Frequently Asked Questions

What is iLoveBolly and why should I register?

iLoveBolly – A place for Bollywood fans to hangout

At iLoveBolly.com, you will find gossip, news, movie reviews, songs and everything else about Bollywood – both latest and oldies. You will also be able to find movie-mates – if not soul-mates – fans anywhere on the internet who have your taste in movies and songs.

You can create your own private or public groups to discuss what's interesting to you, participate in forums, even create your own blog. Challenge your friends' knowledge about movies and songs by creating polls.

All of this is possible only after you register. You can even invite your friends to join the fun and earn a few BollyBux.

iLoveBolly is a site built for Bollywood fans by a team of fellow fans

How can I register?

You can register by clicking on the register link on the upper right hand corner of the home page, or by clicking here .

It is a short process in which you are asked to choose your user name and password, and for your email address. Once you accept the terms and conditions, and enter the correct challenge to avoid spam, you can start using all the free features on the site.

What kind of information about myself can I share and protect?

• Personal information about yourself, most of which is optional
• Social information about yourself
• Your favorite movies, songs, celebrities, bookmarks
• Your favorite images and videos – coming soon

What can I do on iLoveBolly?

• read the latest Bollywood news and hottest gossip
• rate and review media (movies, songs, celebrities, images, videos, forums, blogs)
• Invite friends, create groups, participate in forums
• meet new people, make new friends, exchange private messages
• participate in polls, create polls
• Join movie and celebrity fan clubs
• create your own blog
• view your activity on the site, or activity by your friends
• manage your account
• win points (BollyBux) for participating in iLoveBolly activities

What kind of content can I contribute to the site?

• Blogs
• Forums
• Groups
• Review
• Comments on other people's Blogs, Reviews, Forum topics
• News stories
• Celebrity details
• Movie details, including plot, crew, trivia, quotes, etc.
• Song details, including lyrics, videos, images, etc.
• Add media such as images and videos
• Adding audio and podcasts – coming soon
• Polls
• Quizzes – coming soon

What are BollyBux and how can I make more of them?

You make BollyBux when you participate in various activities on iLoveBolly. We list below the activities for which you make points:
• You get 50 points the first time you Register.
• You get 50 points each time you invite a friend and the friend Registers.
• You get 5 points for posting a Comment
• You get 20 points for posting a Review
• You get 5 points each time you participate in a Forum.
• You get 10 points for submitting an Image, Video, News story
• You get 25 points for submitting movie Trivia and Quotes, and the Site Editor approves the submission.
• You get 10 points for each edit you make to information to a movie, song or celebrity, and the change is approved by the Site Editor.
• You get 25 points for creating a poll or quiz (coming soon)
• You get 5 points each time you rate a movie, song, TV serial, advertisement, or celebrity.
Please read our Terms of Conditions for additional Legalese, or contact us with any questions. BollyBux are for entertainment only, and as such, have no monetary value. But they do give you major bragging rights.

How can I review a movie, song, or celebrity?

You can review a movie, song or celebrity by clicking on the “Write a Review” button on the movie, song, celebrity detail page.

How can I invite friends?

You can invite friends once you register. You will find buttons to invite friends on the top right corner of the home page when log in, or by clicking here. You can also find buttons to invite friends on your Account page. You can invite existing friends and contacts from Gmail, MSN, Yahoo and AOL, or just by providing their email address.

How can I create my own private group of friends?

You can create your own private group of friends once you register and have made a few friends. Use the Buddies link on your account page to manage your Buddies. Then click on the 'Create Groups’ to create your own private group and invite your friends to join it.

How can I create a public group based on common interests?

You first click on Groups in the main menu. Once you're on the groups page, you click on the 'Create Group' link to create your own public group.

How can I create my own blog?

You first need to be logged in to iLoveBolly. Then you go to 'My Account' and click on Create Blog to create your own new blog entry.

How can I search for existing friends, or meet new people?

On most pages, including the 'My Account' page, you will find the iLoveBolly Members box. You can click on member's there, or you can find more members by clicking on the more button at the bottom of that box.

What kind of search operations can I perform on iLoveBolly?

Each page on the site has a basic Search bar. To the right of the Search Button, there is a drop down menu with category options, where you select one of the following:

Movies
Songs
Celebrities
TV Serials
Ads
Blogs
Forums
Groups
News

Below we list a few sample searches which might be interesting because most sites do not support such rich search functionality:

1. Search for all movies with Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra
Type "Amitabh Bachchan Dharmendra" in the search box and choose Movies in the category list box.
http://www.iLoveBolly.com/find?filter0=amitabh+bachchan+dharmendra&filte...

2. Search for alll movies with Kishore Kumar in which Hemant Kumar has also sung songs
Type "hemant kishore kumar" in search box any choose Movies in category list box.
http://www.iLoveBolly.com/find?filter0=hemant+kishore+kumar&filter1=movi...

