Bollywood

There’s Something About Sunny

Madhavankutty Pillai

Why Sunny Leone is doing so well in Bollywood

‘I have no idea why they’re still letting me make films’

Sunaina Kumar

One of Bollywood’s most inventive directors, Dibakar Banerjee, on his aversion to being typecast and why he believes dissent is the best form of defence

The Last Action Heroes

Jai Arjun Singh

A Hindi film buff from America punches his way into the fan club of Bollywood action movies

Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee

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Shashi Kapoor, the latest recipient of the award, will always be remembered for his eclectic choice of films

The Chandigarh Chromosome

Divya Unny

Ayushmann Khurrana, who achieved Bollywood stardom in the role of a sperm donor, dreams of living the rest of his life in Haridwar

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2015: BOLLYWOOD

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Fan • Prem Ratan Dhan Payo • Bombay Velvet • Bajirao Mastani

Slacker Comedy at its Best

Mayank Shekhar

How Sulemani Keeda takes a wonderfully angular look at 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

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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