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- A Minute With: Kajol - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Kajol hates interviews and she says as much -- she usually has nothing to say and no controversies to talk about.
- Women directors struggling to find place in Bollywood - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Bollywood may have changed the way it makes its films but there's still no changing industry stereotypes about women filmmakers.
- Bollywood stars' race for endorsements sparks image fears - MUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - Bollywood stars may jostle for roles on the silver screen but they are also vying for other lucrative deals -- company endorsements -- with celebrity branding surging in India but fears the race is out of control.
- Aamir pokes fun at himself for 'Peepli Live' - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Aamir Khan is having a laugh at his own expense. Promotional campaigns for his next home production "Peepli Live", a satire on the urban-rural divide, poke fun at the Bollywood actor.
- A Minute With: Shah Rukh Khan gets up close and personal - MUMBAI (Reuters Life) - One of India's most popular superstars, Shah Rukh Khan, is known for guarding his personal life fiercely from the media glare.
- New Bollywood film-makers shift focus to rural India - MUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - The grit and grime of rural India, its people and problems are all finding their way into the glamorous world of mainstream Bollywood films.
- Onir's new film co-owned by 400 cinema lovers - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Getting funds for his film wasn't a problem for Onir. The director just emailed everyone he knew, inviting them to be a "co-owner" in the unique project.
- Small towns becoming big for Bollywood - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indore, Bijnor and Bhatinda may not high up on the list of tourist hotspots in India but Bollywood is slowly taking note, wooing these smaller towns and extending publicity budgets to include local audiences.
- No-ball drama set to cost Asif film role - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Mohammad Asif may be dropped from an Indian film in which he was supposed to play a cricket coach after it emerged he was one of the three Pakistani players embroiled in a spot-fixing scandal.
- "Slumdog" helps usher in Hollywood's Indian era - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Maybe it's the success of "Slumdog Millionaire." Perhaps it's because corporate outsourcing is now a very real -- and frustrating -- part of Westerners lives. Or perhaps it's because India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and its influences have finally spread to Hollywood.
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