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Bollywood

From Russia with Bolly Love

Vijai Maheshwari

An Indian theme party in St Petersburg reveals just how well India’s soft power is working in these parts

Bollywood’s Revised Cheque List

Kareena Kapoor looks close to being paid on par with male film stars, but if you see this as a sign of a shakeup in the Hindi film industry’s salary structure, think again

What Bollywood Thinks of You

…and why that should make you gnash your teeth

Make-Up Chauvinism

How the stranglehold of an all-male association bars women from becoming make-up artistes in Bollywood

Schmoozer’s List

The directory of India’s most wanted phone numbers

The Comeback Girls

Bollywood no longer sees a heroine’s advancing years as a liability. This should let older actresses break the glamour mould and take on edgier roles

My Undying Love Affair

Why, after so many years, am I so in Bollywood’s thrall? It’s the stories, really. The ones you never see turned into films

Bollywood’s Number Game

And why no one but the producer really knows how much money a film has made

Confessions of an Upcoming Model

“One night, the Chennai-based model coordinator who boasted of Bollywood contacts called with the offer of a holiday with him”

How Hindi Films Got So Good

...and started looking beyond tired formulas and megastars and multi-starrers and all those yawns

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