Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! The Stars!

by D.K. Publishing

A visual tour of the glamour and color of Indian cinema in the only comprehensive illustrated guide to the world of Bollywood movies.

Mumbai's charming movies, with glittering costumes and epic song-and-dance productions, have captured hearts all over the world since the early 1900s. Bollywood features film stills, plot timelines, star and producer profiles, plus historical insights, lesser-known facts, and behind-the-scenes gossip on such iconic movies as Mother India, Mughal-e-Azam, Sholay, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, and Bajirao Mastani.

A colorful, glittering cover makes it stand out on any home library shelf, and it is the perfect package for gift-giving.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Film, Art, India, Media Tie In

360 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2017

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Julie Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun book for dipping into, especially considering our family's current obsession with Indian films. It was a wonderful surprise to discover how many of the most recent "great movies" we'd seen and how many of the stars we knew. Rose has been pulling a lot of our viewing choices from a Time Out Best 100 Bollywood and Hindi Movies list, supplemented with top grossing/reviewed films from after that list's date. She has done a great job, evidently.

We're enjoying all the background materials and finding new movies to put on our list from this book.

[Giulia Cucio]

Eu comecei a ler esse livro achando que ele me ajudaria a ter um panorama maior de Bollywood. Em partes sim, ele cumpriu esse papel, me mostrando filmes que talvez nunca saberia que existia. Porém, a apresentação de certa forma rasa dos filmes deixa muito a desejar.

O livro falta conteúdo, ele é ótimo como um grande arquivo de filmes, mas se busca saber mais sobre a estrutura de Bollywood, esse definitivamente não é o livro.

Porém, o ambiente diverso do cinema Hindu é no mínimo intrigante. Principalmente considerando que a forma de fazer cinema é similar mas ao mesmo tempo extremante diferente a ocidental.

[Sana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another thesis related read, but I got this book before I knew it would be used for that lol

Super fun and interesting to see the chronological developments in the Indian film industry and the societal impact of specific movies

[Karthika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charming

[Tori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good lord, this book is BEAUTIFUL.

I wish there were family trees though... so many important connections, but I’m glad on one level that they shy away from most of the gossip and scandal to focus on the creators/actors and the films themselves.

Gorgeous book.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 4 out of 5]

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