Reading recent pieces, and Karan Johar’s comments about the importance of publicists and stylists in Bollywood, you are reminded of the time, not so long ago, when the relationship between stars and the media was not so complicated.

Stars used to have a secretary, who was an all-rounder, doing everything from negotiating contracts to fixing appointments [...]

I know this is a blog entry that is going to provoke the most hideous retribution, yet it is a burden I need to off load and so I place my neck on the platter and await a mass chopping. I have no regrets; First off, I utterly loathe almost everything about the entire concept [...]

Our new critic, Upperstall’s flyingrodent heroically volunteered to review YRF’s latest Pyaar Impossible. Five minutes into the movie he called me and after a bucketful of incomprehensible insults, stated that he’s going to be continually texting me through the film. It seemed I had to endure it as well.

Except for some cussword starring and [...]

It’s that time of the year again when we pick our favorite Hindi (that is to say, Bollywood) films of the last 12 months (and before farcical award shows begin dumping everything on Ghajini). A couple of us here at Upperstall have compiled this list. Feel free to agree or disagree and also pick your [...]

Here are some interesting stats gleaned from the Association of Motion Pictures and TV Program Producers annual report (2007-08) cross related with facts from Wiki:
Films Censored

1. Total films – 1145
2. Most films by language – Hindi (257), Telegu (241), and Tamil (149)
3. Least films by language [...]