3. Search for all movies associated with both singers + music directors: Hemant and Kishore:
Type "hemant kishore kumar" in search box any choose Movies in category list box
http://www.iLoveBolly.com/find?filter0=hemant+kishore&filter1=song&submi...

4. Search for all celebrities from Kerala
Type "kerala" in searchbox any choose Celebrities in category listbox.
http://www.iLoveBolly.com/find?filter0=kerala&filter1=celebrity&submit1=Go

5. Search for all movies in the year 2008 in which Katrina Kaif has acted.
Type "Katrina Kaif 2008" in the search box and choose Movies in category listbox.
http://www.ilovebolly.com/find?filter0=katrina+kaif+2008&filter1=movie

6. Search for all Songs with Dil in its title
Type "dil" in search box any choose Songs in category list box.
http://www.iLoveBolly.com/find?filter0=dil&filter1=song&submit1=Go
As you can see, there are too many results. It's best to be as specific as possible when searching for songs based on lyrics.

7. Search for all songs sung by Sonu Nigam with "chand" in its lyrics
Type "chand sonu nigam" in search box any choose Songs in category list box.
http://www.iLoveBolly.com/find?filter0=chand+sonu+nigam&filter1=song&sub...

8. Search for all Action movies fearuring Akshay Kumar
Type "action akshay" in search box any choose Movies in category list box.
http://www.iLoveBolly.com/find?filter0=action+akshay&filter1=movie&submi...

9. Search for all Romantic Songs sung by Mukesh featuring Amitabh
Type "Romantic Amitabh Mukesh" in search box any choose Songs in category list box.
http://www.iLoveBolly.com/find?filter0=romantic+Amitabh+mukesh&filter1=s...

How can I exchange private messages with other members of iLoveBolly without sharing my real email address?

On the 'My Account' page, click on the Inbox(n) where n denotes the number of messages in your inbox. Once you are in your inbox, you click on the Compose message tab.

How can I report abuse or any other issue with the site? How can I contact the site Administrator's office?

You can find a ‘Report Abuse’ or ‘Mark as Abuse’ Button below any content created by a user. Click on that button and submit your comments to iLoveBolly. You can also use the contact form to tell us what you think or alert us to any issue important to you.

How can I provide Feedback to the site’s Administrators?

On the right bottom corner of your screen you will find a ‘[+] Feedback’ button. Type your feedback in the text box that appears once you click the feedback button.

If you experience a bug or would like to suggest an improvement on the current page, do tell us.

Your User Id and the current page URL will be automatically recorded in the message, hence no need for you to duplicate that information.

Will the movie and song information on this site always be free?

Yes, all TV, movie and song information on this site will remain free. We may use commericals or advertisements as a means to partially offset our costs.

iLoveBolly is a community portal. To help build and nurture this community, we encourage you, gentle reader, to share information you might have about a movie, song, celebrity or a TV show. For example, perhaps you are aware of some behind the scenes trivia -- it would be great if everyone could learn of that information from you.

We also encourage you to help keep the data correct -- send us corrections by clicking on the [+] Feedback button at the right bottom corner of your screen. Also share with your friends, others and us your opinions on the latest movies, songs, celebrities: rate and review, blog, participate in forums, create your own private groups.

How Can I Create my own Movie History?

A movie history can be added in two ways
1.On my account page click the icon movie history. Then click the icon Add movie history.
2.On a movie page click the movie history icon.

What kind of movies can i add to my Movie History?

All the movies that exists on ilovebolly can be added as a movie history and any other movie that exists on IMDB can be added as a foreign movie history.

How can i add a foreign Movie History?

On my account page click the icon movie history. Then click the icon Add foreign movie history.

Who can view and edit my Movie History?

All the users in ilovebolly can view your movie history. Friends who are added in the movie history can edit or delete the movie history.

How can I invite friends to view my Movie History?

Click the name of the friends who are not on ilovebolly. The link will lead to invite page. Type the name and email address of your friend and also the invite message, an invitation will be sent to the friend to join ilovebolly and view your movie history.

How can i claim as a celebrity ?

You can claim as a celebrity by clicking on R u celebrity ? link on corresponding celebrity page, and fill the form with contact information including Phone No, Address and additional details. Please mention clear details so that we can contact you easily.

How much time it will take to verify the claim ?

We will personally contact you to verify your claim with the information provided by you. It will take 2-3 days to process request. Please provide Phone No to contact you.

What do i do after successful verification ?

You will become owner of the page so that you can edit your page without any moderation and you can change the content of your page by clicking on edit link on your celebrity page.You can change your picture, you can share with others, You can change content of your page as you like.

What should i do if my claim was declined by the administrator ?

You can submit only one claim as a celebrity. Please contact administrator using contact form for further queries.

What are the major modules used for iLoveBolly?

We have used a lot of contributed modules at iLoveBolly, the most popular of them being: