Book Review
Title: “King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema”; Author: Anupama Chopra; Price: Rs.395.00; Publisher: Warner Books
It isn’t clear in this lucid treat of a treatise on the life of a Bollywood superstar whether it is about the seductive world of Indian cinema or the indomitably seductive powers of Shah Rukh Khan.
The two have been pretty much synonymous during the last decade. More books and films have been made on the life and work of this Khan than any other popular entertainer in this country.
Last year, Mushtaq Shiekh, a popular journalist and a close friend of the superstar, had put together what can only be termed a monumental labour of love. Shiekh’s “Still Reading Khan” was a 500-pager with more pictorial passion and chatty chutzpah than I’ve seen in any star biography.
Anupama Chopra’s ode to Shah Rukh’s spellbinding stardom is far more intimate and compact, crisp and to the point, punctuated by bouts of humour occasionally directed at the star.
Her aim is to give us an insight into the running of that great big dream factory known as Bollywood while providing glimpses into the very private life of one of Asia’s biggest entertainers.
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