Millions of moviegoers in India recognize the neon signs of Times Square as easily as the Taj Mahal, due to the growing popularity of "Bollywood" movi...
Indepepal | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
With big ticket stars like Sly Stallone and Denise Richards appearing in Bollywood movies, Hollywood seems to be looking east. First, there was cu...
Indepepal | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
Bollywood is still reeling from the shock. One of its own -- Shiney Ahuja, one of the industry's most critically acclaimed actors -- was arrested on...
Brad Balfour | Posted 07.23.2009 | World
The story behind the making of this year's winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Short -- Smile Pinki -- is something of a fairy tale equal to the story within the film.
wsj.com | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
MUMBAI -- Bollywood, known for movies full of fantastical extravagance, is trying to adjust to a harsh dose of financial reality. The global economic...
Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.15.2009 | World
The nation of India and its 1.2 billion residents will start heading to the polls on Thursday to elect their new prime minister and members of Parliam...
Nicholas Rosen | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living
The stretching and breathing, when coupled with a meditative, focused intention, can make you feel pretty damn good, even if the whole thing is choreographed to a Kanye West track.
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 04.27.2009 | World
Put bluntly, dark skin is considered uncivilized in many parts of Asia. Fair people represent luxury and idleness, wealth and social standing.
New York Times | Posted 04.11.2009 | World
While some people are losing sleep over the possibility, however remote, that armed conflict in Pakistan could lead to Islamic militants gaining contr...
Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.01.2009 | World
India dreams of being a millionaire, but it lives with the anxiety that it's really a slumdog.
Vamsee Juluri | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment
What "Om" signified in Resul Pookutty's speech on Oscar night was something much deeper than its use in any entertainment context in the past.
Derek Beres | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment
We can't be surprised that this movie drove Americans to theaters in droves. It's exactly what we're going through: watching the television and seeing where the next million is.
Sandip Roy | Posted 03.25.2009 | Entertainment
Slumdog does something that a lot of Bollywood has stopped doing. It tells a story, no matter how unbelievably fantastic, that's set in the slums. Slums and village India have long disappeared from six-pack Bollywood.
AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 03.22.2009 | Style
DENVER — Drawn to the lavish dance numbers in films from India, or just bored with their gym workouts, people are flocking to Bollywood-style da...
Jason Notte | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment
In keeping with the Academy's tradition of recognizing Indian contributions to the film industry, we pay tribute to Slumdog Millionaire by excluding it from our acting categories.
Melanie McGanney | Posted 02.16.2009 | Entertainment
An embodiment of all things Bollywood, director Nikhil Advani's Chandni Chowk to China interweaves singing, acrobatic dancing and kung fu into this effusive picaresque.
Paige Donner | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment
This year's Golden Globes was a celebration of global cinema. When the self-described King of Bollywood, stood onstage and accepted his award from Tom Cruise, the sweep was complete.
GlobalPost.com | Jason Overdorf | Posted 02.12.2009 | World
NEW DELHI -- Calling India's A.R. Rahman -- who won a Golden Globe award for the score of "Slumdog Millionaire" last night -- the best composer you'...
Modiba | Posted 02.09.2009 | World
This Sunday's GlobalFEST will provide a space for promising artists to show their stuff to world music industry types, and in the mean time, throw a polyrhythmic, multi-linguistic, hip-shattering party.
Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
A trailer is out for Bollywood's forthcoming mockumentary -- "The President Is Coming -- that will poke fun at President Bush, perhaps for the last ti...
Parvez Sharma | Posted 08.02.2009 | World
On this Eid-al-Adha, the Muslim festival of the sacrifice, I wonder what aspect of my identity troubles me more: the Indian, the Muslim, or both.
Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 01.04.2009 | World
Immediately after the Mumbai attacks attacks, several Bollywood stars, including actor Aamir Khan, began to blog about the problem of associating Islam with terrorism.
William Bradley | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics
For Obama, the Mumbai attacks mean that we are on the verge of another major geopolitical crisis, with enormous implications for our already deeply troubled programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Wajahat Ali | Posted 12.14.2008 | Entertainment
Filmmaker Danny Boyle and company earn praise for celebrating the diversity of South Asian existence by savoring its piquant spices without diluting the mirch and masala.
David Wallechinsky | Posted 11.27.2008 | Entertainment
While prowling the Internet for songs about Barack Obama, I was impressed by the variety of musical genres that have taken to the Democratic candidate.
Reuters | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York