"SNL" alum Chris Kattan exports his desperation in IFC's sweet summer miniseries "Bollywood Hero"
By Heather Havrilesky Aug 4, 2009
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If India could survive Alexander, it can survive Disney. The foreign adventures of "High School Musical," continued
By Andrew Leonard
August 20, 2008
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How can a gorgeous-looking movie about an adulterous interracial affair in 1930s India be so boring? Plus: The amazing Juliet Stevenson, sex symbol at age 51.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 8, 2008
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This sweet, but not cloying, adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's delicate novel brings us some wonderful moments.
By Stephanie Zacharek
March 9, 2007
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Westernization causes consternation in India after Bollywood actors lock lips.
By Adrienne So
December 6, 2006
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After marketing the gold-minting franchise in India, Disney brings it all back home.
By Andrew Leonard
August 19, 2008
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Reality TV meets "Om Shanti Om" meets a fun time for the whole family
By Andrew Leonard
July 10, 2008
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On the two-year anniversary of How the World Works, everything starts to make sense. Well, not really.
By Andrew Leonard
December 7, 2007
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China isn't the only former victim of colonialism asserting itself in Africa. India's also on the move.
By Andrew Leonard
June 13, 2007
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Working as an extra in the world's biggest film industry has become a tourist attraction. No wonder -- it allowed a nobody like me to instantly rub shoulders with a star who makes millions of Indian women swoon.
By Cara Anna
February 10, 2005
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Aishwarya Rai is among the planet's biggest box-office draws. So why doesn't Hollywood know what to do with her?
By Charles Taylor
February 10, 2005
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One of the biggest Indian movies of all time has finally reached America -- and deserves to translate into a big success here, too.
By Charles Taylor
June 17, 2004
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Director and producer Ram Gopal Varma (aka "RGV") has revolutionized India's tradition-bound film biz, rejecting classic costume musicals and weepy melodramas for gritty, urban, low-budget realism.
By Shailaja Neelakantan
August 27, 2003
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Readers sound off on Beatle battles and Bollywood box office.
February 7, 2003
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Despite a massive international market and a huge impact on pop culture, the outrageous musical eye candy of Bollywood remains almost invisible in America.
By Lisa Tsering
January 28, 2003
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These 10 films will get you up to speed on the amazing all-singing, all-dancing spectacles from the world's No. 1 moviemaking nation.
By Lisa Tsering
January 28, 2003
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Filmmaker Mira Nair talks about "Monsoon Wedding," her homemade tribute to Bollywood that's breaking art-house records across North America.
By Adrienne Crew
March 13, 2002
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Punjabi wedding rituals, reggae bhangra mixes of old Bollywood hits and other esoterica from the season's most unlikely hit film.
By Adrienne Crew
March 13, 2002
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This eye-popping Indian wedding comedy is a guaranteed art-house hit. Too bad it misses all the good jokes.
By Charles Taylor
February 22, 2002
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