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The Daily Beast
Slumdog Comedian
Chris Kattan valiantly tackles Mumbai cinema in IFC’s new miniseries, Bollywood Hero. But Anupama Chopra says the show lacks the color, music, or masala to rival Slumdog Millionaire.
 
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The Best Bollywood Films
Now that Slumdog Millionaire has won Best Picture, Hindi cinema stands poised to finally make the international crossover. Anu Chopra reveals the five essential classics any burgeoning Bollywood fan should see.
 
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New York Times
Look Up in the Sky! Above Bollywood! It's Krrish!
 
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Can Bollywood please all the people, all the time?
TALKING recently about expectations for his latest work, Farhan Akhtar, a 32-year-old Bollywood director, wore the stricken expression of a tightrope walker contemplating a particularly perilous move.
 
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Battling Terror with Paparazzi in Tow
A FRAUGHT conversation is taking place around a large, circular dining table in this town in western India. Angry voices overlap. The talk ricochets among jihadis, kidnapping, sensationalist press reports and the somewhat sinister role played by a secret government agency in all of this.
 
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Sight and Sound
Bollywood Ending
 
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LA Times
From item girl to stardom
After a decade of liberalization and satellite TV, India is embracing its dancing girls. They compete for a 3 minute shot at Bollywood fame.
 
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Variety
Skin is in
Prudish plots give way to sexual stories that include same-sex sensuality .
 
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A Bollywood Icon
Amitabh Bachchan is 63 years old. This is usually way past the sell-by date for actors in Bollywood, but he obviously doesn't know that..
 
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Passage from India
Bollywood filmmakers cater to subcontinental diaspora .
 
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Los Angeles Liason
When Hollywood meets Bollywood, biz blossoms .
 
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 Writings
Newswallah: The Bollywood Edition, 18th February - Prateik, Anil Kapoor and Rajnikanth in this week's edition.
Films to watch before you die: Week 7 - To Be or not to Be, Deewaar, Aguirre and The Shining
Films to watch before you die: Week 6 - Underground, Chupke Chupke, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Spirited Away