Bollywood rom-coms are super problematic, but I love them anyway

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Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.


You might be familiar with the adult awakening that most classic love stories we grew up with don’t always hold up16 Candles? Creepy! You’ve Got Mail? Catfishing! Yet the fact remains that there are certain texts we can’t shake, stories that helped shape us and our views on love.

I grew up watching Indian Bollywood movies, so my discomfiting realization has been twofold. Bollywood is known for epic, sweeping romance – full musical numbers in gorgeous locales, grand gestures, soulmates. They taught me that romantic love was the most powerful force in the universe, something that could make people sing and dance with emotion and always finds a way.  Read more…

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What is T-Series, the YouTube channel that’s about to surpass PewDiePie in subscribers?

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After nearly five years of being YouTube’s most subscribed channel, PewDiePie’s reign is about the come to an end.

In a video recently posted to his YouTube channel titled “THIS CHANNEL WILL OVERTAKE PEWDIEPIE!,” Felix Kjellberg (aka PewDiePie) informed his nearly 66 million subscribers that his time as the most subscribed YouTube channel is coming to an end. It’s a title he’s had since December 22, 2013.

So, which channel is going to dethrone the YouTube star from his coveted “most subscribed channel” perch?

The soon-to-be most subscribed channel on YouTube is T-Series, a music and film production company in India that uploads daily Bollywood music videos to its channel. Read more…

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Here’s what Bollywood movie to watch based on your favorite Hollywood romance

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It’s Summer Lovin’ Week here at Mashable, which means things are getting steamy. In honor of the release of Crazy Rich Asians, we’re celebrating onscreen love and romance, looking at everything from our favorite fictional couples to how Hollywood’s love stories are evolving. Think of it as our love letter to, well, love.

Movie love is something that transcends time, space, and international borders. For every classic Hollywood romcom or drama, there’s a Bollywood movie in India mashing up multiple genres and telling another story of legendary love. 

Whether you know you’re a Bollywood fan or have yet to take the plunge, we’ve got a list of movies curated based on Hollywood romances you love. Some of them are direct remakes but with fewer white people and more full-blown musical numbers, some of them just share a few key similarities with our favorite Hollywood love stories, and all of them are available for streaming (with subtitles, natch). Read more…

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This 2015 mixtape predicted Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas

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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ engagement may have taken the world by storm, but it might just be fate. A mixtape from Srihari Sritharan a.k.a. Dr. Srimix predicted the celebrity pairing back in 2015 with a choice mashup. If these two are anywhere near as compatible as their songs, we bless the union. 

The resurfaced mix caught Sritharan’s attention because of a dance video set specifically to the section combining Jonas’ “Chains” with “Tujhe Bhula Diya,” from Chopra’s film Anjaana Anjaani (Chopra doesn’t sing it because playback singers do the vocals in Bollywood – in this case, Shruti Pathak). Read more…

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‘Lust Stories’ is honest and messy, and Indian cinema needs more of it

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As Indian cinema’s worldwide audience grows, most people are acquainted exclusively with Bollywood – Hindi-language romantic dramas full of dazzling song-and-dance numbers that may or may not be related to plot. 

But Indian cinema has always been more than that, just as Italian film extends beyond neorealism or and the French New Wave is just one piece of a rich history. Cinephiles may know Satyajit Ray’s Apu trilogy, which offers a glimpse of the type of gritty auteurship that doesn’t pay the Bollywood bills, but speaks to some truly fine artistry. Indian short films remain a source of this ingenuity and excellence, and Netflix’s Lust Stories is a fresh new installment.  Read more…

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Graphic India raises $5M to build a Marvel-like digital comic brand for India

 It’s been some time since we wrote about Graphic India, a new media startup that believes India should have its own home-grown answer to cartoon empires like Marvel. The 30-person company been busy developing its IP and bringing its creations to audiences via film and TV since we last covered it in 2015, when it raised $2.5 million from investors, and now it has added to that war… Read More

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