http://dir.salon.com/topics/bollywood/?source=rss&aim=bollywood en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Heather Havrilesky Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/08/04/bollywood_hero/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/08/04/bollywood_hero/index.html?source=rss "SNL" alum Chris Kattan exports his desperation in IFC's sweet summer miniseries "Bollywood Hero" By Andrew Leonard Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/20/high_school_musical_india_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/20/high_school_musical_india_2/index.html?source=rss If India could survive Alexander, it can survive Disney. The foreign adventures of "High School Musical," continued By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/08/rains/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/08/rains/index.html?source=rss 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 Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/03/09/namesake/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/03/09/namesake/index.html?source=rss This sweet, but not cloying, adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's delicate novel brings us some wonderful moments. By Adrienne So Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/06/bollywood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/06/bollywood/index.html?source=rss Westernization causes consternation in India after Bollywood actors lock lips. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/19/high_school_musical_india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/19/high_school_musical_india/index.html?source=rss After marketing the gold-minting franchise in India, Disney brings it all back home. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/10/you_can_dance_bollywood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/10/you_can_dance_bollywood/index.html?source=rss Reality TV meets "Om Shanti Om" meets a fun time for the whole family By Andrew Leonard Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/07/two_year_anniversary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/07/two_year_anniversary/index.html?source=rss On the two-year anniversary of How the World Works, everything starts to make sense. Well, not really. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/13/bollywood_in_africa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/13/bollywood_in_africa/index.html?source=rss China isn't the only former victim of colonialism asserting itself in Africa. India's also on the move. By Cara Anna Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2005/02/10/stuntwoman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2005/02/10/stuntwoman/index.html?source=rss 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 Charles Taylor Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/02/10/rai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/02/10/rai/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/06/17/ddlj/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/06/17/ddlj/index.html?source=rss One of the biggest Indian movies of all time has finally reached America -- and deserves to translate into a big success here, too. By Shailaja Neelakantan Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/08/27/rgv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/08/27/rgv/index.html?source=rss 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. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/02/07/bollywood_lennon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/02/07/bollywood_lennon/index.html?source=rss Readers sound off on Beatle battles and Bollywood box office. By Lisa Tsering Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/01/28/bollywood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/01/28/bollywood/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/01/28/bolly_side/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/01/28/bolly_side/index.html?source=rss 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 Adrienne Crew Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/03/13/monsoon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/03/13/monsoon/index.html?source=rss Filmmaker Mira Nair talks about "Monsoon Wedding," her homemade tribute to Bollywood that's breaking art-house records across North America. By Adrienne Crew Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/03/13/monsoon_side/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/03/13/monsoon_side/index.html?source=rss Punjabi wedding rituals, reggae bhangra mixes of old Bollywood hits and other esoterica from the season's most unlikely hit film. By Charles Taylor Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/02/22/monsoon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/02/22/monsoon/index.html?source=rss This eye-popping Indian wedding comedy is a guaranteed art-house hit. Too bad it misses all the good jokes.