TORONTO (Reuters) - They may not be as familiar to North American movie fans as Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, but Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bipashu Basu, Celina Jaitley and other Bollywood stars are getting a lot of second looks in Toronto in recent days.

Chaos and contrasts reign in India's megacity melting-pot Mumbai, home to billionaires, movie stars, slum-dwellers and everyone in between.

Flash mobs of Indian dancers, dozens of Bollywood superstars hounded by autograph-seeking fans and a gala movie premiere kicked off the 12th Indian International Film Awards.

Toronto beat out Las Vegas to become the first North American city to host the 12th annual Indian International Film Awards, which kicked off on Thursday, and now Melbourne is vying to be next.

Michael Jackson and his siblings watched Bollywood films every Saturday morning when they were young and were inspired by the glamour, Jermaine Jackson said Thursday.

Toronto will shimmer and shake this weekend when Bollywood makes a splash in Canada's largest city, with some of India's film superstars gathering for an eagerly awaited awards ceremony.

Former Miss World turned actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is pregnant, her father-in-law and veteran Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed.

Veteran Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan may be nearing 70 but he hopes that his new action film will prove he still has what it takes to beat the bad guys.

Former Miss World turned Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is pregnant, her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan has revealed.

Top Bollywood actor Imran Khan said on Friday that he will challenge in court a decision to raise the age for buying alcohol in India's entertainment capital, slamming the new law as double standards.

Organisers of India's first "Slut Walk" have changed the name of the event and toned down its dress code because of concern the protest is too provocative, media reports said on Friday.

Many foreign tourists return home from India with tales of how they were recruited as Bollywood extras from the bustling bars and busy streets of Colaba Causeway in south Mumbai.

A US jury has found a Pakistan-born Chicago man guilty of plotting an aborted attack on a Danish newspaper and aiding Pakistani terrorists, but cleared him of any role in the 2008 Mumbai siege.

A US jury found a Pakistan-born Chicago man guilty of plotting an aborted attack on a Danish newspaper and aiding Pakistani extremists, but cleared him of any role in the 2008 Mumbai siege.

India's most famous and controversial modern artist, M.F. Husain, who fled the country in 2006 after death threats from Hindu extremists, died in London on Thursday at the age of 95.

To most of his devoted followers, Swami Ramdev is not an anti-corruption campaigner but a yoga teacher blessed with the power to cure disease and reveal the path to a better way of living.

US jurors began deliberations Wednesday in the case of a Pakistan-born Chicago businessman accused of helping to plot the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.

A Pakistan-born Chicago businessman was part of the "inner circle" of terrorists who plotted the 2008 Mumbai attacks, US prosecutors said in closing arguments.

A Pakistan-born Chicago businessman was part of the "inner circle" of terrorists who plotted the 2008 Mumbai attacks, US prosecutors said in closing arguments.

A Pakistan-born Chicago businessman was part of the "inner circle" of terrorists who plotted the 2008 Mumbai attacks, US prosecutors said in closing arguments.