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Bollywood nights

Nirpal Dhaliwal, our man in Mumbai, on all the latest Bollywood hits and flops
  • Danny Boyle and Amitabh Bachchan

    Slumdog Millionaire could only have been made by a westerner

    Nirpal Dhaliwal: Danny Boyle's Bafta-nominated crowd-pleaser shows how blind Bollywood producers are to the reality of India

  • Dostana

    Dostana is a straight victory for gay comedy

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    Bollywood nights: A funny and warm reworking of I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry? It could only happen in Bollywood

  • The poster for Heroes

    Who needs Heroes like this?

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    Bollywood nights: Being one of the campest buddy movies ever doesn't rescue Heroes from the stinking abyss

  • Fashion

    We are all victims of Bollywood's Fashion

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    Bollywood nights: Critics have held up Fashion as a reflection of modern India, but in truth it proves Bollywood is just as small-minded as ever

  • Kidnap

    Revenge is a dish best served without Imran Khan

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    Bollywood nights: The new darling of Bollywood is handsome and well connected. He's also a terrible, terrible actor

  • Hari Puttar

    Hari Puttar: there is no Hindi word for 'rip-off'

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    Bollywood nights:The name may have Warner Bros up in arms over copyright infringement, but it's Home Alone that's the real inspiration for this enjoyable children's film

  • Preity Zinta and Amitabh Bachchan in The Last Lear

    The most god-awful film I have ever seen

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    The Last Lear does the fledgling English-language movie business in Bollywood absolutely no favours, writes Nirpal Dhaliwal

  • Rock On!!

    Rock On!! rocks like a granny in a chair

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    Bollywood nights: This is a picture of KD, which stands for 'Killer Drummer' and tells you most of what you need to know about Bollywood's first rock film

  • Singh is Kinng

    What happens when a mentally subnormal Sikh peasant becomes the don of the Australian mafia?

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    Set to become the biggest film of the year, Singh is Kinng will finally see the Sikhs take Bollywood by storm, says Nirpal Dhaliwal

  • Ugly Aur Pagli

    Vomit is all too common in Indian life but it's a rare treat in its cinema

    Watching Bollywood's first gross-out comedy didn't help Nirpal Dhaliwal's tummy bug. But seeing India's teens portrayed in a realistic light for once did wonders for his soul

  • Mission Istanbul

    An all-singing, all-dancing, counter terrorism turkey

    This week our man in Mumbai watches a movie that mixes love, dance, fabulous hair and issues of homeland security

  • Anubhav

    Anubhav shows the surprising truth about Indian marriage

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    Modern Bollywood films can get flippant when it comes to love and sex. But a classic from 1971 cuts straight to the heart of the matter

  • Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

    Bollywood's answer to Friends makes Hollyoaks look like porn

    Nirpal Dhaliwal

    This comedy of horny youngsters is so timid it makes Hollyoaks look like porn

  • Love Story 2050: a futuristic stinker

    India's film industry must make more absolute stinkers than the rest of the world combined. You won't get a better example of the brain-insulting garbage it can churn out than Love Story 2050, Bollywood's answer to Barbarella, Back to the Future and Beverly Hills 90210 - all rolled into one.

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