Vijai Maheshwari
An Indian theme party in St Petersburg reveals just how well India’s soft power is working in these parts
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
How the stranglehold of an all-male association bars women from becoming make-up artistes in Bollywood
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
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
“One night, the Chennai-based model coordinator who boasted of Bollywood contacts called with the offer of a holiday with him”
...and started looking beyond tired formulas and megastars and multi-starrers and all those yawns