Shahrukh khan biography anupama chopra
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King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema
In case you missed it, back in July before the book came out, several bloggers from the US and Europe participated in a marathon discussion of the book with author Anupama Chopra.
My hat is very much off to her for agreeing to such a rambling project, and she answered questions respectfully and with humor, an approach I always appreciate.
Now that I've had time to mull the book over - I was reading frantically right until I sent my questions in - I don't think I have much more to add to what was discussed in that post or to what other reviewers since then have said. It's an engaging, straightforward book, combining personal, industry, city, and cultural history. In its strongest moments, it made me feel like I was teleporting with the author, getting a personal tour as we zoomed through time or lurked around movie sets and stars, overhearing their
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Interview: Anupama Chopra, Author of King Of Bollywood - SRK and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema
August 04, 2007
Rajen Nair
Anupama Chopra is a well known film critic of the Hindi film industry and is the wife of the well known Hindi film producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The literary talent runs in the family as her brother Vikram Chandra is a famous international writer. Her second book was a monograph on DDLJ which was well received in the literary world. Anupama Chopra’s about to be launched book titled King of Bollywood - Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema is a sort of biography of Shah Rukh Khan and also touches on the intricate aspects of Hindi cinema.
The book traces his middle class upbringing from a relatively unknown locality of Rajinder Nagar in Delhi, the loss of his father and his family struggle to make a living, his joining the Theater Action Group, where his acting skills were fine-tuned by his then mentor Barry John, his e
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King of Bollywood (book)
Biography by Anupama Chopra
King of Bollywood is a biography by the film critic and journalist Anupama Chopra, chronicling the life and career of Shah Rukh Khan. The book describes his personal life such as his birth in 1965 in New Delhi and his marriage to Gauri Chibber in 1991. The book also outlines his career as an actor, film producer, and television presenter. It was published by Grand Central Publishing on 9 August 2007 and became a commercial success. Its critical reception was positive, with Chopra's writing garnering appreciation.
Chopra came up the idea of the book while writing for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (2002), about the 1995 film of the same name. In the summer of 2003, she told him about the project; although his initial reaction was reluctant, Chopra tried to persuade him for around six months and Khan eventually changed his mind. The book took three years to complete, with Chopra meeting Khan's close friends, school teachers