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Five days before its November 5 release, Sacnilk put Nitesh Tiwari's epic at more than ₹24 crore in Indian advance sales and about $3.5 million overseas.
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Nelson Dilipkumar's Tamil sequel finished ninth on the US weekend chart from 800 theatres, and trade trackers put its four-day worldwide gross above ₹400 crore.
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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.
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Arup Raha reviews Shoojit Sircar's Piku — a father-daughter road trip built on great performances by Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, and Irrfan.
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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.
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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.
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In January 2015, Deepika Padukone spoke openly about her depression and anxiety — one of Bollywood's first major stars to do so.
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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.
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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.
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Guest critic Lopamudra Banerjee Dhar on Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider — Hamlet in Kashmir, the Army portrayal, and why revenge can't buy freedom.
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Comedian Sahil Shah's reaction video to Hindi film songs captures something universal: the involuntary surrender to Bollywood's joy. From the TI archives.
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If you weren’t living under a rock, the Bollywood aficionados among you have read about Deepika Padukone’s recent outburst on Twitter. She accused TOI of…
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Now that the name of the movie is out of the bag, let me start Part 2 with the results of the guessing game from Part 1. Many of you made interesting…
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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.
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In 2013, Bollywood planned a Rambo remake with John Abraham — and Stallone reportedly said John was 'built better than I ever was.'
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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.
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Bolly Volley Vol 13 (May 2013): 22 Bollywood picks — Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dev D, Lagaan and more — plus how digital transformed Indian cinema.
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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!
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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
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