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## Bollywood


* ![Actor Deepika Padukone under police protection death threats, Bollywood, culture wars](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf732e26f3f5223bc/6988e758ab6d77f23a6b0ca5/indias-culture-war-stir-up-trouble-in-bollywood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 30, 2017  
## [India's Culture War Stirs Up Trouble In Bollywood](https://time.com/5042709/india-culture-war-trouble-bollywood/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara John
* ![Street scene in Islamabad, Pakistan showing rickshaws, an old two-tone Morris Minor car and the local cinema advertising films often described as "Bollywood'.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9bdd8d76c98a65e/6988b35e5f570fea17b23987/bollywood-pakistan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 19, 2016  
## [Bollywood Movies Come Back to Pakistan](https://time.com/4606226/bollywood-pakistan-movies-cinema-ban/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara John
* ![Indian Film Industry Flourishes In Mumbai](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1f7cf303a09670d/6988a5ece20a87f2eba92641/gettyimages-52477994.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 14, 2016  
## [Spanish-Language Bollywood Channel Launches in U.S.](https://time.com/4490745/spanish-language-bollywood-channel-zee-mundo/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![INDIA-ARTS-LITERATURE-BOLLYWOOD](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59c86d58062faf21/6988a223524fc019c0df9219/gettyimages-525376122.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 12, 2016  
## [Top Bollywood Star 'Detained' at U.S. Airport ... Again](https://time.com/4449798/bollywood-shah-rukh-khan-detained-u-s-airport/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nikhil Kumar
* ![Bollywood actor Salman Khan sits in a car as he leaves a court in Mumbai](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5aaf763606a9eec1/698874cc196cf46a8f039681/rtx1btc3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 10, 2015  
## [Indian Superstar Salman Khan Acquitted in Hit-and-Run Case](https://time.com/4144079/salman-khan-hit-run-verdict-acquitted/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar  
* ![Indian actor Aamir Khan arrives for the opening night of the Women in the World summit in New York](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcce4f0c1adcee963/698872b12dce0100939e6a74/rtx19w4m.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 25, 2015  
## [Bollywood Star Aamir Khan Faces Backlash](https://time.com/4126743/aamir-khan-intolerance-backlash-snapdeal-india/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the Jamat-ud-Dawa religious party, addresses the Harmain Sharifain Conference in support of the Saudi Arabian government in Peshawar](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0822757cdd4b9e71/69886058cf40a8734cc3f563/rtr4xwqj.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2015  
## [Terrorist Gets Film Banned](https://time.com/4005860/bollywood-film-banned-hafiz-saeed-pakistan-india/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Google Holds Event For Creators At YouTube Tokyo Space](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f056292642d6af0/6987ec2de53aba3e3e4db6e9/youtube1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 19, 2015  
## [YouTube Opens Studio In Bollywood](https://time.com/4003815/youtube-studio-bollywood/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Fortune
* ![Robert Downey Jr. at "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in New York City on April 27, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eada9dfbaddcb9e/6988595735ba6f6c25c0e089/robert-downey-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2015  
## [Robert Downey Jr. Is the World's Highest Paid Actor](https://time.com/3985119/robert-downey-jr-jackie-chan-vin-diesel-highest-paid-actors/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Bollywood Celebrities And Politicians Visit Salman Khan At His Residence A Day After Verdict In Hit And Run Case](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93c34ecfc5ab18fc/6987eee6e20a874da4a8949d/472435904.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 8, 2015  
## [Bollywood Star Salman Khan Granted Bail in Hit-and-Run Case](https://time.com/3851456/salman-khan-bollywood-hit-and-run-bail-granted/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar  
* ![INDIA-COURT-CRIME-BOLLYWOOD-VERDICT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41be709a8edcbe44/6987ee8a2dce01c6239e1b08/472296230.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 6, 2015  
## [Bollywood Star Gets 5 Years in Hit-and-Run Case](https://time.com/3848190/salman-khan-hit-and-run-guilty-convicted-sentence-5-years/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Indian Bollywood Actress Gauhar Khan](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte26de70ed1c19c7f/69876b8ff887dca118e88ac0/gauhar-khan-bollywood-actress-slapped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2014  
## [Bollywood Actress Slapped in Face for 'Wearing Short Dress'](https://time.com/3611558/gauhar-khan-india-raw-star-slap/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![Veena Malik during promotional event](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c85749d17977983/69876b5e55a8595678a845ef/veena-malik.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 27, 2014  
## [Bollywood Actress Veena Malik Sentenced to 26 Years in Jail For Blasphemy](https://time.com/3608885/bollywood-actress-veena-malik-sentenced-to-26-years-in-jail-for-blasphemy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Megan Gibson
* ![INDIA-ARTS-CINEMA-BOLLYWOOD](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f904786d36dcdc9/698764093c16399f3d44f6bb/156504394.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 4, 2014  
## [Women Can Be Make-Up Artists, Too, Says India's High Court](https://time.com/3556581/india-make-up-film-industry-court/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Dan Kedmey
* ![Bollywood actor Khan flies a kite as Hindu nationalist Modi watches during a kite flying festival in Ahmedabad](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a0d2e64a80fa2d/69868bffadae44b961542b5a/rtx17dq5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 23, 2014  
## [Modi Gets a Bollywood Boost](https://time.com/73176/india-elections-narendra-modi-bollywood-salim-salman-khan/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff

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