Bollywood

The Death of Coolie No 1

Rachel Dwyer

It’s a millionaires’ ball in Bollywood. Slumdogs and other romantics are no longer welcome

Bollywood’s gangster scare

Open

Ravi Pujari is also reported to have made threat calls to Nusli Wadia, Salman Khan and Farhan Akhtar

It pays to know your limits

Madhavankutty Pillai

For Salman, getting into character for a movie is to discard some part of him, and that won’t sell. His fans love him only when he does not experiment too much. And he gives only that much to them

Busy actors and harried filmmakers

Rajeev Masand

Busy Actors and Harried Filmmakers • Groom and Tell • An Awaited Crime Thriller

Salman and the agony of waiting

Madhavankutty Pillai

If Salman’s indeed guilty, then his best option would have been to take the punishment early enough

Revolver Rani

Ajit Duara

A biting satire of political and media skullduggery that slides into B-movie parody mode

Other Lives, Other Interests

Shaikh Ayaz

Uninterested in acting theory, indifferent to stardom—Vijay Raaz is a Bollywood anomaly

Why is John a star but Nawaz an actor?

Mayank Shekhar

Decoding ‘stardom’ in Bollywood

The Mind of Imtiaz Ali

Aastha Atray Banan

Revelations on his art and craft after two days of trailing the filmmaker

The Underdog

Shaikh Ayaz

Jimmy Shergill has not given up just yet. His acclaimed performances in Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster I and II and Bullett Raja may revive his Hindi cinema career—or so he hopes