カテゴリー: Bollywood
Bollywood star’s tragic story has spiralled into a national obsession, with his girlfriend at its centreFor 90 days, the death of a young Bollywood star has transfixed India.The story that began in June, when the actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found de…
Actor accused of supplying drugs to her boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, who killed himself in JuneThe Bollywood star Rhea Chakraborty has been arrested and held in custody for allegedly supplying drugs to her boyfriend, Sushant Singh Rajput, an actor w…
Bollywood star idolised in India discharged three weeks after contracting ‘mild’ symptomsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has been discharged from hospital, three weeks after being admitted…
Vidya Balan puts in a blazing performance as the eponymous Indian maths genius in Anu Menon’s characterful feminist life storyIn recent years, the Hindi film mainstream has become more proactive about telling the stories of notable women. This new one …
Amitabh Bachchan says he will act against those who wished him death once out of hospitalCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has threatened to unleash his legion of fans on online trolls wishing h…
Former Miss World and daughter admitted to same Mumbai unit as her husband and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan as India’s pandemic worsensCoronavirus latest updatesAishwarya Rai Bachchan, the Bollywood star and former Miss World, has been moved to a hos…
Bachchan’s son Abhishek has also tested positive for the virus, and both are in hospitalBollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is hospitalised in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital.In a…
Netflix and Amazon Prime series such as Rasbhari highlight sexual violence, caste inequalities and Hindu nationalism There was little fanfare when Rasbhari landed on Amazon Prime on 25 June. The Indian TV series, about a seductive teacher arriving in t…
Khan choreographed more than 2,000 songs during a 40-year careerSaroj Khan, a top Bollywood choreographer, has died in a Mumbai hospital, her family has announced. She was 71.The three-time National Award winner was hospitalised last Saturday after she…
India’s film-makers accused of hypocrisy for supporting Black Lives Matter while keeping silent on bias for fair complexionsThe Bollywood film industry is a global phenomenon built on glitz and glamour. But it has also faced accusations of being among …
Tributes for the ‘bright young actor’ flow from colleagues, cricketers and India’s prime ministerPopular Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on Sunday, police and Indian media reports have said.Initial reports, c…
For many, messages of anti-racism and solidarity rang hollow coming from the mouths of Bollywood’s biggest namesAs messages of solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement spread across social media last week, Bollywood also began to chime in.“End th…
Mohar Singh was once one of the most feared men in the Chambal regionA notorious bandit who spent years rampaging across central India’s impoverished badlands before trying his luck as a Bollywood actor and politician has died aged 92, police have said…