KING OF BOLLYWOOD


KING OF BOLLYWOOD: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema (Grand Central Publishing Hardcover/ August 2nd, 2007 / $24.99) is a definitive look at how Bollywood came to be a huge sensation in India and all over the world, through the story of its #1 star.

With as many as two hundred films produced a year, Bollywood has become a $1.5 billion dollar industry. The story of how this business came to flourish is set against the backdrop of Shah Rukh Khan's rise in the industry. Shah Rukh Khan is an international phenomenon - he generates "Beatlemania"-like hysteria at appearances and performances across the U.S. , throughout Europe , and beyond. His 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.



 

KING OF BOLLYWOOD is a sweeping portrait of a man who is worshipped as a modern-day God, a country finding its identity and a movie industry that helped change the face of India .

Shah Rukh in the New York City-based drama Kal Ho Naa Ho (courtesy: Dharma Productions).

Shah Rukh Khan is the face of a glittering new India .  He is a modern-day god.  On streets in India , his posters are sold alongside those of religious deities. Temples have been erected in his name. For Indians and the varied non-Indian lovers of popular Hindi cinema, Shah Rukh is bigger than Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt combined. - From KING OF BOLLYWOOD.

KING OF BOLLYWOOD is the first comprehensive narrative account of Bollywood published in the U.S. , and the story of Shah Rukh Khan's rise to the top serves as a scintillating introduction to India 's billion dollar film industry. Internationally renowned film critic Anupama Chopra combines her knowledge of the Bollywood industry with firsthand interviews and exclusive photographs for an exclusive, insider's look at Shah Rukh Khan and the world of Bollywood . Her family has been in the business for over two decades and her husband, Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a leading filmmaker. She has an MA in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and has written for the New York Times, LA Times and India Today . Anupama lives in Mumbai.