Bollywood

Bollywood built its empire on opening weekends; Netflix builds on subscriptions and algorithms. Talent, money, audience are moving — theaters now the exception.

Indian films dominate screens from Dhaka to Kathmandu — by scale and storytelling, not force. How Bollywood won the region, and the cost to local cinema.

300 million practice yoga, turmeric lattes sell in Brooklyn, RRR won an Oscar — and nobody in Delhi planned any of it. India's unplanned soft power wave.

In August 2020, Sushant Singh Rajput's death was tangled in conspiracy claims, a family FIR against Rhea Chakraborty, and the unsolved death of Disha Salian.

In July 2020, Amitabh Bachchan fought COVID-19 at 77. A reflection on his career: the early rejections, Zanjeer, ABCL's collapse, and the KBC reinvention.

Bell-bottoms, oversized collars, wide-frame sunglasses, and the Mumtaz sari — how Amitabh Bachchan and 1970s icons shaped Indian fashion.

An opinion piece: three days after Sushant Singh Rajput's death, the conversation shifted to defending Bollywood's insiders — instead of asking hard

Sushant Singh Rajput died June 14, 2020. His death reopened Bollywood's nepotism debate — from Kangana's 'planned murder' claim to Abhinav Kashyap's

Anubhav Sinha's Thappad isn't really about domestic violence — it's about a woman's self-respect. A thoughtful review of Taapsee Pannu's landmark performance.

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.

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.

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.

On his 80th birthday, Yash Chopra announced that the Shah Rukh Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer Jab Tak Hai Jaan would be his last film as director.

In July 2012, reports said Jab We Met director Imtiaz Ali had separated from his wife Preety — ending one of Bollywood's quietest marriages.

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

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

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 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.

Bodyguard crossed Rs 200 crore, making Salman Khan's third straight blockbuster. The commercial logic of Bollywood now bends around one man — who is

Bolly Volley Volume 3 (July 2011): Arup Raha's monthly shower of Bollywood previews, reviews, and unsolicited views from the Hindi film beat.

Aishwarya Rai's 2011 pregnancy raised a real Bollywood question: can a top actress keep a major career after becoming a mother?

Shah Rukh Khan apologized to Salman on Koffee With Karan. Salman said a TV apology wasn't an apology. The feud continued — until it didn't.

In 2010, Shah Rukh Khan was betting big on Ra.One — Bollywood's most ambitious superhero film, slated for Diwali 2011 at a record budget.

Hollywood wants India's box office; Bollywood wants Hollywood's production muscle. Why the most successful collaborations work on Indian terms.

Correction: an earlier version of this story wrongly claimed Action Replayy was India's Oscar submission. The actual 2010 entry was Anusha Rizvi's Peepli Live.

Golmaal 3 opened to strong Diwali numbers while Action Replayy struggled — a lesson in what Bollywood audiences pay for: the familiar, delivered well.

Years after their split, Bollywood's media kept insisting Salman Khan was still pining for Aishwarya Rai. The story says more about the gossip machine than