Sridevi's sexy centrefold for Star & Style in the '80s

Star & Style, a Bollywood tabloid that's gone belly-up since the late 90s (oh print media - what lies ahead for you?!), was the cheaper... wait, that sounds wrong... less expensive version of Stardust, Filmfare and Cine Blitz and other filmy glossies. 

There was a lurid fascination the public had with its tell-tale headlines, gaudy layout, flashy scoops... 

We were consumers of it, but took every sensational headline with a pinch of salt. Unlike Aishwarya Rai, who was so offended by one of its cooked up stories that she took the magazine to court and started the domino effect that led to its eventual demise. 

Oh well...