Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Saibal Chatterjee
  • Golden era greats. Raj Kapoor
  • Dilip Kumar
  • Mainstream mavens. Yash Chopra
  • Manmohan Desai
  • Subhash Ghai
  • Feroz Khan
  • Women of substance. The other tradition
  • Waheeda Rehman
  • Nargis
  • Shabana Azmi
  • Deepti Naval
  • Rekha : a diva's dilemmas. Bhanurekha Ganeshan
  • The suicide of Rekha's husband
  • The megastar's brush with death. A blow too low
  • In close-up
  • Stars and superstars. Shah Rukh Khan
  • Clever moves
  • Govinda : not only about money
  • Rishi Kapoor : at the crossroads
  • Jeetendra : 'stardom doesn't exist anymore'
  • A world apart. Adoor Gopalakrishnan : master class
  • Gulzar : days of struggle
  • Sabiha Sumar : a rare film-maker
  • From other constellations. Mammootty : Malayalam cinema superstar
  • Ben Kingsley : screen Mahatma
  • Mamata Shankar : in love with acting
  • The man from Sanewal. Dharmendra : the early years
  • Booze and blunders
  • Nana Patekar : to the manner born. An unusual actor becomes a star
  • The intensity of his style
  • Supporting cast : beyond the glitz. Key distributors of Delhi
  • Abrar Alvi : a master writer
  • Bikram Singh : censor board chief
  • 1980s : a decade in retrospect. Milestones
  • Star fancies
  • Show business falls apart.