Monday,
July
09,
2007
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
to
change
the
face
of
India.
The
book
reveals
how
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
a
middle-class
Muslim
boy
from
Delhi,
broke
into
the
insular,
nepotistic
world
of
Bombay
show
business
and
emerged
as
a
superstar.
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.
Mira
Nair,
director
of
The
Namesake,
comments:
""The
ultimate
story
of
the
outsider
who
became
Bollywood's
great
insider.
Chopra
captures
the
snap,
crackle
and
pop
of
celluloid
dreams
in
this
immensely
readable
bio
of
the
great
Khan's
life...a
bounty
for
cinema
lovers
everywhere."
Emma
Thompson,
Oscar
winning
actor,
comments:
The
"Easy
Riders,
Raging
Bulls" of
the
Bollywood
industry
and
essential
reading
for
any
Shah
Rukh
Khan
fan.
KING
OF
BOLLYWOOD
is
the
first
comprehensive
narrative
account
of
Bollywood
published
by
a
major
US
publishing
house:
Grand
Central
Publishing
(formerly
Warner
Books).
The
book
is
being
distributed
in
India
by
Om
Books
and
Westland
Books
Pvt.
Ltd.
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.
KING
OF
BOLLYWOOD
will
also
be
available
in
Hindi,
Marathi
and
German
translations.
Anupama
Chopra
is
a
film
critic
and
book
author.
She
has
written
about
the
Hindi
film
industry
since
1993.
Her
work
has
been
published
extensively
in
India
Today.
She
has
also
written
about
Bollywood
for
various
international
publications
such
as
The
New
York
Times,
The
Los
Angeles
Times,
Variety
and
Sight&Sound.
Currently,
Anupama
scripts
and
host
a
weekly
film
review
show
called
Picture
This
on
NDTV
24/7.
Anupama
Chopra's
first
book
Sholay:
The
Making
of
a
Classic
sold
over
10,000
copies
and
won
a
National
Award
for
the
best
book
on
cinema
(2000).
Her
second
book,
Dilwale
Dulhaniya
le
Jayenge,
was
published
by
the
British
Film
Institute
as
part
of
the
Modern
Classics
Series.