Bollywood

Dara Singh — champion wrestler, beloved Hanuman of television's Ramayan, and nominated Rajya Sabha member — died at his Mumbai home on July 12, 2012, aged 83.

In July 2012, Saif Ali Khan was juggling Cocktail's release, a just-finished Race 2 shoot in Istanbul, and wedding plans with Kareena Kapoor for October 16.

In July 2012, newly surfaced photos showed Aamir Khan strikingly lean — a physical transformation for his against-type turn as the villain in Dhoom 3.

Vidya Balan and Siddharth Roy Kapoor's joint Wimbledon appearance in July 2012 ended months of speculation, confirming one of Bollywood's most-watched couples.

Esha Deol, daughter of Hema Malini and Dharmendra, married businessman Bharat Takhtani in June 2012. Notes from the pre-wedding mehendi in Mumbai.

Reports of a Gauri Khan–Priyanka Chopra reconciliation are trivial in detail but revealing in structure — Bollywood's gossip economy, gendered, decoded.

In June 2012, buzz grew that Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan would marry on October 16, though Kareena stayed silent at a Sony Vaio event.

Choreographer-director Farah Khan debuted as a lead actor opposite Boman Irani in 2012's Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi — with Madhuri Dixit unveiling the

Six months after giving birth, Aishwarya Rai walked Cannes 2012 in Roberto Cavalli — and the media's body-shaming fixation said more about them than about her.

On May 21, 2012, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra welcomed their first child, a baby boy later named Viaan Raj Kundra, announcing the birth on social media.

After fifteen years away, Sridevi returned with Gauri Shinde's English Vinglish in 2012 — a film about dignity, invisibility, and the cost of being unseen

When 'Satyamev Jayate' debuted in May 2012, critics attacked Aamir Khan's emotions instead of the issues. Film critic Subhash K.

Vidya Balan's 2012 relationship with studio executive Siddharth Roy Kapur quietly challenged a stubborn assumption: that the man must be the more prominent

Reports in April 2012 said Salman Khan planned to gift Kareena Kapoor a BMW for her Dabangg 2 item song — she was doing two cameos as favors that year.

Released June 2012, Rowdy Rathore crossed the 100-crore mark in its opening week — Akshay Kumar's double role in the Dabangg mold.

Reports of trouble in Karisma Kapoor's marriage surfaced in 2012. The divorce from Sanjay Kapur was finalized in 2016, with custody of their two children to

A soft-drink campaign promised 'Katrina ka number label ke andar.' The label carried a Gurgaon techie's real phone number — and the calls haven't stopped.

With Paan Singh Tomar and Kahaani released, Arup Raha names the one upcoming film he's most looking forward to: Vishal Bhardwaj's Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola.

What celebrity fitness really involves: hours in the gym, personal trainers, yoga, and strict diets. The honest truth behind the perfect bodies on screen.

Irrfan Khan, Sonali Bendre, and Rishi Kapoor spoke openly about cancer — and changed how India talks about illness. The cultural shift their honesty created.