There are celebrity bloggers and then there are celebrity bloggers. The first kind are those who have gained name and fame via blogging and the other includes the ones who are famous and are now therefore reaching out to their fans via the medium of the weblog.
This post makes an attempt at listing the Indian celebrities (mostly Bollywood people) who have taken on to blogging.
There are a number of lists listing celeb blogs in India, but I didn't find any to be comprehensive enough, therefore spent many many hours looking for them and putting them together in one place (and also adding some frills).
The opinions expressed against each blog is at the time of posting and if the nature of the blog changes later, it might not hold true.
Indian Celebrity Blog Directory (in alphabetical order)
- Aamir Khan
Who: Actor, director, producer [More]
Where: His own website
Feed: No
Worth following: Yes
Aamir keeps his blog regularly updated. Writes about a lot of things but many tend to revolve around his films. Good blog to follow if you want to know what The Perfectionist has to say. But the blog in itself is far away from being perfect. It even lacks many features that we non-celebrity bloggers expect as default in our blogs.
- Abhay Deol
Who: Actor [More]
Where: Celebrity Angst blog at PassionForCinema
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
Abhay's blog at PassionForCinema has a single post related to his film Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye and nothing else.
- Abhinav Bindra
Who: Shooter [More]
Where: Beijing and Beyond blog on Blogger
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Maybe
The Olympic gold medallist isn't no longer an active blogger. Though he hid post a number of posts in August 2008.
- Ajay Devgan
Who: Actor, producer, director [More]
Where: His own website
Feed: No
Worth following: Maybe
Ajay Devgan makes very infrequent entries on his online diary and it is more of an one-sided affair as users cannot comment there.
- Ajit Pal Mangat
Who: Director, producer, writer [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: Maybe
Ajit is the producer-director of Victory and this blog is related the movie.
- Amitabh Bachchan
Who: Actor [More]
Where: Big Blog at Bigadda
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
The Big B is a prolific blogger and Bigadda.com has provided him with a comparatively decent platform to blog on. His and Aamir's blog are the two most discussed celebrity blogs in the country.
- Amrita Rao
Who: Actress, model [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: No
She's good looking but doesn't write much. Only two little posts.
- Anant Mahadeven
Who: Actor, director [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: Maybe
Anant hasn't been writing much recently. Maybe there'll be more updates when his next film would be lined for a release.
- Anupam Kher
Who: Actor, director, producer [More]
Where: Blog at IntentBlog
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
This blog is long dead.
- Anurag Kashyap
Who: Director, writer [More]
Where: My Diary blog at PassionForCinema
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Anurag's thoughts are interesting to read even when he is spewing fire at his detractors.
- Bipasha Basu
Who: Actress, model [More]
Where: On her own website and an old blog at RediffBlogs
Feed: No
Worth following: No
No diary entries since March 2008. Miss Basu doesn't seem to find this blog thing interesting enough. 15 posts in all. The RediffBlogs blog is practically defunct.
- Celina Jaitley
Who: Actress, model [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: Maybe
Though she hasn't yet blogged much, Celina does love to quote other people in her posts.
- Cyrus Broacha
Who: Television host [More]
Where: Blog at IBNLive
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
The funny man writes funny posts but the last one was dated February 26, 2007. That's ages ago.
- Dev Benegal
Who: Director [More]
Where: His own blog - The Dev Benegal Weblog
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
The last post was ten months ago.
- Dibakar Banerjee
Who: Director, writer [More]
Where: Oye Cinema! blog at PassionForCinema
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Maybe
He made a couple of nice movies and his blog too has only a couple of nice posts.
- Dino Morea
Who: Actor, model [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Dino's blog seems to be as short-lived as his acting career.
- Emraan Hashmi
Who: Actor [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Nothing there beyond May 2008. Maybe something would crop up when Raaz 2 releases.
- Farhan Akhtar
Who: Director, writer, producer, singer, actor, television host [More]
Where: His TV show's website
Feed: No
Worth following: Yes
Farhan is a wonderful director and a so-so singer-actor-host. This blog is more about his show on NDTV Imagine, but he also does write about other things too. But there are only four posts, therefore can't say more.
- Gul Panag
Who: Actress, model [More]
Where: On her own website
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Maybe
The lovely Gul isn't seen much besides the Tata Sky ad with Aamir Khan and even her blogging is erratic, but it seems to have picked up pace of late.
- John Abraham
Who: Actor, model [More]
Where: On his own website
Feed: No
Worth following: Perhaps
The functionality of John's blog is a bit strange and moreover there isn't much in there too. Only a solitary post. But he might get on to writing soon.
