Bollywood

Yash Chopra

arindam

Barring exceptions like Lamhe, his movies have been mushy to the extent of being silly

Tragic Heroes

Shaikh Ayaz

The anonymous lives of Bollywood lookalikes

The Film Reporter’s Viewfinder

Haima Deshpande

A brief history of Indian film journalism through the eyes of those who’ve lived it

The Vibes of Deepika

Rajeev Masand

Controlled aggression, sporting spirit and playful camaraderie. One of the guys? A superhot actress, actually

The 3 am Nannies

Shaikh Ayaz

As talent management agencies wrest control of a major chunk of Bollywood talent, the old-world secretaries, once the backbone of the star system, are fading away

Surviving the Struggle

Aastha Atray Banan

Neeta Shah is one of many aspirants to cine stardom. In her book, she gives us an insight into the horrific and wonderful world of the film industry

What the Stars Are Foretold

Aastha Atray Banan

If Anaita Shroff Adajania and Niharika Khan get to tell Hrithik Roshan or Vidya Balan what to wear (and what not), there’s a good reason. They are Bollywood stylists

From a meeting with Mahesh Bhatt at his fourth floor office that led him to write the song Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai to another meeting at a fourth-floor office, this time with Aditya Chopra, about writing the film Ek Tha Tiger, journalist Neelesh Misra speaks of his first ten years in Bollywood