King of Bollywood : Shah Rukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema / Anupama Chopra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chopra, Anupama.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khan, Shah Rukh, 1965-.

Khan, Shah Rukh.

Motion picture actors and actresses--India--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

India.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 250 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Warner Books, 2007.

Summary:

Here is a true story of Bollywood, a sweeping portrait of a country finding its identity, a movie industry that changed the face of India, and one man's struggle to become a star. Shah Rukh Khan's larger-than-life tale takes us through the colorful and idiosyncratic Bollywood movie industry, where fantastic dreams and outrageous obsessions share the spotlight with extortion, murder, and corruption. Khan broke into this $1.5 billion business despite the fact that it has always been controlled by a handful of legendary film families and sometimes funded by black market money. As a Muslim in a Hindu majority nation, exulting in classic Indian cultural values, Khan has come to embody the aspirations and contradictions of a complicated culture tumbling headlong into American style capitalism. His story is a mirror to the greater Indian story and the underbelly of the culture of Bollywood.--From publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.

ISBN:

9780446578585

0446578584

9780446581851

0446581852

OCLC:

73502479

Online:

Publisher description