Features

Bad Girls, Anyone?

There are two types of women in classic Bollywood films: the virtuous and chaste Good Girl and the outspoken Bad Girl who smokes and dances like her hips are on fire.

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Movie Reviews

The Warrior

Asif Kapadia's first feature film is the heroic tale of a man turning from a life of violence to face solitude in the wilderness. Overall, the film is a marvelous adventure.

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Stars

The Legend of Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt was the kind of Bollywood star who handled his celebrity with immense grace, and who rose above his stardom to embrace his country and his ideals.

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Features

Sex Sells in Bollywood

Sex sells everything, everywhere. In the new Bollywood cinema, almost every heroine has to do some amount of disrobing.

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Movie Reviews

My Brother Nikhil

My Brother Nikhil, filmmaker Onir’s directorial debut, is a groundbreaking movie. Its main character, Nikhil (Sanjay Suri), is a gay man diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.

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Top 10 Movies

July Top 10 Movies

The fun loving Bunti Aur Babli leads the way of July's coolest movies, with new entries like Yakeen and Paheli.

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Hot Gossip

Salman Exposed!

Bollywood's bad boy is back after a newspaper released transcripts of phone conversations where he brags about his strong links to Mumbai underworld figures.

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Hot Gossip

Munnabhai MMG

Summer 2006 will bring the sequel to the blockbuster, "Munnabhai MBBS," titled "Munnabhai MMG": apparently an abbreviation for 'Meets Mahatma Gandhi'.

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Top 10 Songs

July Top 10 Songs

The wonderful songs of Dus, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and Parineeta all lead the charts this hot summer.

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Movie Reviews

Paheli

Paheli is the tale of a woman who fell in love with a ghost. The Rajasthan Palekar creates is vibrant and lush, but the movie is at best “a simple, lovable film.”

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Music Reviews

The Music of Dus

Typically after listening to a soundtrack for a week, I find I am a bit tired of the songs. Not true with Dus;I haven’t been able to stop playing this CD all month.

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Features

BINDIEWOOD

Bindiewood: a new movement in Indian cinema, marrying the majesty of Bollywood with modern situations happening to Indians everywhere.

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Stars

Shah Rukh Khan’s Opus

Bollywood star and screen icon Shah Rukh Khan recently revealed that he has been working on an autobiography since the making of Duplicate in 1998.

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