Most of the millions who stagger into Mumbai with nothing else but a dream quickly learn how to survive.That art, however, gets mighty Herculean when the commercial engine of the country slows down. BT catches up with six men and women in the street who live life under the middle-class radar, but who are never totally out of it. Rachna M. Koppikar reports.

The global slowdown this time has not spared even the entertainment industry, which was believed to be recession-proof.

Managers are racking their brains for strategies to beat the slowdown. But hotshots remain hotshots. We present 5th listing of India's young and happening executives.

The Mumbai terror attacks punctured business sentiment already deflated by a spreading slowdown. The economic stimulus now needed is not just of liquidity but of foolproof security and targeted expenditure.

Late night is when a city truly shows its colours. When you’ve done a bar or three, and it’s past midnight and you really, really need a meal, what are your options?

PE activity in media and entertainment has picked up speed this year.

S.L. Rao, father of consumer market demographics in India, reviews the latest book on this subject.

It’s not just in aviation or automobiles that businessmen are seeking out low-cost solutions. From housing to gyms, from entertainment to banking, a clutch of canny entrepreneurs is seeing big opportunity at the lower rungs of the proverbial pyramid. T.V. Mahalingam reports.

With the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) season drawing to a close, the eyeballs have started returning to traditional modes of entertainment. General entertainment channels (GECs), which saw viewers migrate to instant cricket, are reporting a surge in viewership.

They may still be larger than life, but these days they’re no longer that large to be unable to fit snugly into the small screen. A host of Bollywood superstars—a few who are at their peak, along with a few who’re set to peak out and a few who peaked out some time ago—have begun gravitating towards television and are pocketing big bucks in the process. Anusha Subramanian reports.

An art/auction house that’s worth over Rs 800 crore.

The Media and Entertainment Industry was estimated at Rs 55,000 crore in 2007, having grown 22 per cent over the previous year.

Events that rocked the business world—or just made head honchos sit up and take notice.

Bollywood rolled out the hits, but the turkeys were on display as well.

Juliette Monmousseau, 30, is a fifth generation member of the Monomousseau family, which runs Bouvet Ladubay, one of the oldest sparklingwine producing establishments in France, now owned by Vijay Mallya’s UB Group. In Kolkata recently to promote her wines, she spoke to BT’s Ritwik Mukherjee. Excerpts:

The hot-shops are back. And, unlike in the nineties, there’s plenty of restless talent going around—and plenty of business for the taking, too.

Wondering where you can get that exclusive haircut that will make you stand out in the crowd and make heads turn? Look no further and read on?

Performance of 20 companies to watch in 2007 in alphabetical order.

The Saawariya promo is really no different from hundreds of other similar trailers. The only difference: the movie has a Hollywood producer. For the first time one of Hollywood’s Big 6 studios is co-producing a Hindi film. SPE Films India, the Indian arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment has co-produced Saawariya in partnership with Bollywood producer-director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film production house.

Multiplexes are poised for rapid growth. But watch the valuations.