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When Maggi was banned in India in 2015 over lead concerns, legal notices went to celebrity endorsers like Madhuri Dixit. Where does an endorser's liability end?
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Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet dazzles with jazz, art deco and grandeur, but the storytelling falls flat. Our 2015 review of the Ranbir Kapoor starrer.
Arup Raha reviews Shoojit Sircar's Piku — a father-daughter road trip built on great performances by Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, and Irrfan.
In February 2015, the BMC demolished a 75-metre ramp Shah Rukh Khan had built on a public road outside Mannat — and considered billing him for it.
Shah Rukh Khan's Fan (2016) cast him in a double role — a superstar and his obsessive lookalike fan — in one of his most challenging performances.
In January 2015, Deepika Padukone spoke openly about her depression and anxiety — one of Bollywood's first major stars to do so.
Arup Raha's Bolly Volley column reviews PK and picks the Top 10 Bollywood films of 2014 — from Queen and Haider to Dedh Ishqiya and Filmistaan.
A 2014 report claimed SRK would return for Don 3 — but history took a different turn: in August 2023 Farhan Akhtar announced Ranveer Singh as the new Don.
Guest critic Lopamudra Banerjee Dhar on Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider — Hamlet in Kashmir, the Army portrayal, and why revenge can't buy freedom.
Comedian Sahil Shah's reaction video to Hindi film songs captures something universal: the involuntary surrender to Bollywood's joy. From the TI archives.
A 2014 TI op-ed on the Deepika Padukone vs. TOI cleavage-photo row — and the uncomfortable question of Bollywood's own objectification of women.
Part 2 of the 'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin' story — Sudhir Mishra's 1996 single-night thriller, and the true family incident behind it.
A six-page letter found after Jiah Khan's death accused an unnamed person of abuse and a forced abortion. Sooraj Pancholi was arrested — and acquitted in 2023.
In 2013, Bollywood planned a Rambo remake with John Abraham — and Stallone reportedly said John was 'built better than I ever was.'
Jiah Khan, 25, was found dead at her Juhu residence on June 3, 2013. The Bollywood fraternity mourned the Nishabd and Ghajini actor's death.
Bolly Volley Vol 13 (May 2013): 22 Bollywood picks — Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dev D, Lagaan and more — plus how digital transformed Indian cinema.
Retro Reel Vol 19: a true 1996 Hyderabad story — a gun at a cinema ticket window, then 'based on a true story' flashes on screen. Guess the film!
Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi opened Chicago's Eye on India Festival 2013 at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace — on cinema's lost depth, Urdu, and art as
In May 2013 came word that Rajkumar Santoshi would direct an Andaz Apna Apna sequel. Within months he denied it — and the sequel never got made.
Chetan Bhagat's first draft for Salman's Kick reportedly didn't make the cut — 'not commercial enough.' A small window into Bollywood script politics.