Amjad Khanforever loved as terrifying Gabbar Singh of ‘Sholay’, passed away in 1992, leaving several Bollywood personalities unpaid. Until the early 2000s, the underworld had a tight grip on the Hindi film industry. Gangsters regularly threatened stars, directors and producers for money and even invested in films and played a role in casting. So when…
2001 romantic drama Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, directed by and starring Abbas-Mustan. Salman Khan, Preity Ribbonand Rani Mukerji, who is often remembered for introducing one of the first depictions of surrogacy in Bollywood, albeit in a rather wrong way. However, beyond its story, the film remains famous for its unexpected connection to Mumbai’s underworld, a…
Filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan looks back at the Bollywood scene where she started her career in the early 1990s, recalling the time when Hindi cinema struggled with its image and the industry grappled with the shadow of the underworld. “I remember at the release of Duplicate and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Karan received an underground threat….