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  Bollywood fights back against Indian media with major lawsuit against TV channels

  Leading production houses seeking to curb two media channels from making or publishing alleged ‘irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks’ against Hindi film industry

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  Lawsuit by top Bollywood members puts spotlight on India’s media credibility

  Leading Bollywood actors, filmmakers and industry unions have filed an unprecedented defamation lawsuit against two television news channels forpainting the film industry as a den of drugs and crime following the death of a young movie star. The lawsuit, filed Monday, comes months after India’s freewheeling television news channels took on Bollywood, India's Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, with a spree of allegations following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June.Rajput,

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  Bollywood producers take legal action over TV coverage following star's death

  Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his apartment in Mumbai in June, with police initially saying they believed he had taken his own life. The 34-year-old's actress girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty, was bailed earlier in October after being detained on drugs charges following his death. Now, more than 30 Bollywood production houses and four industry bodies have filed a lawsuit at the Delhi High Court, focusing on the media coverage.

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  The Bollywood star, a suicide … and an online witch-hunt across India

  The Bollywood star, a suicide … and an online witch-hunt across India. Lurid speculation about the death of Rhea Chakraborty’s actor boyfriend has become a media obsession

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  Bollywood actress granted bail as judge says no evidence she supplied drugs to stars

  Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty has been granted bail nearly a month after she was arrested for allegedly supplying drugs to her late boyfriend, the actor Sushant Singh Rajput. On Wednesday, a court in the city of Mumbai ordered the actress to be released on bail, saying there was yet no evidence Ms Chakraborty had supplied Mr Rajput with drugs or been involved in any trade in narcotics. There was no trial date set. Mr Rajput committed suicide in June, after which after which television netwo

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  Rhea Chakraborty: Court grants bail to Bollywood actress at centre of drugs probe into star’s death

  Indian court rejects argument that celebrities should be treated harshly to set an example

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  Bollywood megastar admits drug problem in India's film industry amid growing narcotics probe

  One of India’s most famous stars has broken the silence about Bollywood’s drug issues, as police continue a massive narcotics investigation which has exposed the industry’s seedy underbelly. Akshay Kumar, a Bollywood actor and martial artist, made the remarks online following the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, another high-profile figure in Indian showbusiness. Mr Rajput’s body was found in June in his apartment in Mumbai and Indian police have said he took his own life. The investigation into t

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  Bollywood star Deepika Padukone questioned by India's narcotics agency

  Bollywood star Deepika Padukone questioned by India's narcotics agencyInterview part of investigation into film industry following death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput

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  Top Bollywood actors receive summons in Indian drug probe

  Some of Bollywood's biggest actors are being questioned in a widening drug probe by federal agencies that has sent shockwaves through India's beleaguered film industry and dominated prime time news headlines. Officials from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have been investigating alleged drug use in Bollywood for the last month in connection with the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, a popular actor who was found dead at his residence in June. The NCB is scheduled to question actress Deepika Pa

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  Bollywood in uproar amid drugs 'witch hunt'

  It is a story worthy of a Bollywood movie, with claims of drug-taking, skulduggery and witchcraft. But should India's film makers wish to dramatise the country's latest high-society scandal, they need not look far - the saga involves their own actors. In a move that has transfixed the country's media, police have launched a probe into claims that numerous Bollywood A-listers have been involved in narcotics use. At the centre of the inquiry is 28-year-old actress Rhea Chakraborty, who has alleged

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