Bollywood

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.