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King of Bollywood : Shah Rukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema /
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 industr...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Langue: | English |
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New York :
Warner Books,
c2007.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. |
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| Accès en ligne: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006033943.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006033943-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2006033943-b.html |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description matérielle: | xviii, 250 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0446578584 0446581852 (pbk.) 9780446578585 9780446581851 (pbk.) |