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Amid escalating tension surrounding Bollywood epic Padmavati, India’s extremist Rajput caste group Karni Sena has threatened to burn down any British cinema that screens the film. This comes as the Deepika Padukone-starrer continues to face angry sentiment and threats against cast and crew. In another development on…

Since it began in 2008, the Indian Premier League cricket season has seen lines increasingly blurred between the sport and Bollywood, both of which are among the biggest cultural passions in the massive country. Six weeks long, and with a brand value of some $3.2B, the IPL has similarities to both the U.S. Super Bowl…

Bollywood star Aamir Khan has officially outdone himself. His holiday season release PK already held the record for the biggest-ever North American bow of a Bollywood film, and as of last weekend was the market’s top foreign-language title of 2014. At the end of its second week, the Rajkumar Hirani-directed…

Bollywood stars have been having a good run at the international box office over the past year, from Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif‘s current release Bang Bang to Salman Khan in Kick this summer. Next up is arguably the best-known global Bollywood hitmaker, Shah Rukh Khan, in Happy New Year (see trailer below). Set…