India produces more than a thousand films every year, and the Hindi film industry accounts for a major portion of that figure. With over 100 years of film history, Bollywood movies offer a variety of ...

The 1970s were a paradoxical period in Indian history. On the one hand, it was a time of immense political and civic disorder: India had been through wars with China and Pakistan in the 1960s and the ...

A quick look at Bollywood’s hits, surprises and disappointments, showing how content, scale and audience taste shaped.

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. Q&A: ...

A Legend Chapter 1, India's second-biggest box-office success of 2025, is a primordial scream. It may as well be the sound of old Bollywood in its death throes or the birth pangs of a new industry.

Bollywood films have a unique ability to capture hearts, transcend language barriers, and, yes, make dancing through fields look impossibly romantic. But it may surprise many readers to know that ...

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” ...

EXCLUSIVE: India‘s cinema business is dominated by mass-market movies and star names, but the search for the new Shah Rukh Khan is likely to come up empty. That’s the word from a landmark report on ...

FILE - Bollywood actor and Indian lawmaker Dharmendra reacts during a promotional press conference of his latest film "Apne" in Calcutta, India, Monday, June 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File) NEW ...

This is the new, multilingual Bollywood, and its main offering is fresh stories, set in new cinematic universes. The old ...