy Mumbai Bombing Trial Ends
One of Bollywood's biggest names, Sanjay Dutt, was jailed for six years yesterday on the last day of a lengthy trial into India's worst terrorist attack, the 1993 Mumbai bombings in which 257 people died.
Cream of Bollywood at Heartthrobs' Wedding
King and queen of Indian cinema tie the knot - Fans sleep on pavement amid tight security.
Tyson to Dance His Way Into Bollywood
As a boxer, "Iron Mike" Tyson was known for pulverising his opponents with his power rather than dazzling them with his agility. Now Bollywood wants to develop his rather leaden footwork by casting him in a new action film later this month.
Death Threats Fail to Halt Bollywood's Kabul Road Movie
First international film in Afghanistan since Taliban - Production crew had a 60-strong military guard
Bollywood Star Guilty in Mumbai Bomb Trial
One of Bollywood’s biggest stars, Sanjay Dutt, was convicted today of illegally possessing weapons but is unlikely to be sent to prison for a long period - sending a sigh of relief through the Indian film industry, which has more than 1,500bn rupees (£20m) riding on his return.
A Matter of Caste As Bollywood Embraces the Bard
The Bard arrived in Bollywood yesterday with the release of the first big-budget cinema version of a Shakespeare play in India: Omkara, an adaptation of Othello.
Reversal of Roles As Hollywood Remakes Bollywood Hit
After decades of borrowing from western movie scripts, Bollywood is poised to have one of its biggest films remade in Hollywood.
Hi, It's Bollywood Calling
The call centre is a symbol of 21st century India and the inspiration for films, books and TV soaps.
Bollywood Star Jailed for 5 Years
Salman Khan, one of Bollywood's biggest stars, was behind bars last night after being sentenced to five years in jail for hunting endangered deer in western India.
Star Guilty of Poaching Antelope
One of India's most popular Bollywood actors, Salman Khan, was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday after judges found him guilty of poaching endangered antelope.
Bollywood Film Breaks Sex and Marriage Taboo
It is a first of sorts for Bollywood: a film about wife swapping that involves no large-scale shimmering song and dance sequences.
Veteran Actor, 10, Writes and Directs His Own Film
A 10-year-old Indian boy is close to becoming one of the world's youngest directors with his first film being prepared for an April release.
Pakistan Lifts Ban on Indian Films
Bollywood movies, the subcontinent's most visible cultural export, are to be allowed to be screened in Pakistan.
Stars and Their Cars Targeted in Bollywood Tax Crackdown
Tax authorities have impounded the luxury cars of top Bollywood stars in a crackdown on ostentatious wealth that has seen the rich and famous scurrying for cover in the country's cities.
Bollywood Film Hero Bugged By Police
Star allegedly boasted of links with organised crime.
India to Ban Smoking in Films and Tv Shows
The Indian government is to outlaw all images of smoking in Bollywood films and television shows in a move praised by campaigners as a "sensible step" but attacked by film-makers as a curb on artistic freedom.
Bollywood Baddie Shown As Casting Couch Villain
India's film capital was at the centre of a sex scandal yesterday after one of Bollywood's favourite villains was filmed apparently offering a woman help with her acting career in return for sex.
Coming Soon, Rushdie's First Movie. But Don't Call It Bollywood
Celebrity couple pool talents to film author's story of younger woman and older man.
Bollywood Gambles on Kazaa
Sixty million Bollywood fans will soon be able to download full-length features with the file-sharing software Kazaa
Trial reveals mob link to Bollywood
A Bombay court yesterday sentenced a millionaire diamond merchant turned film mogul to a year's jail for failing to expose an extortion racket targeting film stars.
Bond Goes to Bollywood for Love As Well As Money
007 makes a play for Eastern affections as producers choose between two former Miss Worlds and a model to star opposite Brosnan.
Bollywood actors jet in as India's true stars aim to dazzle Kenya
Bollywood stars, bureaucrats and flightloads of gleeful fans are all converging here to watch India take their next step towards challenging the Australians for the title, but it is strictly business time for the team. If their houses were vandalised after a first-round defeat to the world's best team, what might a semi-final defeat by Kenya bring?
Bollywood Blamed for Teenage Smoking
India's lavish and gushingly romantic Bollywood movies may be the world's most watched but they are also, it now appears, bad for your health. Three out of four films produced by India's prolific film industry over the past decade show their stars smoking, according to a new World Health...