8 Films & Shows That Expose Bollywood’s Dark Side

8 Films Based On Bollywood’s Dark Side Radiocity By Radiocity Team Published Sep 18, 2025 [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Luck By Chance A “struggling actor arrived in Bombay” story. It deals with ambition, moral compromises, nepotism, breaking in, how success changes relationships, and more. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

The Dirty Picture Inspired by Silk Smitha`s life: the ambitions, exploitation, objectification, and the duality of being celebrated yet marginalized in a male-dominated industry. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Bollywood Diaries Intersects the lives of three very different people — an office-worker, a retired servant, and a sex worker — all pursuing dreams related to Bollywood. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Jubilee (2023) Period drama set in the late 1940s and early 1950s; explores the early studio-system of Hindi cinema. Glamour, scandal, ambition, betrayal, and more. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Showtime Behind-the-scenes power struggles in Bollywood production houses. Focuses on backstage drama: how stars are made and how outsiders are sidelined. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives Reality-TV look at the personal and professional lives of actor wives in Bollywood. Glamour, image-management, social status, luxury, and everything in between. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

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