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King of Bollywood : : Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema

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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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PUBLISHED
New York : Warner Books, 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: xviii, 250 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780446578585
0446578584
9780446581851 (pbk.)
0446581852 (pbk.)

SUBJECTS
Khan, Shah Rukh.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- India -- Biography.