{"product_id":"bollywood-today","title":"Bollywood Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Kaveree Bamzai\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Roli Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 174\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788174365088\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Bollywood, every cliché is true. The script does not matter, only the proposal does. The song and dance is everything. Packaging counts and marketing delivers. Everything revolves around a handful of stars. Much of the funding is from unorganized and sometimes even questionable sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Bollywood, a derivative name for the Hindi film industry that is a loose agglomeration of old-style film families and newly established studios, of venerated stars and tough-talking directors, often defies the clichés it embodies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1995, a fantastic year which saw three different genres of cinema – Aditya chopra’s diaspora-meets-desis romance Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge; Ram Gopal Varma’s ironic comedy Rangeela; and Mani Ratnam’s contentiously political Bombay – there has been a tectonic cultural and commercial shift. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new breed of filmmakers has taken over altering age-old artistic conventions and business norms. The three filmmakers are just some of the characters who walk in and out of the frames of this. What drives – and how they drive – multi-million rupee industry, whose impact on society in India is as wide as its influence among the increasingly vocal diaspora, is what makes this book the picture-perfect beginner’s guide to current Bollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOLLYWOOD STARS:\u003cbr\u003eAmitabh Bachchan\u003cbr\u003eShah Rukh Khan\u003cbr\u003eAamir Khan\u003cbr\u003eSalman Khan\u003cbr\u003eAishwarya Rai\u003cbr\u003eKajol\u003cbr\u003eSanjay Dutt\u003cbr\u003eSaif Ali Khan\u003cbr\u003eRani Mukerji\u003cbr\u003eHirthik Roshan\u003cbr\u003eAbhishek Bachchan\u003cbr\u003ePreity Zinta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFILMMAKERS:\u003cbr\u003eAditya Chopra \/ Yash Chopra\u003cbr\u003eMani Ratnam\u003cbr\u003eRam Gopal Varma\u003cbr\u003eVidhu Vinod Chopra\u003cbr\u003eSanjay Leela Bhansali\u003cbr\u003eMahesh Bhatt\u003cbr\u003eAshutosh Gowariker\u003cbr\u003eKaran Johar \u003cbr\u003eVishal Bharadwaj\u003cbr\u003eFarhan Akhtar\u003cbr\u003eNagesh Kukunoor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Kaveree Bamzai \/ Roli Books \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153539985776,"sku":"23464","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/23464.jpg?v=1793910871","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/bollywood-today","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}