In a film industry that has often been defined by lineage and legacy, it takes guts of steel to dream without a safety net. The self-made actor’s journey is essentially that of grit, persistence, and ...

For decades, Hindi dominated India’s film industry — the largest in the world. Then some underdog filmmakers from the south released a movie that would change everything. By Vishal Menon “Pan Indian” ...

For nearly a century, Bollywood has held a mirror to Indian society, the plotlines of the world’s most prolific movie industry reflecting the changing tides of a vast, developing nation. India’s ...

Excitement is growing in cinema-mad India for the return of a movie star from Pakistan to its big screens after his long absence due to an industry ban on artists from the neighboring country. Fawad ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947. In the ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Dharmendra, one of Indian cinema’s most popular stars whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and 1980s Bollywood films, died Monday. He was 89. The ...

Beautiful cinematography, entrancing music, captivating storytelling — Bollywood movies have it all. Following an increased interest in Asian media, Netflix has been adding to its curation of South ...

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Bollywood has always had a contradictory relationship with its actresses. It has worshipped them while objectifying them, made them superstars while treating them as accessories to male heroes, ...