- Karan Johar
Who: Director, producer, TV host [More]
Where: His own website
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
When KJo writes, he writes a lot. But of late there isn't much happening on his blog.
- Khalid Mohamed
Who: Journalist, writer, director [More]
Where: Cinema Ray at PassionforCinema
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
All that the acerbic film critic wrote on the blog was a couple of posts related to Satyajit Ray.
- Kiran Bedi
Who: Ex-cop, social activist [More]
Where: Crane Bedi blog on Blogger
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
Nothing in there since November 2006.
- Koena Mitra
Who: Actress, model [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Three posts, nothing worth the while.
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Who: Former cricketer, cricket commentator [More]
Where: Blog at IBNLive
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
Last post is dated March 18, 2007.
- Kunal Kohli
Who: Director [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: Maybe
Kunal tends to be repetitive in his writing.
- Kundan Shah
Who: Director, writer [More]
Where: Simply Kundan blog at PassionforCinema
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Maybe
Kundan writes about his area of expertise, comedies, even if his later ventures were nowhere close to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro.
- Lalu Prasad Yadav
Who: Politician [More]
Where: Blog at MyPopcorn
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Lalu's blog had generated quite a lot of interest, but the idea seemed unsustainable right from the start and also proved to be so. Just another attempt by a website to generate pageviews.
- Lisa Ray
Who: Actress, Model [More]
Where: Blog on Wordpress.com
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Lisa started to blog on September 2009, "to give people an insight into" her life after she was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma.
- Nandita Das
Who: Actress, director [More]
Where: Nandita Writes section on her own website
Feed: No
Worth following: Maybe
Known to be a thinking actress, her writing also reflects that thought. But she doesn't seem to write too often.
- Madhavan
Who: Actor [More]
Where: Blog at Galatta
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Maddy's writes short and irregular posts. There doesn't seem to be much interest in his blog either, assuming from the few comments it received.
- Mammootty
Who: Actor [More]
Where: Mammootty With Love blog on Blogger
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Mammotty just started his blog, the first post was on January 1, 2009 and he already has hundreds of followers on his blog. The only problem being that it is in Malayalam and therefore I can't understand a thing. Moreover Google lists Mammootty's official website (not the blog) as a Reported Attack Site.
- Manoj Bajpayee
Who: Actor [More]
Where: Two blogs at ItzMyBlog (powered by Blogger) in Hindi and English
Feed: Yes - Hindi | English
Worth following: Yes
The two blogs are just translations and the content is essentially the same. There are atleast a couple of posts every month.
- Milind Deora
Who: Politician [More]
Where: Blog at IntentBlog
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Perhaps
Most of Milind's blogging seem to be concentrated to a few months in 2005. There's not much here beyond that.
- Mohan Agashe
Who: Actor, psychiatrist [More]
Where: Blog at RediffBlogs
Feed: No
Worth following: No
This blog was primarily for the promotion of the movie Apaharan.
- Muzaffar Ali
Who: Director, fashion designer, painter [More]
Where: Blog at IntentBlog
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
Only two posts. The last is from 2005.
- Nana Patekar
Who: Actor, director [More]
Where: Blog at RediffBlogs
Feed: No
Worth following: No
This blog was primarily for the promotion of the movie Apaharan.
- Omar Abdullah
Who: Politician [More]
Where: On National Conference party's official website
Feed: -
Worth following: -
The blog is presently inaccessible due to technical reasons.
- Onir
Who: Director, producer, writer, editor [More]
Where: Dream Seller blog on PassionForCinema and another one on BollywoodHungama
Feed: Yes (PassionForCinema)
Worth following: Perhaps
Onir's blogs posts are usually related to his films and therefore are more frequent only when something is happening on that scene.
- Payal Rohatagi
Who: Actress, model [More]
Where: Her blog on Blogger
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Payal keeps her blog updated and has plastered the blog with images. Her brother Gaurav is the co-author.
- Pooja Bedi
Who: Actress, TV host [More]
Where: I Am Who I Am blog on Blogger
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Perhaps
Pooja Bedi takes to blogging made quite a bit of news. But then it seems to have fizzled away. She has managed only two posts since August 2008.
- Prakash Jha
Who: Director, producer, writer [More]
Where: Blog at RediffBlogs
Feed: No
Worth following: No
This blog was primarily for the promotion of the film Apaharan.
