King of Bollywood

Critical Praise

"King of Bollywood is the all-singing, all-dancing back stage pass to Bollywood. Anupama Chopra chronicles the political and cultural story of India with finesse and insight, through fly-on-the-wall access to one of its biggest, most charming and charismatic stars."
--Gurinder Chadha, director of Bend it Like Beckham

"The 'Easy Rider Raging Bull' of the Bollywood industry and essential reading for any Shah Rukh Khan fan."
--Emma Thompson, actress

"Khan has essentially been deified by billions, and the unfolding of this iconic worship is one of King of Bollywood's delights... strongly recommended...."
--Library Journal

"…A bizarrely fun read."
--Publisher's Weekly

"If you wanted to introduce your American friends to Bollywood, you didn't really have any good books to give them. Chopra's latest book King of Bollywood fills that need."
-Mostlyfiction.com

"King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema ably walks the line between a celebrity biography and a critical study of Indian cinema."
-Forbes.com

"In the book, while Chopra examines Khan's career and rise in the film industry, she also uses the subject as a springboard to take a wider look at the business as a whole. Previously, she has written about Sholay and DDLJ."
-Filmiholic.com

"From Bombay Dreams to Monsoon Wedding to Bend It Like Beckham, Indian-themed entertainment has found a vast audience in the US; it is the perfect time for the first major book on the dazzling world of Bollywood."
-Indian-American Arts Council

"I finished reading it just before I went on my vacation, and I loved it. It was one of the first Bollywood-themed books I've read and I really enjoyed the fact that it's not just a biography of SRK, it also guides you through the history of Hindi cinema. And of course it offers lots of interesting stories and anecdotes about the King himself."
-Nothing2declare.blogspot.com

"In such a schizophrenic society, the persona of Shah Rukh Khan – a guy who wears DKNY but obeys the parents; who sings in Manhattan but muses on Punjab; a heterosexual who could be a homosexual; a seductive dancer who never lip-kisses a heroine; a Muslim believer with a Hindu wife; a hearty heartthrob who never traveled to the West till 28 but gifted a gushing fan with a round-trip ticket to any destination in the world; a go-getter who became everything from nothing – is truly an icon of our times. Read this book and don’t skip his upcoming autobiography."
http://blogcritics.org

"The book reveals how Shah Rukh Khan, a middle-class Muslim boy from Delhi, broke into the insular, nepotistic world of Bombay's show business and emerged a superstar. His larger-than-life tale takes us through the colourful and idiosyncratic Bollywood movie industry, where fantastic dreams and outrageous obsessions share the spotlight with extortion, murder and corruption."
-Entertainment.oneindia.in