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Claiming he is ready to make changes in his poems and songs only if it creatively makes some value addition, Piyush said, “Personally, nepotism never harmed me- I entered the industry after my prime (youth) ended. I did what I wanted to, I did a lot of work. I was never affected by nepotism. No Kapoor or Khan family came in my way. For me, nepotism does not really exist, and even if it does, it has not harmed me yet. But yes, there goondaism in the industry. Dadagiri hai.” … [Read more...] about Piyush Mishra on nepotism in Bollywood: ‘No Kapoor or Khan family came in my way, but dadagiri does exist’

So now that the lens has zoomed in on the whole drug matter, will future films refrain from the subject?“Personally I don’t believe that it will affect future such stories, if that was the case then we would never show violence in the film. It is about how you show it in a way to make it palatable for the audiences. This kind of narrative can’t change the way you start doing things,” concludes Nambiar. … [Read more...] about Glamorizing or keeping it real?: The intoxicating drug connect in Bollywood films

On Wednesday, Kangana warned Uddhav in a video message that his ‘pride will crumble’ soon and compared her situation to the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. “Uddhav Thackeray, did you think that you took revenge on me by colluding with the film mafia and demolishing my house? My house has been demolished today but your pride will crumble tomorrow,” she said in a video addressed to him. … [Read more...] about Babita Phogat supports Kangana Ranaut, asks why ‘award wapsi gang of Bollywood’ is silent

In the last few months Bollywood has fallen from grace. Everything about us is bad and evil. We are not good people any more. Even our cooks and drivers are a menace to society. So, from loving Bollywood and their children and their cooks, how has Bollywood suddenly become this big bad place where everyone is taking drugs and murdering people? Has it got something to do with that man sitting under the chair distracting you with a pinch on your bottom while the dentist extracts your tooth? Scarily, the bottom here might just be an innocent person, and the pinch an end to a few careers. … [Read more...] about Vilification of Bollywood

His love for the movies began as a child who grew up on a steady diet of VCR tapes. “It is a Bollywood city and my mission is to immortalise it,” says the 42-year old artist who works as a freelance graphic designer and also paints on commissions. The money he makes from these assignments is spent on sourcing materials for these murals. … [Read more...] about Mumbai-based artist on a quest to immortalise Bollywood with these time capsules