Outside the Bollywood dhinchak and the thumps of EDM, music in India has had an older and longer history whose traditions are being kept alive by many young musicians. We introduce you to some of them
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It's not uncommon for performers to become bigger than the stories they are placed in and Sreehari Nair would happily pay to watch Isha Talwar and Paramvir Singh Cheema riffing on love, bad life choices, psychology, rhythm, and oven-baked Kulchas in Chamak.
When done well, these horror movies do pretty well at the box office.
Cashing on the success of celebrity show Big Brother and her last film Metro, the actress is promoting a new production of the musical Miss Bollywood in London.
A controversy has erupted over A R Rahman's rendition of a popular patriotic song of legendary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in a new Bollywood film, with the litterateur's family and singers expressing outrage over the 'distortion' in rhythm and tunes.
Sukanya Verma offers a glimpse of Bollywood's foodie folks.
'Padmini and I are very different people.' 'Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.'
'Reality shows don't teach contestants how to deal with the reality of being a singer.'
'What happened to Raj and Simran after running away on the train at the end of DDLJ 20 years later? Have they become flatmates instead of lovers? What happens when the initial chemistry has worn off and love becomes a habit? This has always fascinated me.'
In Dubai, A Ganesh Nadar encountered high speeds on smooth-as-silk-roads, no bureaucracy, gold, Mr Toad's. And snow!
The Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit dance face-off from the 2002 box-office hit Devdas has been voted the greatest Bollywood dance number of all time.
As Kabir Singh races ahead for superhit status, Joginder Tuteja looks back at the biggest opening earnings for Bollywood's adult films in the recent past.
Sukanya Verma goes through the cool and crazy ways moon/chand/chanda/chandrama is depicted in Bollywood movies.
Like there's no dearth of memorable bus scenes and train imagery in Hindi movies, planes are equally prolific on silver screen.
Those who want their Bollywood music to have a dash of the 1990s will lap up the Junooniyat album with glee.
Sukanya Verma takes a look at some of Bollywood's most playful, popular Gujarati acts in recent times.
'A face like this cannot go wrong,' Salman Khan endorses Punjabi actor Gippy Grewal at the trailer launch of the latter's new film, Maujaan Hi Maujaan.
Daphne Beal joins the growing list of Americans who are smitten by Bollywood's music.
Baharla Ha Madhumas has made Sana Shinde a star, and Namrata Thakker takes a closer look at her.
Be it scenic Kashmir or majestic Swiss Alps, Bollywood's trendsetting winter wear is the A to Z of style and snug. Sukanya Verma looks at its winter fashion over the years.
'Ameen Sayani was copied by generations. Now everyone is trying to become smaller Ameen Sayanis in their own way.'
Sukanya Verma looks at the variety of daughter characters served by Bollywood on the big screen.
Blaring music. Manic shoppers. A foreign brand launch.
Reviewers rated it high, but still, these films unfortunately flopped.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
When Nargis Fakhri wants to see snow, she makes it a point to see it.
The Rs 19,100 crore 'Indian film industry' is more than its monikers for three simple reasons, feels Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'Love, sex aur dhokha. Now that's a lethal combination, isn't it? Ever since one can remember, Bollywood has used this formula in different shapes and formats.
Dressed in beautiful multicolored lehenga bollywood actress Gahaur Khan walked and danced on a mix of bollywood music played on the ramp.
How can you make the most of your summer vacation? Jahnavi Patel takes some cues from Bollywood.
'You treat me like eye candy and I will leave you like you're a wrapper.'
Sukanya Verma lists her top 15 songs of the year.
With an endless number of star kid debuts in the offing, we thought of looking at how this decade's brigade compares to their mums, dads, uncles or siblings.
The Bollywood Music Awards see Aap Kaa Surroor and Guru compete in the major categories.
Sukanya Verma looks at notable troikas in Bollywood's catalog of three hero vehicles.
Buoyed by Sooryavanshi's success, the Hindi film industry is banking on 25-30 big movies lined up with a collective cost tag of Rs 2,000 crore.
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