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The Oscar-winning film "Forrest Gump" will be getting a Bollywood makeover as it starts production for a 2020 release.

Spy thriller "Raazi" stole the night at Bollywood's answer to the Oscars, taking best film and best actress for its young star Alia Bhatt in Mumbai where the glitzy awards gala was held for the first time since being established two decades ago.Megastar Ranveer Singh won best actor for his role in the controversial "Padmaavat", a historical action movie that enraged Hindu radicals but was an international success.

In a windowless attic in Dharavi in Mumbai, one of Asia's biggest slums, some are looking to become a Bollywood star -- or at least get a bit part.It is in this studio, accessible via a narrow ladder and rope, that larger-than-life Baburao Ladsaheb offers what a hand-painted sign calls "Five Star Acting Dancing Fighting Classes"."I've been running these classes for 35 years and have trained over 15,000 students," says Ladsaheb, taking a break from classes where he blows a whistle as his pupils learn the steps to famous Bollywood dances.

Chopra was the first Indian actress to lead a primetime US series with FBI thriller "Quantico," and cemented her global celebrity status after marrying pop singer Nick Jonas

Netflix launched in India in 2016 and two of its Indian-made series have won critical acclaim

The national award winning actress, Zaira Wasim quit the movie industry for her faith and religion.

IndiGo Airlines representatives deemed the incident "unacceptable."

The announcement is expected to be made when Apple launches its latest iPhone models in India this year, according to a report.

India’s thriving movie scene and its actors were reportedly the targets of an Islamic State extortion scheme.

Disney’s “Jungle Book” has quickly become the biggest-ever U.S. movie in India, and American studios will notice.

With a Dec. 25 release date in India, the U.S. film will avoid a clash with big-ticket Bollywood movies. But will that help it beat the odds in the world's second-most populous country?

Foreign box office helped propel superhero movies last year, according to Forbes' annual list of the world's highest-paid actors.

Salman Khan was found guilty of culpable homicide by a lower court for running over five people, one of whom died, in 2002.

Salman Khan, one of India's highest-paid movie stars, was found guilty and given a five-year prison term in a 2002 hit-and-run case.

The Bollywood streaming entertainment service boasts 20 million users.

A New York-based Sikh rights group has claimed that the actor instigated violence against the Sikh community during the 1984 riots in India.

Saif Ali Khan, 44, is married to Kareena Kapoor Khan, a Hindu by birth.

Many are questioning how much progress India has made in rectifying its rape crisis after yet another tourist was gang-raped in Delhi.

The release of "Dhoom 3" (or any such product from India) in Pakistan raises a raft of thorny and confusing legal questions.

The new Miss America is undeterred by racist comments directed at her, stating that she plans to “rise above” the uproar over her heritage.

The Afridi film was expected to revive Pakistan’s film industry.