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I Am, which Bollywood studios refused to back, will be released after film-maker Onir appealed for public donations
Ben Child and agencies
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I Am, which Bollywood studios refused to back, will be released after film-maker Onir appealed for public donations
Ben Child and agencies

Documentary maker Kim Longinotto on her award-winning film Pink Saris, to be screened on More4 on Christmas Day
Alice Salfield, Christian Bennett and Elliot Smith

Katrina Kaif was raised in Finchley, London, speaking no Hindi, but her belly dance number in a new blockbuster is set to make her a huge star in India
Alia Waheed

Abhishek Bachchan to star in Hindi revamp of 1969 crime caper starring Michael Caine, Benny Hill and a fleet of Mini Coopers
Jason Burke in Delhi and Ben Child

Creditors of debt laden MGM are due to vote on a restructuring that could see the film studio's debt converted to equity as part of a merger with Hollywood producer Spyglass Entertainment
Zoe Wood

Huma Qureshi: Once a world of chaste romance and hammy fight scenes, the Indian movie industry is swapping its singalongs for satire
Huma Qureshi

Budget movie is banned in Pakistan but will be released in the US
Alia Waheed, Delhi

Indian directors have as much right to make movies about Hitler as anyone else, but a forthcoming film about the Nazi dictator's 'love' for the country displays a shocking ignorance of history
Alex von Tunzelmann

Dear Friend Hitler, thought to be Indian cinema's first portrayal of the Nazi dictator, is set in the last days of the Third Reich
Ben Child

Bollywood set to reverse recent shrinkage, while US entertainment market is also expanding, though at a slower rate
Ben Child

Alex von Tunzelmann: Its Muslim star Shahrukh Khan faces violent protests from Hindu nationalists – but My Name Is Khan shows India's need for tolerance
Alex von Tunzelmann

A likable and slickly constructed Bollywood tale of understanding and tolerance has unwittingly provoked a storm in Mumbai
Phelim O'Neill

India's latest blockbuster, 3 Idiots, has broken box-office records around the world – but it won't even make a dent in the British mainstream. Former Bollywood fan Nirpal Dhaliwal has a fair idea why
Nirpal Dhaliwal

Twenty-seven years after he won an Oscar for Gandhi, Ben Kingsley will return to play another instrumental figure in Indian history, as Shah Jahan - the man who built the Taj Mahal
Ben Child

Director says children are being poorly advised and that their education, rather than cars and swimming pools, are the priority
Randeep Ramesh in Delhi

A distilled version of Mother India, rescored by a DJ, screened in London on Saturday to mark the 62nd anniversary of India's independence. Alex von Tunzelmann met its makers and judged the results
Alex von Tunzelmann

Anushka Asthana meets Akshay Kumar, whose new film features his idol Sylvester Stallone
Anushka Asthana

Lawyers attack the makers of Total Ten for prejudicing the trial of the alleged sole survivor of the terror squad that left 166 dead and more than 300 injured last year
Ben Child

From Slumdog Millionaire shantytown tours to 'slumdog' pitching and grittier approaches to telling traditional stories, Paul MacInnes finds out how Danny Boyle's film is transforming art and business in Bollywood
Paul MacInnes in Mumbai

Director Danny Boyle meets families of Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail after their Mumbai shanty homes are bulldozed
Peter Walker

Shantytown house of Rubina Ali is torn down less than a week after city authorities bulldoze nearby home of co-star
James Sturcke and agencies

The house of Slumdog Millionaire child star Azharuddin Ismail has been bulldozed by Mumbai authorities
Obituary: Award-winning Indian film-maker influenced by Capra and Wilder
Lalit Mohan Joshi

Indian police say they have not found any evidence to support allegations that the father of a child star in the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire tried to sell his daughter.
Robert Booth and agencies