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Is Bollywood beginning to lose its sheen?

The silver lining is that despite all of the malevolent dark clouds hovering over Bollywood, Corporate India has not curtailed its patronage of Hindi cinema

Aryan Khan
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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan being taken to hospital after he got arrested in connection with a drugs case in Mumbai (Photo: PTI)

Sandeep Goyal
The Aryan Khan episode has once again turned the focus lights on Bollywood. The son of India’s top megastar languished in Arthur Road jail in Mumbai, without bail, for well over three weeks. No amount of the father’s stardom, or his political clout, or his personal rapport, or even his money power seemed to help. If anything, the Bollywood connection only seemed to intensify the glare, with the authorities making sure that the star-son got no special privileges and was not granted any untoward favours. The investigative agencies, for good measure, also dragged in Ananya Pandey, the daughter of Chunky
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