Three days ago I started reading this book on one of the personalities to whom the word 'SUCCESS' can actually be attributed to.
Shah Rukh Khan or King Khan as he is more famously known as is the 'BIGGEST SUPERSTAR' in the exploding $1.5 billion Bollywood industry. The face of a glittering new India, he is an international phenomenon who generates Beatlemania-like hysteria at appearances around the world. Now his legendary success story is brought to life.
This engrossing book reveals how King Khan, a middle class boy from Delhi, broke into insular, nepotistic world of Bombay show business and became a sensation. His larger-than-life tale takes us through colorful and idiosyncratic Bollywood, where fantastic dreams and outrageous obsessions share the spotlight with extortion, murder and corruption.
Written by internationally renowned film critic Anupama Chopra, this definitive volume combines her knowledge of Bollywood with firsthand interviews for a unique insider's look at this billion-dollar movie industry-one that helped to change the face of India.
Some interesting excerpts from the book:
Excerpt 1:
He and his friend were standing near Juhu under a tin shed that was leaking with water as it was raining heavily at that point of time. Shah Rukh was completely drenched. It had only been 10 days since he came to Mumbai and nothing was going his way and he was almost broke.
His friend asked him to come inside the shade but Shah Rukh declined the offer and stood there completely drenched. He looked at the horizon of the Juhu beach and spoke his historical sentence;
'ONE DAY I WILL RULE BOMBAY'
Excerpt 2:
DDLJ became Bollywood's Energizer Bunny-it kept going on and on and on. The film took a life of its own and stayed on the Big Screen and still contunues to run at Maratha Mandir in Mumbai.
DDLJ set up a new heroic prototype. Raj replaced Vijay; Amitabh's Angry Young Man image was buried and gone.
Excerpt 3:
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai broke even DDLJ's record, grossing over $7 million worldwide. It hit the UK's top-ten charts at number nine. In South Africa, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai raked in more money than Titanic.
Excerpt 4:
'You see, Amitabh Bachchan has retired, Dilip Saab is very old and after that I can only see one person and that is me-Shah Rukh Khan', he said. Shah Rukh always knew that one day he would rule the city.
2 comments:
I know u will feel very high after this but let me tell u that after reading that " juhu horizon " sentence iam very much intrigued to read the SRK book...is that book dere in the library ,probably not so if u have a personal copy can u lend it 2 me 4 a week..i know ur a diiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeee hard fan of him but dont worry that book will be returned 2 u ...in the same condition in which ull be giving it to me.....
hiii,
Ahmed,a great fan of SHAHRUKH KHAN...it seems he runs through your blood.It was the success which made him KING KHAN of this MAYANAGRI which we call bollywood. There are many who struggle a lot but not everybody can become Shahrukh Khan... something extra is needed to reach that height and probably that extra was with him which made him KING KHAN...
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