Times Newspaper launches online Bollywood magazine

London, Feb 22 (UNI) The Times newspaper today launched Bollywood Times Online, a website which promises a smooth blend of serious reporting, reviews and reflections complete with juicy tid-bits and latest gossip on the Bollywood film industry.

The cover story of the online film magazine praises Amitabh Bachchan as '' India's most famous film star and an international icon.'' It has also published extracts from Jessica Hines's new book 'Bollywood' in which she details ''her story of a most unlikely friendship''.

The extract also features in the Times 2 supplement with the message: ''Amitabh Bachchan is India's most famous film star and an international icon. Watch our exclusive video interview.'' The contents of the online magazine include: Film Reviews: 'Salaam-e-Ishq: Bollywood homage to Love Actually is just as jejune and manipulative as original'.

'Don't call it Bollywood! Anil Sinanan brings you the juiciest news and gossip from the world's glitziest film industry'.

Bollywood features: 'You have to be hard to be a princess', Shilpa Shetty is not your normal girl-next-door reality TV winner', 'Who fronts India's millionaire quiz? :Shah Rukh Khan is Bollywood's most bankable leading man and has just taken over as host of India's Millionaire Bollywood stars', 'Bollywood's golden couple set to wed:Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan have finally become engaged, setting the stage for one of the most glamorous Indian weddings in a decade'.

'India is gripped by star's real-life marriage drama :Karisma Kapoor, one of India's best known actresses, and her millionaire husband are locked in a court battle over their baby daughter', 'Gandhi film shelved by leader :The Italian-born leader of India's ruling Congress Party has served legal notice on the makers of Sonia, an English-language biopic', 'Bollywood hero jailed for killing rare deer Salman Khan, the 'bad boy' of Asian cinema, has been sentenced tofive years in prison for poaching an endangered gazelle'.

Bollywood news: 'Will marrying a tree bring wedded bliss to the cream of Bollywood?', 'India's hottest Bollywood couple are engaged', Dancing girls get the chop as Bollywood bids for gravitas :Bollywood is turning from gratuitous dance scenes and melodramaticromance to gritty storylines', 'Bollywood couple face court :A criminal case filed against Aishwarya Rai, former Miss World and Hrithik Roshan over their on-screen kiss in Dhoom 2', 'Bollywood outstrips Britain at box office', 'Bollywood films have started to make more money at the box office in Britain than home-grown productions Bollywood couture, inspired by paradise'.

It also includes: Explore Film Reviews, Film Trailers, DVD and Reviews such as: 'In Hollywood Tom Hanks brought AIDS to the forefront. In Bollywood, the glory belongs to Shilpa Shetty' and an Opinion poll: Who is your favourite Bollywood actress? Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Raveena Tandon, Karishma Kapoor or Shilpa Shetty.

UNI