Bollywood

John Abraham confirmed his nine-year relationship with Bipasha Basu had ended — quietly, directly, and without the usual Bollywood drama.

June 18, 2011 · 1 min read

Hrithik Roshan's TV debut as a dance-show judge came with advice from Cat Deeley: be honest, be constructive, and remember personality wins votes.

May 27, 2011 · 1 min read

A TOI story on Akshay Kumar's mango-loving humility has all the hallmarks of planted PR — until the humble farmer friend owns hundreds of acres.

May 21, 2011 · 1 min read

Arup Raha's monthly Bollywood column: the new wave of debutant directors, plus Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Delhi Belly, Ready — and a music quiz.

May 17, 2011 · 4 min read

Shah Rukh Khan threw himself into Ra.One's dance numbers in 2011 — rehearsing for months and filming Chammak Challo with Akon on playback.

May 16, 2011 · 1 min read

Tanuja and Kajol, Dimple and Twinkle, Hema and Esha — five Bollywood mother-daughter pairs where the resemblance, on screen and off, is uncanny.

May 9, 2011 · 1 min read

Ram Gopal Varma called Raveena Tandon stunning — reviving a conversation about the 1990s star who refused Bollywood's script for fading leading ladies.

May 2, 2011 · 1 min read

By 2011, Sussanne Roshan’s Charcoal Project was establishing itself as a serious player in Mumbai’s luxury design market — not a celebrity hobby business.

April 13, 2011 · 1 min read

In March 2011 Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan faced a camera together for the first time in a decade — for a Tanishq diamond campaign.

March 24, 2011 · 1 min read

Saif Ali Khan argued Bollywood is creatively self-sufficient. The commercial case is strong; the creative one is more contested.

March 23, 2011 · 1 min read

In 2011, Madhuri Dixit's public comeback came via a basmati rice ad, not a film. On stardom, fallow years, and the road back to Dedh Ishqiya.

March 8, 2011 · 1 min read

In 2011, Abhishek Bachchan spoke candidly about building muscle -- and confidence -- for Dhoom 3. Inside Bollywood's physical-transformation era.

March 2, 2011 · 1 min read

Anil Kapoor wants the long-discussed Mr. India sequel to finally get moving -- with the 3D follow-up rumored to cast Salman Khan in a negative role.

January 24, 2011 · 1 min read

Income tax officials raided the Mumbai homes and offices of Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif on January 24, 2011 over suspected tax evasion.

January 23, 2011 · 1 min read

Priyanka Chopra will reprise her reporter role opposite Hrithik Roshan in Krrish 3, after rumors she was out of the superhero sequel.

December 17, 2010 · 1 min read

Kareena Kapoor mocked Priyanka Chopra's accent on Koffee With Karan, and Priyanka fired back, dragging Saif Ali Khan into it. Inside the 2010 spat.

December 10, 2010 · 1 min read

Salman Khan quipped that not even a mosquito went to watch Guzaarish — and captured Bollywood’s eternal split between critical acclaim and ticket sales.

December 6, 2010 · 1 min read

Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the isolation after Saawariya's failure, a year studying euthanasia, and the making of Guzaarish. From his IANS interview.

December 5, 2010 · 2 min read

Celebrity morning routines flatter the subject and sell a myth: that 5 a.m. discipline causes success, rather than success enabling it. A skeptical look.

December 5, 2010 · 1 min read

Phas Gaye Re Obama, Subhash Kapoor's satirical comedy about an NRI who loses everything in America and returns to India — a film that surprised critics in 2010.

December 3, 2010 · 1 min read