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How Instagram Is Changing Bollywood Music
Short attention spans and even shorter video formats are demanding that composers create music differently.
India’s Most Controversial Celebrity Talk Show Is Back. Here’s Why It Endures.
From fanning silly fights to stirring up nationwide debates, famous people spilling the tea on “Koffee With Karan” is something we simply can’t get enough of.
Why Indians Are So Turned On by Navels
From frying eggs on a woman’s belly to spinning toys on the umbilicus, Indian cinema has a navel fetish and loves to capitalise on it.
A Series of Forgotten Photos Capture What Life Was Like in 1980s India
From cabaret stripteases and secret park romances to extreme inequalities, Mitch Epstein’s photos serve as a time capsule of a special time in India’s history.
Iconic Bollywood Villains Analysed by a Psychiatrist
Watching these villains is a crash course in understanding mind control, manipulation, gaslighting, and narcissism.
Inside the Hype-driven Multimillion-Dollar World of Bollywood NFTs
Bollywood celebrities and their in-built fan base are cashing in on the trend to create an industry dominated by Gen Z and millennial buyers.
What Happened to Parzaan Dastur, One of The Biggest Child Actors in 90s Bollywood?
Over two decades ago, 6-year-old Parzaan Dastur left his mark with a single line in the Bollywood movie “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.” Where is he now?
Bollywood Star Is Cleared in Court for a Kiss Richard Gere Gave Her 15 Years Ago
The actress and Gere were charged under India’s laws against indecent representation of women and obscenity in 2007.
What Happened to the Robot Girl From One of India’s Most Iconic 2000s TV Shows?
One of India’s most popular child actors disappeared after starring in a hit TV show and a massive Bollywood blockbuster. Where is she now?
Actors Reveal the Horrors They Had to Go Through in Bollywood
“The movie went on to be the biggest hit but I went into complete depression about my body, feeling insecure, hating my belly and my thighs.”
A Brief and Chaotic History of a Bollywood Sweetheart Who Became a Viral Internet Troll
From calling Greta Thunberg “a spoilt brat” and Rihanna a “porn singer,” to urging her country’s leader to go gangster on his haters, Kangana Ranaut is one of India’s most controversial rabble-rousers.
I Spent 15 Years Meeting Fans of the World’s Biggest Superstar. This is What I Learned.
“Shah Rukh Khan’s movie timings coincided with her Sunday church sessions. It was either him or Jesus.”