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The 2012 Cannes Film Festival will show-case five Bollywood films, including three from indie filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. Kashyap’s Peddlers will be shown during the Critics’ Week and compete for the prestigious Camera d’Or while the two-part Gangs of Wasseypur will be shown at the Director’s Fortnight. Other films that will be featured at the festival [...]

 Aamir Khan has been lauded for addressing some of India’s darkest social problems after his new television show tackled the taboo subject of female foeticide. Khan’s show, which had been massively promoted before its debut on Sunday, received resounding  praise from the press and the public for his interviews with women about their harrowing experiences. [...]

The cardinal rule of advertising is don’t be boring. Sadly, US snack retailer PopChips missed the mark in their latest ad campaign, which features Ashton Kutcher in an excruciatingly unfunny caricature of an Indian man named Raj. The online campaign triggered a backlash of virtual rage and reawakened the old debate of humour vs. racism. [...]