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Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan is back, and in a big way, as his action-packed espionage pic Pathaan has been breaking records for a Hindi title since debuting Wednesday in India and overseas. This also ends a lengthy hiatus from the big screen as a lead for SRK, and gives a boost to Bollywood which has…

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is opening up about finally earning as much as her male costar in Hollywood. The Indian and South Asian actor is starring in Prime Video’s Citadel where she shares the leading role with Game of Thrones alum Richard Madden. “I've never had pay parity in Bollywood. I've done…

Bollywood megastar Akshay Kumar revealed that he is making a feature on the theme of sex education that he hopes to release next spring during an In-Conversation event at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival on Saturday. “It's a very important subject. In a lot of places, it is not…

Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival kicks off its second edition in the port city of Jeddah this week. RELATED: Red Sea Film Festival News, Red Carpet & Deadline Studio Video: Full Coverage The event, which runs December 1-10, unfolds five years to the week that news first broke…

There is growing concern across the Indian television industry and beyond for the welfare of Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan. The former COO of Balaji Telefilms has been missing since July, and the company's creative head, Indian soap opera supremo Ekta Kapoor, has urged the Indian government to send a search…

Netflix has shown off its upcoming Indian content in the past hour at the Tudum event, with Bollywood director Vasan Bala’s Monica, O My Darling on show alongside the likes of Scoop and Guns & Gulaabs. India is a huge priority for Netflix and the Tudum event is being used as a jumping off point. Bala’s Monica, O My Dar…

EXCLUSIVE: Arjun Rampal is on his way to a shoot in Poland after a week's work in London and a short stop in his home country India when he sits down for a chat with Deadline. "It’s better to be busy than not busy in my line of work," he says shrugging off the jetlag. The veteran actor's schedule is the result of a…

Bollywood legend Aamir Khan is set to debut his version of the hit film Forrest Gump, with some differences specially designed for Indian audiences. Khan told the BBC that Forrest's line, "Life is like a box of chocolates," has become, "Life is like a golgappa; your stomach feels full, but your heart always craves for…

A dark comedy dealing in the disturbing subject matter of domestic violence is taking audiences by storm in India and beyond. Darlings, which began streaming on Netflix globally a week ago, has had the highest global opening for a non-English Indian film, with audiences spending more than 10 million hours watching it…

Fans of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, one of Bollywood's most enduring films have slammed the decision to cast the main male character as a white man in the upcoming Broadway musical adaptation. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, known as DDLJ, is being adapted for Broadway as Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical. When the…

KK, a popular Indian playback singer and songwriter with more than 300 film and TV credits, died Tuesday of cardiac arrest in Kolkata, shortly after performing a concert. He was 53. West Bengal Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Aroop Biswas said organizers of the Gurudas College Fest told authorities that KK (real…

Priyanka Chopra Jonas grew up eyeing a career as an aeronautical engineer, but a detour to pageantry led to a Miss World crown in 2000 and a pivot to an acting career. She became a star in her native India and has gone on to conquer Hollywood. That may sound like the stuff of fairy tales, but there were certainly…