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Bollywood’s dirty secret: Paid reviews that are killing the industry

Bollywood’s murky side of paid reviews are part of system where fake praise, rate cards, threats and extortion thrive.

Bollywood reviews

Luxury brands are betting big on India, and so are counterfeiters

As luxury brands expand in India, their fakes are available in big and small markets as well as on social media.

Fake luxury items at a shop in Fancy Market, Kolkata, India

At Olympics, India’s top women wrestlers have more at stake than medals

In Haryana, the fear of one man has threatened to destroy many champions’ dreams. Now, they are fighting back.

Vinesh Phogat of India wins against Laura Ganikyzy of Kazakhstan in the 50kg women's wrestling semifinal at the Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan [Kadir Caliskan/United World Wrestling/Getty Images]

Jobless engineers, MBAs: The hidden army of Indian election ‘consultants’

These ‘politically neutral problem solvers’ do short stints in political campaigns and are valued for their data skills.

Art school students give finishing touches to an election themed painting placed along a street outside their class to encourage people to vote in India's upcoming general elections, in Mumbai on April 17, 2024

Can Sunil Kanugolu bring India’s Modi down, 10 years after helping him win?

As India’s election kicks off, a top election strategist is looking for cracks in the Modi brand he helped create.

Sunil Kanugolu, the election strategist who once helped Modi and his BJP come to power and consolidate their hold over India, is now trying to defeat them [Image from X]

Chillis and chicken: An Indian kitchen of love, from violence-hit Manipur

Three Manipuri women serve slices of their culture, trauma and life from Lomba Kitchen in their New Delhi apartment.

Lomba Kitchen

‘Sisters and brothers’: Ameen Sayani, India’s subversive ‘king of radio’

Sayani, who outwitted a ban to nurture a love affair between Bollywood songs and listeners, passed away this week.

Ameen Sayani [Credit: Bollywood Hungama/CC BY 3.0]

Reclaiming Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan style

To ensure success of his latest film Dunki, Khan has copied strategies used by the BJP in its election campaigns.

Still from Shah Rukh Khan's new movie Dunki

A fire, two deaths and the business of elder care in India

On January 1, two women at an Antara Care Home in Delhi died in a fire, raising questions about the eldercare business.

Kanchan Arora's children (clockwise from left) Sunandini, Vineet, Vivek and Mandakini with their mother's photograph

‘A metaphor for life’: Bollywood’s stormy love affair with Indian cricket

Bollywood has had a rocky relationship with cricket over the decades, often reflecting India’s changing society.

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh attends the premiere of the movie 83, based on India's first Cricket World Cup victory in 1983