- Rahul Bose
Who: Actor, director [More]
Where: Blog at IntentBlog
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
Most of Rahul's blogging activity is from 2005-06, with only a solitary post in 2008.
- Rahul Khanna
Who: Actor, TV host [More]
Where: Blog at IntentBlog
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
He is a likeable actor and his writing is the same too. Pity he doesn't keep his blog updated.
- Ram Gopal Varma
Who: Director, producer, writer [More]
Where: Blog on Windows Live Spaces
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Ramu might have lost his touch in movies but he is still an interesting read.
- Ravi Shastri
Who: Former cricketer, cricket commentator [More]
Where: Blog at IbiboBlogs
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
This blog was only for the Commonwealth Bank Triseries in 2008. Nothing more happening there since.
- Remo Fernandes
Who: Musician [More]
Where: On his own website
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Only a solitary post there, that too a copy of a letter he had sent to the editors of some dailies.
- Revathy
Who: Actress, director [More]
Where: Sindanaigal (Thoughts) blog on PassionForCinema
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
There are only two posts there.
- Rohit Roy
Who: Actor [More]
Where: Blog on his own website
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
Just three random posts in there.
- Saira Mohan
Who: Model, actress [More]
Where: Blog at IntentBlog
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Though there are no recent posts, the archives show that the girl is able to post a lot when she wants to, even if they are only links.
- Salman Khan
Who: Actor [More]
Where: 10 Ka Dum blog on Blogger
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
The blog died along with the TV show it was meant to promote.
- Samar Khan
Who: Director, writer [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Just one Shaurya specific post.
- Samit Basu
Who: Author [More]
Where: On his own website
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Though he hasn't been posting of late, Samit used to be an active blogger and I expect him to continue being so.
- Sanjay Suri
Who: Actor, model, porducer [More]
Where: On his own website
Feed: -
Worth following: -
You need to be registered as a member of the Sanjay Suri Fan Club (online registration) to be able to access the blog. I didn't, so have no idea of the contents.
- Santosh Sivan
Who: Director, cinematographer [More]
Where: Lil Bit of Sin, Lil Bit of Zen blog on PassionForCinema and also on his own website
Feed: Yes
Worth following: No
In the PassionForCinema blog there has been no updates in the last one year and his website doesn't exactly have a blog but does provide some of his views on different things (and they have a datestamp).
- Shahrukh Khan
Who: Actor, producer [More]
Where: Blog at IntentBlog and at
Milan of the Villains website
Feed: Yes (IntentBlog)
Worth following: Perhaps
There might be some activity on SRK's blog during the next IPL season. The IntentBlog blog has only a single old post on Paheli.
- Shekhar Kapur
Who: Director, producer [More]
Where: On his own website and
a blog at IntentBlog
Feed: Yes - ShekharKapur.com | Intentblog
Worth following: Yes
Shekhar Kapoor is one celebrity who has really take on to blogging. Even the now inactive blog on IntentBlog has 110 posts and he keeps the blog on his official website very updated. His blog is a recommended read and has insightful posts on a variety of topics. Shekhar is definitely the best amongst the Indian celebrity bloggers.
- Sherlyn Chopra
Who: Actress, model, singer [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Worth following: No
Feed: No
Sherlyn Chopra, earlier known as Mona Chopra, always wants to make news and is a tabloid journalist's delight. She promised a blog on her official website - SherlynChopra.com - but that didn't happen yet.
- Shilpa Shetty
Who: Actress, model [More]
Where: On her own website
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Shilpa's career has risen from the ashes post Big Brother and she wants to make the best of this opportunity. Her recently started blog has some long posts.
- Shobaa De
Who: Novelist, columnist [More]
Where: Blog on Blogger
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
After so many years writing should come naturally to Mrs De and she also lets it flow in her blog.
- Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Who: Actress, singer, painter [More]
Where: On her own website
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Yes
Suchitra is quite active on her blog nowadays, maybe some Shekhar Kapur effect.
- Sudhir Mishra
Who: Director, writer [More]
Where: Trying My Best Not To Bullshit blog on PassioForCinema
Feed: Yes
Worth following: Perhaps
Sudhir posts are usually related to the release of his films. So wait until the next one comes along.
- Vikram Bhatt
Who: Director, writer [More]
Where: Blog at MyPopcorn
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Only three dated posts there. Same fate as Lalu's blog.
- Vishal Dadlani
Who: Music director [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Not much in his blog, only a couple of old posts.
- Vivek Agnihotri
Who: Director, writer [More]
Where: Blog at BollywoodHungama
Feed: No
Worth following: No
Nothing much in there.
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