CULVER CITY, Calif., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sony Movie Channel will hold a weeklong musical event honoring the best of Bollywood November 6-12, 2011.

The World's Largest Distributor of Bollywood Entertainment Releases Five Films for Free Online Streaming NEW YORK, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Saavn, the world's largest digital distributor and marketer of Bollywood entertainment and Hulu, an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips at Hulu.com and other online destination sites -- all for free, anytime in the U.S., have teamed up to stream Bollywood films.

Madame Tussauds Hong Kong Wednesday displayed a wax figure of Amitabh Bachchan, the first Tussauds statue of the Indian film star exhibited in Asia. The sculpture is on loan for the next four months from Madame Tussauds London. Bachchan took his place at the World Famous Home of the Famous alongside other movie stars such as Jackie Chan, Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, the museum said. Hong Kong is becoming an increasingly popular destination for Indian tourists and we have been fortunate to welcome many tour groups and individual travelers to Madame Tussauds Hong Kong, Bret Pidgeon, general manager of Madame Tussauds Hong Kong and Shanghai, said in a statement. While these guests enjoy meeting our unique collection of over 100 international celebrities and world leaders, there is a growing demand for us to feature Indian film stars, Pidgeon said.

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is criticizing the celebrated film Slumdog Millionaire for depicting India as a Third World, dirty underbelly, the BBC said. Directed by British filmmaker Danny Boyle, the movie was the big winner at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles Sunday night.

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has left the Mumbai hospital where he was admitted after suffering acute abdominal pain last week. Media reports said the actor known as "Big B," who has appeared in more than 150 movies in three decades, underwent treatment for an incisional hernia.