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Bollywood Dreams
Nasreen Munni Kabir
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Description for Bollywood Dreams
Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at the Indian film industry. Num Pages: 120 pages. Dimension: 278 x 284 x 12. Weight in Grams: 838.
Deriving its name from its American equivalent, Bollywood is the highly successful Indian movie industry predominantly based in Bombay and Madras. Every day more than 14 million people go to the cinema across India to watch films produced by this massive and powerful industry. In India, movies are not just a form of entertainment but practically a religion. Streets in major Indian cities are lined with colourful posters of Indian movies and their stars. Movie stars are treated like demi-gods, no match even for American standards of celebrity obsession. More than any other cultural or political institution of the twentieth ... Read more
Deriving its name from its American equivalent, Bollywood is the highly successful Indian movie industry predominantly based in Bombay and Madras. Every day more than 14 million people go to the cinema across India to watch films produced by this massive and powerful industry. In India, movies are not just a form of entertainment but practically a religion. Streets in major Indian cities are lined with colourful posters of Indian movies and their stars. Movie stars are treated like demi-gods, no match even for American standards of celebrity obsession. More than any other cultural or political institution of the twentieth ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714844565
SKU
V9780714844565
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99-50
About Nasreen Munni Kabir
Jonathan Torgovnik began his career as a combat photographer in the Israeli army. In 1992 Torgovnik entered the photography department at the School of Visual Arts in New York where he graduated with a BFA degree. His photographs have been published in numerous American and international publications, including Newsweek, Smithsonian, London Sunday Times Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, Paris Match and ... Read more
Reviews for Bollywood Dreams
"Bollywood Dreams provides a glimpse behind the shimmering surface to reveal the often grim reality on the other side...striking images juxtaposing the fantasy with the facts to great effect."—Time Out