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  • Dutt held in 'terrorist' jail cell: report

    Dutt held in 'terrorist' jail cell: report

    NEW DELHI, May 19, 2013 (AFP) - Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight and wants to be transferred, a report said Saturday.

    May 19, 2013
  • Dutt to go to jail after court rejects plea

    Dutt to go to jail after court rejects plea

    NEW DELHI, May 15, 2013 (AFP) - Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was set to go to jail this week after India's top court Tuesday dismissed his last-ditch plea for a review of a five-year sentence related to the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.

    May 15, 2013
  • India court rejects Bollywood star jail plea

    India court rejects Bollywood star jail plea

    NEW DELHI, May 11, 2013 (AFP) - India's highest court Friday rejected a plea by Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt to review his conviction and five-year jail term for possessing arms supplied by plotters of the deadly 1993 Mumbai blasts.

    May 11, 2013
  • India plans to relax Bollywoody censorship

    India plans to relax Bollywoody censorship

    NEW DELHI, May 5, 2013 (AFP) - India's all-powerful censor board is planning a lighter approach to Bollywood after decades chopping tens of thousands of film scenes, from onscreen kisses to violent endings.

    May 05, 2013
  • Bollywood celebrates 100th birthday

    Bollywood celebrates 100th birthday

    MUMBAI, April 28, 2013 (AFP) - One hundred years after the screening of a black-and-white silent film, India's brash, song-and-dance-laden Bollywood film industry celebrates its centenary later this week.

    April 28, 2013
  • Indian porn star dragged into rape debate

    Indian porn star dragged into rape debate

    NEW DELHI, April 24, 2013 (AFP) - Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone has happily reinvented herself as a Bollywood actress. While her past pursuits have been no barrier, being linked to India's rape crisis represents a new challenge.

    April 24, 2013 1 comment
  • Bollywood star ordered to jail in four weeks

    Bollywood star ordered to jail in four weeks

    NEW DELHI, April 18, 2013 (AFP) - India's top court on Wednesday granted Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt four weeks of freedom before he must return to prison for firearms offences, but refused him more time to meet filming commitments.

    April 18, 2013
  • Bollywood brings back ghosts of Mumbai attack

    Bollywood brings back ghosts of Mumbai attack

    MUMBAI, Feb 28, 2013 (AFP) - The director of a new Bollywood movie on the 2008 Mumbai attacks is promising an unflinching depiction of the tragedy, which some traumatised survivors fear will be too painful to watch.

    February 28, 2013 1 comment
  • SRK tops Forbes India celebrity list

    SRK tops Forbes India celebrity list

    MUMBAI, Jan 26, 2013 (AFP) - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan tops the first Forbes India Celebrity 100 with annual estimated earnings last year of $37.7 million, the magazine said on Friday.

    January 26, 2013
  • Indian film explores harassment

    Indian film explores harassment

    MUMBAI, Jan 20, 2013 (AFP) - A new Indian film looks at the sensitive topic of sexual harassment in the workplace at a time when Bollywood has come under fire for its portrayal of women, after a fatal gang-rape shocked the nation.

    January 20, 2013
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