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BEYOND BOLLYWOOD
THE ALTBOLLYWOOD ZINE — OCTOBER 2026 EDITION
This month's cover star is
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The Most PAPPTASTIC Celebrity of the month, picked not by publicists, but by real, raw organic data from AltBollywood's Instagram.
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Pop Culture Prachaaran
Nana Patekar: The Man Behind the Hero
Of a childhood favourite, a shy philanthropist, a proud Maratha, and an actor who insisted on going to Kargil. A reader's tribute to Nana Patekar.
AltBollywood
4 minutes ago6 min read
Godzilla Minus Zero Makes History With $31.6 Million. Why Do We Love Monster Movies So Much?
A record US opening for a Japanese monster film. But the bigger question is why a giant lizard can make grown adults cry. A look at the psychology of monster movies.
Vishal waghela
20 minutes ago4 min read
Ramayana Box Office Day 4: Diwali-Day Record of ₹56.15 Crore, Beats Adipurush, but Dips From Its Own Saturday
A Diwali-day record, a four-day total past Adipurush and a worldwide figure knocking on ₹500 crore. And one number that tells a more complicated story.
Vishal waghela
23 minutes ago3 min read
Kavya Maran and Anirudh Ravichander Wedding: Greece Ceremony, Chennai Reception and Everything We Know So Far
From a laughing denial to a Greek destination wedding. Here's everything we know about Anirudh Ravichander and Kavya Maran's wedding, and what is still only reported.
Vishal waghela
26 minutes ago3 min read
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B-TOWN BAWAAL
Ramayana Box Office Collection Day 4: Ranbir Kapoor's Epic Races Past ₹180 Crore as Diwali Sunday Begins
Three days, ₹182.70 crore net, and a Sunday that started even stronger than Saturday. Here's where Ramayana stands on Diwali.
Vishal waghela
1 day ago3 min read
Ranbir Kapoor Says This Could Be His 'Last Decade as an Actor', Wants to Direct in the Next 2 to 3 Years
Fans panicked. Is Ranbir quitting? Not quite. Here's exactly what he said about his 'last decade as an actor', directing and the films he wants to finish first.
Vishal waghela
2 days ago3 min read
Badami Rock Festival 2026: Karnataka's Climbing Festival Returns to the Red Sandstone Cliffs, 26 to 27 December
Climbers, block your diaries. The second Badami Rock Festival returns to Karnataka's red sandstone cliffs on 26 and 27 December.
Kenneth Hopkins
2 days ago2 min read
Akka Director Dharmaraj Shetty: Keerthy Suresh's Signature Hairpin Kills Were Her Own Idea
Queen and gangster, soft and fierce. Akka's director explains why Keerthy Suresh was right for Bhavani, and reveals where her deadliest move came from.
Kenneth Hopkins
3 days ago2 min read
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Culture Curry
Ramayana: Part 1 vs Valmiki's Ramayana: What Nitesh Tiwari Kept, What He Changed, and the Lakshman Rekha That Was Never There
The Lakshman Rekha we quote every day isn't in Valmiki's text. So how faithful is Ramayana: Part 1? A scene-by-scene comparison with the original epic.
Vishal waghela
9 minutes ago6 min read
Escaping the Infinite Scroll: We're Hooked on Social Media. This Diwali, Let's Clean Up
We clean every corner of the house before Diwali. Nobody cleans the phone. A numbers-first look at the infinite scroll and how to step out of it.
Vishal waghela
1 day ago5 min read
Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja: The KGB Spy-Test Legend and How Disco Dancer Conquered the Soviet Union
The story goes that the KGB caught Western spies by singing 'Jimmy Jimmy' at them. The legend is almost certainly untrue. What it reveals about Disco Dancer is not.
Kenneth Hopkins
2 days ago5 min read
Primitive Futurism: Why the Future Is Starting to Feel Raw, Soft and Ancient
Raw fashion, soft technology, live drums in echoing rooms. A case for primitive futurism, the idea that the way forward starts at our roots.
Kenneth Hopkins
2 days ago3 min read
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